Best 21st Century Books (So Far)

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Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
10,866 members
364 reviews
3.9
16 Members
aprille, Osbaldistone, pitjrw, mkbird, tlwright, ErrolAdamsJDMLS, Dilara86, Twixi, peterveen, gypsysmom, LoneS, ahef1963, kara.shamy, linlef, steller0707, DanPalmer,sturlington
11
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
16,665 members
342 reviews
3.8
14 Members
mmignano11, roby72, tlwright, thecoroner, alex68, Twixi, gypsysmom, LoneS, linlef, kazzer2u, darllenwr_brwd, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, doctorred,kageeh
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
by Michael Chabon
18,863 members
415 reviews
4.2
15 Members
aprille, hipdeep, anglemark, trandism, aulsmith, tlwright, sturlington, CGlanovsky, Twixi, gypsysmom, LoneS, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Charon07, doctorred,jain ,
Explanations
jain : 20th century
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Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
13,575 members
655 reviews
4
13 Members
hipdeep, Osbaldistone, Cariola, tlwright, PaulCranswick, Twixi, peterveen, gypsysmom, LoneS, kara.shamy, kazzer2u, darllenwr_brwd, doctorred,sturlington
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Austerlitz
by W. G. Sebald
4,151 members
101 reviews
4.2
11 Members
trandism, thorold, roby72, tlwright, thecoroner, lewbs, Twixi, Luisali, FranzK72, MadaDursma, PureChaos
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1Q84
by Haruki Murakami
9,012 members
355 reviews
3.8
12 Members
generalkala, avatiakh, chgstrom, roby72, tlwright, ErrolAdamsJDMLS, edparks, CGlanovsky, Twixi, LoneS, jeffza, kazzer2u,sturlington
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The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri
12,399 members
323 reviews
3.9
13 Members
aprille, Osbaldistone, inge87, Cariola, roby72, tlwright, ErrolAdamsJDMLS, Twixi, gypsysmom, LoneS, ahef1963, SOShea, doctorred
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Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami
18,158 members
470 reviews
4.1
12 Members
tlwright, edparks, CGlanovsky, PaulCranswick, Twixi, peterveen, gypsysmom, LoneS, linlef, kazzer2u, JadrankaCuculovic, doctorred
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2666
by Roberto Bolaño
6,661 members
185 reviews
4.1
9 Members
roby72, tlwright, thecoroner, alex68, Twixi, peterveen, Bretzky1, FranzK72, MadaDursma
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White Teeth
by Zadie Smith
13,701 members
248 reviews
½ 3.7
11 Members
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell
5,953 members
316 reviews
4.1
11 Members
trandism, tlwright, sturlington, CGlanovsky, Twixi, peterveen, LoneS, linlef, kazzer2u, steller0707, doctorred
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Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson
8,316 members
593 reviews
4
11 Members
Cariola, chgstrom, tlwright, sturlington, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707, Julie_in_the_Library, SOShea, doctorred,CGlanovsky
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The Complete Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi
6,924 members
254 reviews
½ 4.3
10 Members
jain, inge87, tlwright, CGlanovsky, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, sandrikoti, steller0707, hatapota, PureChaos
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The Amber Spyglass
by Philip Pullman
23,706 members
409 reviews
4
11 Members
mmignano11, tlwright, Dilara86, LoneS, ahef1963, linlef, kazzer2u, Julzkc, SOShea, PureChaos, doctorred,jain ,merrystar ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
jain : 20th century. (Though I'd have downvoted it even if it weren't. What a disappointing ending to a promising series.)
