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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 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 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...

The Whitcoulls Top 100 List for 2008 is now available from any Whitcoulls store. This year the list of titles selected by Kiwi readers as their favourite reads for 2008 is topped by T R R Tolkein's timeless classic trilogy The Lord of the Rings . In the number two spot is My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Jodi Picoult has emerged as one of New Zealander's favourite authors having a total of five books on the list including Nineteen Minutes , The Pact , Change of Heart , and Plain Truth . Jane Austen remains popular two hundred years on with her classic love story of Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice claiming third place. Books by New Zealand authors or with New Zealand interest include: Mister Pip  by Lloyd Jones The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time  by Mark Haddon Denniston Rose  by Jenny Pattrick Edmonds Cookery Book  by Edmonds  The Penguin History of New Zealand  by Michael King The Wh...