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Assuming you are American, you want to go foreign or old. American liberals have an innate respect for European writers, even more for third world writers, which will allow them much more leeway to get away with being "problematic" than they would grant a white American. And most people who think of themselves as "serious readers" know that at some point they need to tackle Austen and Tolstoy.
For recent American novels, I'd recommend The Sympathizer by Nguyen.
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