Bookforum asked contributors to weigh in on the most distinctive and influential works of the past two decades. The writers named the best works in a number of categories—and came up with a few new genres in the process.
INVENTIVE FICTION - WAYNE KOESTENBAUM
PORTRAIT OF EVIL - WENDY LESSER
FUTURE OF FICTION - CHRISTIAN LORENTZEN
BUSH-ERA NOVEL - CURTIS SITTENFELD
CULTURAL CRITICISM - ANDREW HULTKRANS
WHAT WE LEARNED FROM SEBALD - BENJAMIN KUNKEL
