TIME The 10 Best Fiction Books of year

10. The Overstory, Richard Powers

9. Florida, Lauren Groff

8. Gun Love, Jennifer Clement

7. There There, Tommy Orange

6. Washington Black, Esi Edugyan

5. Circe, Madeline Miller

4. My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh

3. An American Marriage, Tayari Jones

2. Asymmetry, Lisa Halliday

1. The Mars Room, Rachel Kushner

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2020

10. Breasts and Eggs, Mieko Kawakami

9. Where the Wild Ladies Are, Aoko Matsuda

8. Deacon King Kong, James McBride

7. A Burning, Megha Majumdar

6. I Hold a Wolf by the Ears, Laura van den Berg

5. Homeland Elegies, Ayad Akhtar

4. A Children’s Bible, Lydia Millet

3. The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel

2. Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart

1. The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021

10. Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro
9. Open Water, Caleb Azumah Nelson
8. Afterparties, Anthony Veasna So
7. Cloud Cuckoo Land, Anthony Doerr
6. The Life of the Mind, Christine Smallwood
5. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
4. Detransition, Baby, Torrey Peters
3. My Monticello, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
2. The Prophets, Robert Jones, Jr.

1. Great Circle, Maggie Shipstead