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100 Best Books of the 21st Century

This list was compiled by the USC Rossier School of Education using lists of bestsellers from Amazon and Goodreads. It is a list of 100 of the top-rated books published this century. It is not all-inclusive.
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Before I Go to Sleep (S.J. Watson)
Before I Go to Sleep
1
S.J. Watson
Nineteen Minutes (Jodi Picoult)
Nineteen Minutes
2
Jodi Picoult
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
3
Stieg Larsson
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
4
Alice Sebold
The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
The Thirteenth Tale
5
Diane Setterfield
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
6
Emma Donoghue
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
My Sister's Keeper
7
Jodi Picoult
The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
8
Kim Edwards
Language of Flowers (Vanessa Diffenbaugh)
Language of Flowers
9
Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
10
Elizabeth Kostova
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
11
Gillian Flynn
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
12
Dan Brown
Joyland (Stephen King)
Joyland
13
Stephen King
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
14
Audrey Niffenegger
11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
15
Stephen King
The Other Boleyn Girl (Philippa Gregory)
The Other Boleyn Girl
16
Philippa Gregory
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Lisa See)
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
17
Lisa See
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
18
Cormac McCarthy
Oryx and Crake
Oryx and Crake
19
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
20
Neil Gaiman
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
21
Kazuo Ishiguro
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
22
Zadie Smith
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
23
Junot Díaz
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
24
Jhumpa Lahiri
The History of Love (Nicole Krauss)
The History of Love
25
Nicole Krauss
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
26
Jonathan Safran Foer
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
27
Yann Martel
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
28
Jonathan Safran Foer
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
29
Cormac McCarthy
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
30
Jonathan Franzen
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
31
Jeffrey Eugenides
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
32
Hilary Mantel
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
33
Michael Chabon
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
34
Ian McEwan
The Traitor's Emblem
The Traitor's Emblem
35
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind
36
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
37
Ann Patchett
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
38
Mark Haddon
The Art of Fielding (Chad Harbach)
The Art of Fielding
39
Chad Harbach
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Alan Bradley)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
40
Alan Bradley
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