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
10,428 members
423 reviews
3.8
9 Members
anglemark, aulsmith, mkbird, tlwright, CGlanovsky, gypsysmom, LoneS, ahef1963, doctorred,trandism
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All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
18,957 members
886 reviews
½ 4.3
12 Members
dara85, tlwright, Twixi, gypsysmom, LoneS, ahef1963, kara.shamy, lamotamant, hatapota, Charon07, PureChaos, doctorred,sturlington ,edparks
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Fingersmith
by Sarah Waters
7,880 members
287 reviews
4.1
11 Members
tlwright, elkiedee, PaulCranswick, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707, Charon07, SOShea, doctorred
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Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
22,286 members
1,547 reviews
3.9
11 Members
chgstrom, tlwright, Twixi, gypsysmom, LoneS, ahef1963, kara.shamy, darllenwr_brwd, steller0707, hatapota, Lauren_Shriver, ,Charon07
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Bring Up the Bodies
by Hilary Mantel
6,981 members
347 reviews
½ 4.3
8 Members
hipdeep, Osbaldistone, Cariola, tlwright, PaulCranswick, Twixi, kara.shamy, darllenwr_brwd
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Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
17,031 members
538 reviews
3.9
9 Members
tlwright, sturlington, Dilara86, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kazzer2u, steller0707, Charon07,doctorred
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The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
15,051 members
804 reviews
3.9
10 Members
tlwright, edparks, Twixi, gypsysmom, LoneS, ahef1963, kara.shamy, kazzer2u, lamotamant, steller0707,Charon07
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
by Olga Tokarczuk
2,809 members
143 reviews
3.9
8 Members
pitjrw, lewbs, alex68, PaulCranswick, Twixi, peterveen, steller0707, Charon07
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A Tale for the Time Being
by Ruth Ozeki
4,510 members
253 reviews
4.1
9 Members
tlwright, sturlington, edparks, peterveen, gypsysmom, LoneS, ahef1963, kazzer2u, steller0707
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The Elementary Particles
by Michel Houellebecq
5,523 members
86 reviews
½ 3.6
7 Members
tlwright, lewbs, PaulCranswick, Twixi, sandrikoti, FranzK72, MadaDursma
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Runaway
by Alice Munro
3,716 members
96 reviews
4
8 Members
aprille, roby72, mkbird, tlwright, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom, FranzK72,sturlington
Explanations
sturlington : Abandoned
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The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes
8,347 members
541 reviews
3.8
8 Members
Cariola, tlwright, CGlanovsky, PaulCranswick, Twixi, kara.shamy, steller0707, MadaDursma
42
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz
13,154 members
489 reviews
3.8
9 Members
tlwright, alex68, CGlanovsky, Twixi, gypsysmom, LoneS, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707
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Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories
by Alice Munro
3,050 members
72 reviews
4.1
7 Members
roby72, tlwright, thecoroner, alex68, peterveen, gypsysmom, FranzK72
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Perdido Street Station
by China Miéville
9,427 members
315 reviews
4
6 Members
avatiakh, tlwright, Dilara86, Luisali, lamotamant, ManWithAnAgenda
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by J. K. Rowling
101,879 members
936 reviews
½ 4.4
9 Members
gilroy, chgstrom, tlwright, LoneS, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Lyn5r, lamotamant, PureChaos,jain ,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda
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Mortal Engines
by Philip Reeve
3,700 members
123 reviews
3.8
6 Members
generalkala, Osbaldistone, avatiakh, tlwright, indigorising, PureChaos
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The Girl Who Played with Fire
by Stieg Larsson
30,607 members
933 reviews
4.1
9 Members
mmignano11, chgstrom, tlwright, Twixi, gypsysmom, LoneS, ahef1963, linlef, SOShea,MaskedMumbler
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The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
30,724 members
1,494 reviews
½ 4.4
9 Members
tlwright, edparks, Twixi, gypsysmom, LoneS, ahef1963, steller0707, hatapota, Lauren_Shriver,sturlington
Explanations
sturlington : Abandoned
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
by Stieg Larsson
25,412 members
729 reviews
4.1
9 Members
mmignano11, chgstrom, tlwright, Twixi, gypsysmom, LoneS, ahef1963, linlef, SOShea,MaskedMumbler
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Olive Kitteridge
by Elizabeth Strout
