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30 Best Books of the Decade 2000-2010 List of Literary Fiction

Every year hundreds of great books are published but how do you decide what to read and what are the best books? Here is a list of books that can be said to have defined the first decade of the millennium, 2000-2010. This is a reading list of our top picks of some of the best books in the literary fiction category that have influenced us and entertained us over the last decade. (Updated 2022)

2000


White Teeth by Zadie Smith
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz

zadie smith white teeth top pick book title for 2000's


2001


Atonement by Ian McEwan
The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
The Corrections by John Franzen
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Best Read in Fiction for 2001

2002


The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides top fiction book for 2002

2003


The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon Top Pick book for 2003

2004


My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
The Truth about Forever by Sarah Dessen

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult Best Ficton Books of 2004

2005


Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak Top Fiction Book of 2005

2006


The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Night Watch by Sarah Waters

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen - Best Books of the 2000's

2007


A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
World Without End by Ken Follett
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

Mister Pip by lloyd jones top pick book 2007

2008


The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
City of Thieves by David Benioff

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer Best Reads of 2010

2009


The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert
Half-Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls

The Help by Kathryn Stockett - Top Pick book for 2000's


2010


Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
The Passage by Justin Cronin
Room By Emma Donoghue
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Fall of the Giants by Ken Follett

Room by Emma Donoghue Published 2010 Best Fiction Books of the Decade 2001-2010

If you are lover of good books there is a good chance you have already read some of these titles from this list of 30 best books of the decade 2000-2010. Feel free to let us know what you think.

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