Best 21st Century Books (So Far)

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The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
34,365 members
1,404 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 6
17 Members
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Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
13,470 members
650 reviews
4
Global Rank 14
13 Members
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White Teeth
by Zadie Smith
13,644 members
247 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 23
11 Members
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Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami
18,028 members
465 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 19
12 Members
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The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
17,182 members
910 reviews
4
Global Rank 22
12 Members
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Bring Up the Bodies
by Hilary Mantel
6,918 members
345 reviews
½ 4.3
Global Rank 33
8 Members
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Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel
11,666 members
777 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 20
13 Members
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The Complete Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi
6,872 members
252 reviews
½ 4.3
Global Rank 26
10 Members
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The Elementary Particles
by Michel Houellebecq
5,501 members
86 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 39
7 Members
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The Sea
by John Banville
5,409 members
172 reviews
½ 3.5
Global Rank 56
9 Members
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Explanations
sturlington : Abandoned
CGlanovsky: 2005 Booker Prize winner from one of the greatest living English language authors
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The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes
8,272 members
539 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 41
8 Members
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Snow
by Orhan Pamuk
7,022 members
147 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 52
8 Members
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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
by Svetlana Alexievich
2,333 members
78 reviews
½ 4.3
Global Rank 61
6 Members
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American Gods {original}
by Neil Gaiman
33,590 members
931 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 51
11 Members
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The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga
9,577 members
423 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 66
8 Members
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Room
by Emma Donoghue
14,307 members
977 reviews
4
Global Rank 71
7 Members
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Fingersmith
by Sarah Waters
7,817 members
285 reviews
4
Global Rank 30
11 Members
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne
14,957 members
851 reviews
4
Global Rank 95
5 Members
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Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
6,895 members
296 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 58
8 Members
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Jar City
by Arnaldur Indridason
2,956 members
139 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 104
5 Members
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March
by Geraldine Brooks
6,681 members
276 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 105
5 Members
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
14,829 members
961 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 55
9 Members
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The Bone Clocks
by David Mitchell
4,979 members
290 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 114
4 Members
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The No. 1 Ladiesʼ Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
14,110 members
400 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 80
5 Members
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
by Olga Tokarczuk
2,742 members
139 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 36
8 Members
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On Chesil Beach
by Ian McEwan
8,444 members
369 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 136
4 Members
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Brick Lane
by Monica Ali
5,349 members
128 reviews
½ 3.4
Global Rank 140
4 Members
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North
by Richard Flanagan
3,124 members
146 reviews
4
Global Rank 59
7 Members
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The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
17,769 members
1,112 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 103
5 Members
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The Terror
by Dan Simmons
4,699 members
204 reviews
4
Global Rank 154
2 Members
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The Gathering
by Anne Enright
4,052 members
204 reviews
3.1
Global Rank 79
7 Members
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True History of the Kelly Gang
by Peter Carey
4,232 members
79 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 115
5 Members
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Family Matters
by Rohinton Mistry
2,556 members
52 reviews
4
Global Rank 165
4 Members
PaulCranswick, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963
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And the Mountains Echoed
by Khaled Hosseini
7,169 members
324 reviews
4
Global Rank 170
4 Members
PaulCranswick, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963
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The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green
26,831 members
1,549 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 90
5 Members
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
by Mohsin Hamid
5,214 members
250 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 96
5 Members
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The Garden of Evening Mists
by Tan Twan Eng
1,615 members
108 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 195
3 Members
CGlanovsky, PaulCranswick, Twixi
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
26,959 members
772 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 60
8 Members
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Farthing
by Jo Walton
1,582 members
114 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 202
3 Members
jain, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom
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How to Be Both
by Ali Smith
1,571 members
51 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 197
2 Members
PaulCranswick, kara.shamy
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A Brief History of Seven Killings
by Marlon James
2,858 members
108 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 155
4 Members
PaulCranswick, Twixi, gypsysmom, kara.shamy
45
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
14,596 members
739 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 86
6 Members
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The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller
13,008 members