9,966 members
623 reviews
3.9
9 Members
aprille, tlwright, sturlington, edparks, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, Lauren_Shriver
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American Gods {original}
by Neil Gaiman
33,709 members
933 reviews
4.1
11 Members
aprille, hipdeep, aulsmith, sturlington, Dilara86, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, lamotamant, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, SOShea,gilroy ,anglemark , ,trandism
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Snow
by Orhan Pamuk
7,050 members
147 reviews
½ 3.6
8 Members
roby72, mkbird, tlwright, thecoroner, alex68, CGlanovsky, PaulCranswick, steller0707,
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The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth
8,978 members
218 reviews
½ 3.7
8 Members
roby72, tlwright, thecoroner, lewbs, CGlanovsky, belmarchris, kara.shamy, linlef,sturlington
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The Wee Free Men
by Terry Pratchett
10,849 members
260 reviews
4.2
6 Members
tlwright, merrystar, ahef1963, tedfarrar, linlef, ManWithAnAgenda
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
14,940 members
966 reviews
4.1
9 Members
tlwright, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963, lamotamant, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, SOShea, PureChaos,jain
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The Sea
by John Banville
5,444 members
174 reviews
½ 3.5
9 Members
Osbaldistone, tlwright, martensgirl, CGlanovsky, PaulCranswick, Twixi, gypsysmom, LoneS, kara.shamy,sturlington ,
Explanations
sturlington : Abandoned
CGlanovsky: 2005 Booker Prize winner from one of the greatest living English language authors
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J. K. Rowling
101,499 members
863 reviews
½ 4.3
8 Members
chgstrom, tlwright, LoneS, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Lyn5r, lamotamant, PureChaos,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda
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Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
6,954 members
297 reviews
4.1
8 Members
elkiedee, PaulCranswick, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, hatapota
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North
by Richard Flanagan
3,152 members
146 reviews
4
7 Members
elkiedee, PaulCranswick, Twixi, peterveen, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, steller0707
60
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
27,083 members
779 reviews
3.9
8 Members
hipdeep, jain, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, Charon07, SOShea,sturlington
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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
by Svetlana Alexievich
2,356 members
80 reviews
½ 4.3
6 Members
hipdeep, pitjrw, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707
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11/22/63
by Stephen King
13,738 members
769 reviews
4.2
7 Members
generalkala, mmignano11, chgstrom, tlwright, sturlington, Twixi, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda
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The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
18,657 members
1,269 reviews
4.1
8 Members
tlwright, sturlington, edparks, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963, lamotamant, steller0707,CGlanovsky
64
The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd
27,200 members
588 reviews
3.9
7 Members
roby72, tlwright, thecoroner, gypsysmom, ahef1963, lamotamant, steller0707,sturlington
Explanations
sturlington : Not the best.
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Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett
13,300 members
461 reviews
3.9
7 Members
tlwright, edparks, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707
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The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga
9,637 members
423 reviews
3.8
8 Members
tlwright, PaulCranswick, Twixi, gypsysmom, LoneS, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707
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The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead
9,082 members
455 reviews
4
8 Members
tlwright, sturlington, Twixi, gypsysmom, LoneS, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707
68
The Inheritance of Loss
by Kiran Desai
6,955 members
195 reviews
½ 3.4
7 Members
tlwright, CGlanovsky, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707
69
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
30,478 members
898 reviews
½ 4.3
7 Members
tlwright, Twixi, gypsysmom, LoneS, ahef1963, steller0707, Lauren_Shriver
70
The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
6,250 members
304 reviews
½ 3.7
7 Members
