Before the Decade Ends, Here Are the Best Novels of the 21st Century

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (2016)

A young slave on a plantation in Georgia, Cora, is on the cusp of womanhood. When new arrival Caesar asks Cora to join him on the Underground Railroad, she seizes the opportunity. However, in this story, the Underground Railroad is no metaphor—engineers and conductors operate a secret network of trains deep beneath the surface of the earth.

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