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Best Books of the Decade (So Far)

This is a list of the best books of the decade so far (2010 through early 2015) as compiled by The Oyster. I agree with several of the books on this list, but I personally feel they missed a few. I added a number of these to my to-read list though.
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Open City
Open City
1
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
2
Patti Smith
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
3
Kate Atkinson
The Tiger's Wife (Tea Obreht)
The Tiger's Wife
4
Tea Obreht
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
5
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Paul Murray: Skippy Dies
Paul Murray: Skippy Dies
6
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
7
Jennifer Egan
The Empathy Exams
The Empathy Exams
8
The Unnamed (Joshua Ferris)
The Unnamed
9
Joshua Ferris
People Who Eat Darkness
People Who Eat Darkness
10
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
11
Ben Fountain
This Is How You Lose Her (Junot Díaz)
This Is How You Lose Her
12
Junot Díaz
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
Salvage the Bones
13
Jesmyn Ward
Swimming Studies
Swimming Studies
14
Nebraska: Eleanor and Park (Rainbow Rowell)
Nebraska: Eleanor and Park
15
Rainbow Rowell
The Imperfectionists (Tom Rachman)
The Imperfectionists
16
Tom Rachman
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
17
Rebecca Skloot
Blood, Bones and Butter
Blood, Bones and Butter
18
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet (David Mitchell)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet
19
David Mitchell
Cleopatra: A Life (Egypt)
Cleopatra: A Life (Egypt)
20
Tenth of December (George Saunders)
Tenth of December
21
George Saunders
Ghettoside (Jill Leovy)
Ghettoside
22
Jill Leovy
Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
Boy, Snow, Bird
23
Helen Oyeyemi
11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
24
Stephen King
Swamplandia!
Swamplandia!
25
Tiny Beautiful Things (Cheryl Strayed)
Tiny Beautiful Things
26
Cheryl Strayed
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
27
Cheryl Strayed
Bark (Lorrie Moore)
Bark
28
Lorrie Moore
10:04 (Ben Lerner)
10:04
29
Ben Lerner
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing (Eimear McBride)
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
30
Eimear McBride
Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
31
Claudia Rankine
On Immunity: An Inoculation
On Immunity: An Inoculation
32
Those Guys Have All the Fun
Those Guys Have All the Fun
33
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
34
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Daniel James Brown)
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
35
Daniel James Brown
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
36
Roxane Gay
How Music Works (David Byrne)
How Music Works
37
David Byrne
The Isle of Youth
The Isle of Youth
38
A Hologram for the King
A Hologram for the King
39
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
40
Jeff Vandermeer
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