505 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 102
5 Members
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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
by Marina Lewycka
5,720 members
239 reviews
½ 3.4
Global Rank 227
3 Members
PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce
5,307 members
461 reviews
4
Global Rank 160
4 Members
PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963, steller0707
49
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
by Katherine Boo
4,374 members
292 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 162
4 Members
PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963, steller0707
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One Good Turn
by Kate Atkinson
4,355 members
218 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 238
3 Members
PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963
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Among Others
by Jo Walton
2,942 members
250 reviews
4
Global Rank 126
3 Members
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Out Stealing Horses
by Per Petterson
4,285 members
245 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 169
4 Members
PaulCranswick, Twixi, gypsysmom, steller0707
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Mister Pip
by Lloyd Jones
3,484 members
180 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 182
4 Members
PaulCranswick, Twixi, gypsysmom, steller0707
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H Is for Hawk
by Helen Macdonald
4,348 members
278 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 244
3 Members
PaulCranswick, Twixi, gypsysmom
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English Passengers
by Matthew Kneale
2,136 members
39 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 247
3 Members
PaulCranswick, Twixi, gypsysmom
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Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward
3,946 members
195 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 87
5 Members
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57
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
by Anna Funder
1,881 members
59 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 253
2 Members
hipdeep, PaulCranswick
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The Thing Around Your Neck
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
1,862 members
75 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 129
4 Members
jain, PaulCranswick, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
59
Sword of Kings
by Bernard Cornwell
481 members
15 reviews
4
Global Rank 222
2 Members
PaulCranswick, kara.shamy
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The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova
21,429 members
755 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 189
5 Members
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61
Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure
by Michael Chabon
2,913 members
141 reviews
½ 3.5
Global Rank 273
3 Members
aulsmith, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom,anglemark
62
The Last Kingdom
by Bernard Cornwell
4,718 members
150 reviews
4
Global Rank 243
2 Members
PaulCranswick, kara.shamy
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Blue Horses: Poems
by Mary Oliver
441 members
21 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 295
2 Members
sturlington, PaulCranswick
64
The Orenda
by Joseph Boyden
1,024 members
45 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 304
2 Members
PaulCranswick, gypsysmom
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Coventry
by Helen Humphreys
418 members
60 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 306
2 Members
PaulCranswick, gypsysmom
66
Dissolution
by C. J. Sansom
4,161 members
196 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 223
3 Members
PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, kara.shamy
68
The Pale Horseman
by Bernard Cornwell
3,039 members
70 reviews
4
Global Rank 292
2 Members
PaulCranswick, kara.shamy
69
The Lords of the North
by Bernard Cornwell
2,696 members
49 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 293
2 Members
PaulCranswick, kara.shamy
70
The Burning Land
by Bernard Cornwell
1,846 members
34 reviews
4
Global Rank 294
2 Members
PaulCranswick, kara.shamy
71
The Sellout
by Paul Beatty
3,278 members
131 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 167
4 Members
PaulCranswick, Twixi, kara.shamy, steller0707
72
Rivers of London
by Ben Aaronovitch
6,011 members
371 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 251
3 Members
PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963
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The Round House
by Louise Erdrich
3,921 members
220 reviews
4
Global Rank 108
5 Members
PaulCranswick, peterveen, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
74
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
by Peter Boxall
641 members
23 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 221
3 Members
PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, PureChaos
75
Moon Over Soho
by Ben Aaronovitch
3,231 members
175 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 347
2 Members
PaulCranswick, gypsysmom
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Homegoing
by Yaa Gyasi
5,572 members
276 reviews
½ 4.3
Global Rank 185
4 Members
PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963, steller0707
77
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
70,212 members
1,305 reviews
½ 3.5
Global Rank 193
6 Members
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78
The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
27,856 members
1,038 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 144
6 Members
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79
Blood Meridian
by Cormac McCarthy
11,555 members
272 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 203
3 Members
PaulCranswick, peterveen, kara.shamy
80
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
by Anthony Bourdain
10,084 members
272 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 250
3 Members
PaulCranswick, ahef1963, kara.shamy
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Dark Places
by Gillian Flynn
8,545 members
415 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 339
2 Members
PaulCranswick, kara.shamy
82
Affinity
by Sarah Waters
3,340 members
129 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 565
2 Members
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Explanations
elkiedee : 1999!
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A Place of Greater Safety
by Hilary Mantel
1,823 members
59 reviews
4
Global Rank 567
2 Members
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Explanations
elkiedee : Good book but published in 1992
84
Sea of Poppies
by Amitav Ghosh
3,105 members
151 reviews
4
Global Rank 537
2 Members
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85
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
44,763 members
2,121 reviews
½ 4.4
Global Rank 191
5 Members
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86
Doomsday Book
by Connie Willis
7,956 members
374 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 627
2 Members
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Explanations
jain : 20th century
merrystar : Published in 1992
87
Tenth of December: Stories
by George Saunders
3,809 members
184 reviews
4
Global Rank 582
3 Members
PaulCranswick, kara.shamy, steller0707,edparks ,CGlanovsky