aulsmith, tlwright, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, linlef, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
71
Room
by Emma Donoghue
14,401 members
979 reviews
4
7 Members
tlwright, PaulCranswick, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, SOShea
72
The Fifth Season
by N. K. Jemisin
8,140 members
365 reviews
4.2
7 Members
jain, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, Julie_in_the_Library, SOShea,sturlington
73
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J. K. Rowling
97,109 members
1,572 reviews
½ 4.4
8 Members
chgstrom, tlwright, LoneS, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Lyn5r, lamotamant, PureChaos,jain ,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda
74
The Golem and the Jinni
by Helene Wecker
5,471 members
366 reviews
4.1
6 Members
chgstrom, tlwright, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, lamotamant, SOShea
75
No Country for Old Men
by Cormac McCarthy
11,167 members
292 reviews
4
5 Members
tlwright, lewbs, ahef1963, kara.shamy, kazzer2u
76
TransAtlantic
by Colum McCann
1,828 members
169 reviews
4
6 Members
Cariola, tlwright, edparks, Twixi, kara.shamy, steller0707
77
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
by Karen Joy Fowler
3,710 members
244 reviews
3.8
5 Members
inge87, mkbird, tlwright, gypsysmom, kara.shamy
78
State of Wonder
by Ann Patchett
6,248 members
393 reviews
3.9
6 Members
tlwright, sturlington, edparks, gypsysmom, ahef1963, steller0707
79
The Gathering
by Anne Enright
4,067 members
204 reviews
3.1
7 Members
PaulCranswick, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
80
The No. 1 Ladiesʼ Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
14,215 members
401 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963, hatapota, DanPalmer
81
The Night Watch
by Sarah Waters
4,404 members
153 reviews
½ 3.7
6 Members
tlwright, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, SOShea
82
Going Postal
by Terry Pratchett
11,841 members
207 reviews
½ 4.3
4 Members
merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Julie_in_the_Library
83
Barkskins
by Annie Proulx
1,560 members
82 reviews
3.8
6 Members
tlwright, edparks, Twixi, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
84
The Tiger's Wife
by Téa Obreht
5,417 members
337 reviews
½ 3.5
6 Members
tlwright, gypsysmom, LoneS, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707
85
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
by Neil Gaiman
4,027 members
199 reviews
3.9
5 Members
tlwright, ahef1963, kara.shamy, lamotamant, PureChaos
86
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
14,760 members
743 reviews
4.2
6 Members
PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
87
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward
3,995 members
196 reviews
4.1
5 Members
aprille, PaulCranswick, peterveen, kara.shamy, steller0707
88
Lincoln in the Bardo
by George Saunders
5,873 members
338 reviews
3.9
6 Members
pitjrw, Twixi, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, MadaDursma,gypsysmom
89
Circe
by Madeline Miller
12,593 members
481 reviews
½ 4.3
6 Members
sturlington, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, PureChaos
90
The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green
27,123 members
1,557 reviews
4.2
5 Members
MaskedMumbler, PaulCranswick, Twixi, kara.shamy, PureChaos,
91
The Three-Body Problem
by Cixin Liu
8,893 members
413 reviews
3.8
5 Members
lewbs, peterveen, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
92
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
22,300 members
1,264 reviews
4.2
5 Members
hipdeep, jain, ahef1963, steller0707, PureChaos
93
Olive, Again
by Elizabeth Strout
2,103 members
132 reviews
4.2
5 Members
edparks, Twixi, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Lauren_Shriver
94
Beautiful Ruins
by Jess Walter
4,274 members
270 reviews
3.8
5 Members
merrystar, edparks, Twixi, gypsysmom, steller0707
95
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne
15,111 members
854 reviews
4
5 Members
PaulCranswick, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963, hatapota
96
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
by Mohsin Hamid
5,236 members
251 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
PaulCranswick, Twixi, kara.shamy, steller0707, hatapota
97
The Uncommon Reader
by Alan Bennett
5,766 members
575 reviews
3.9
5 Members
merrystar, Twixi, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
98
Bitter Greens
by Kate Forsyth
623 members
44 reviews
4
4 Members
inge87, mkbird, tlwright, kara.shamy
99
Mystic River
by Dennis Lehane
5,914 members
138 reviews
4.1
4 Members
mmignano11, tlwright, sturlington, gypsysmom
100
Citizen: An American Lyric
by Claudia Rankine
2,042 members
70 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
hipdeep, pitjrw, steller0707