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- ↑ "Our Critic's Take on the 100 List: Books That 'Cast a Sustained Spell'". The New York Times . Retrieved July 13, 2024.
- ↑ Schmitt, Amandine (July 20, 2024). "Le « New York Times » a listé les 100 meilleurs livres du XXIᵉ siècle et franchement ça se discute". Le Nouvel Obs (in French). Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ↑ Edoro-Glines, Ainehi (July 26, 2024). "The New York Times' "Best Books of the Century" List Was an Unforgivable Erasure of African Literature". Literary Hub . Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ↑ Jiménez, Marisol (July 17, 2024). "Todo lo que omitió la lista de los 100 mejores libros del siglo XXI de 'The New York Times'" [Everything that was omitted from the list of the 100 best books of the 21st century by The New York Times]. El País US (in Spanish). Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ↑ "Not the NYT list: 100 fine books from around the world (and not just the USA) of the 21st century". Scroll.in. July 21, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
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