Books of the Decade: The 50 books that defined the decade2000

Given by The Guardian

7 Works 70,789 Books 1,097 Reviews ½ 3.9
The world was rocked by terrorism, climate change became an emergency, celebrity culture moved from our TVs to our bookshelves, and a boy wizard held millions spellbound. Love them or hate them, show more these are the 50 books that defined the decade show less
Categories:
All, 2000 (7), 2001 (4), 2002 (4), 2003 (5), 2004 (6), 2005 (5), 2006 (5), 2007 (5), 2008 (8), , 2009 (3)
Year Awarded:
2009

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The world was rocked by terrorism, climate change became an emergency, celebrity culture moved from our TVs to our bookshelves, and a boy wizard held millions spellbound. Love them or hate them, these are the 50 books that defined the decade

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URL: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/dec/05/books-of-the-noughties

Contains 52 books: three of Barack Obama's books were jointly listed under 2008.

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