Oh God, Another Meaningless List

Recently, and to much engagement-baiting fanfare, the New York Times published its list of the best books of the 21st century. As with any such list, it was riddled with omissions, both benign (whither Anthony Doerr, Madeline Miller, and Lauren Groff?) and insidious (outrageously, not a single Native American author made the cut). I was irked to note that only one nonfiction book about nature and/or the environment appeared on the list, the worthy H Is for Hawk. I love George Saunders, but did...