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(The Arrival movie was based on) Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

The Book Pile

CHAPTER

The Best Books of the 21st Century

The Guardian ranked stories of your life and others number 80 on its list of the 100 best books of the 21st century. The only Harry Potter book on this whole list, but at least it's in the same list as Carmack McCarthy. And just for a barometer of that chart, judge it how you will because everyone has an opinion. Number 17 is the road. 42 is money ball. 64 is on riding,. That sounds like a book for very specific hobbyists. Way back at 97 is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

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