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100 Books That Defined the 2010s

This is not a list of the best books of the decade. This is a list of books that, whether bad or good, were in one way or another defining for the last decade in American culture.
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Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
Freedom
1
Jonathan Franzen
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
2
Patti Smith
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
3
Jennifer Egan
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
4
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Reality Hunger
Reality Hunger
5
Orange Is the New Black (Piper Kerman)
Orange Is the New Black
6
Piper Kerman
The Big Short
The Big Short
7
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
8
Alexander
Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)
Mockingjay
9
Suzanne Collins
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
10
Rebecca Skloot
Sex at Dawn
Sex at Dawn
11
Faithful Place (Tana French)
Faithful Place
12
Tana French
Broken Harbor (Tana French)
Broken Harbor
13
Tana French
The Secret Place (Tana French)
The Secret Place
14
Tana French
Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades of Grey
15
E.L. James
Fifty Shades Darker (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades Darker
16
E.L. James
Fifty Shades Freed (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades Freed
17
E.L. James
A Dance With Dragons (George R.R. Martin)
A Dance With Dragons
18
George R.R. Martin
The Pale King
The Pale King
19
Steve Jobs (Walter Isaacson)
Steve Jobs
20
Walter Isaacson
The Tiger's Wife (Tea Obreht)
The Tiger's Wife
21
Tea Obreht
Zone One (Colson Whitehead)
Zone One
22
Colson Whitehead
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
23
Pulphead (John Jeremiah Sullivan)
Pulphead
24
John Jeremiah Sullivan
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants
25
Tina Fey
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
26
Ernest Cline
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
27
Andy Weir
Train Dreams (Denis Johnson)
Train Dreams
28
Denis Johnson
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
29
Daniel Kahneman
My Struggle (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle
30
Karl Ove Knausgaard
How Should a Person Be
How Should a Person Be
31
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
32
Hilary Mantel
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
33
Gillian Flynn
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
34
Cheryl Strayed
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
35
John Green
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
36
Ben Fountain
The Patrick Melrose Novels (Edward St. Aubyn)
The Patrick Melrose Novels
37
Edward St. Aubyn
Quiet (Susan Cain)
Quiet
38
Susan Cain
The Passage of Power (Robert A. Caro)
The Passage of Power
39
Robert A. Caro
Building Stories
Building Stories
40
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