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Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far)

As published by LibraryThing, here is a list of the best fiction books of the twenty-first century, so far anyway, we still have 86 years of great books to go. How many of these novels have you read?
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Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
1
Ian McEwan
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
2
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
3
Audrey Niffenegger
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
4
David Mitchell
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
5
Margaret Atwood
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
6
Suzanne Collins
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
7
Stieg Larsson
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
8
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
9
Michael Chabon
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
10
Haruki Murakami
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
11
Cormac McCarthy
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
12
W.G. Sebald
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Michael Chabon)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
13
Michael Chabon
11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
14
Stephen King
The Wee Free Men (Terry Pratchett)
The Wee Free Men
15
Terry Pratchett
Perdido Street Station (China Mieville)
Perdido Street Station
16
China Mieville
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
17
Khaled Hosseini
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
18
Margaret Atwood
Phillip Pullman: The Amber Spyglass
Phillip Pullman: The Amber Spyglass
19
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet (David Mitchell)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet
20
David Mitchell
Anasi Boys
Anasi Boys
21
Mortal Engines (Philip Reeve)
Mortal Engines
22
Philip Reeve
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
23
J.K. Rowling
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
24
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
25
Junot Díaz
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
26
Kate Atkinson
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
27
Marilynne Robinson
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
28
Cormac McCarthy
The Way of Shadows (Brent Weeks)
The Way of Shadows
29
Brent Weeks
Just After Sunset (Stephen King)
Just After Sunset
30
Stephen King
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
31
Julian Barnes
Seeing
Seeing
32
The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
The Thirteenth Tale
33
Diane Setterfield
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
34
Yann Martel
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
35
Zadie Smith
The Complete Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
The Complete Persepolis
36
Marjane Satrapi
Among Others (Jo Walton)
Among Others
37
Jo Walton
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
38
Haruki Murakami
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
39
Philip Roth
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River
40
Dennis Lehane
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