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Chicago Public Library's Best Books of the Decade

Here is a list of the Chicago Public Library's best books of 2010-2019. How many of these have you read?
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10:04 (Ben Lerner)
10:04
1
Ben Lerner
All My Puny Sorrows (Miriam Toews)
All My Puny Sorrows
2
Miriam Toews
All the Single Ladies (Rebecca Traister)
All the Single Ladies
3
Rebecca Traister
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
4
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (Hank Green)
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
5
Hank Green
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
6
Jeff Vandermeer
The Argonauts (Maggie Nelson)
The Argonauts
7
Maggie Nelson
Bad Blood (John Carreyrou)
Bad Blood
8
John Carreyrou
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (William Finnegan)
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
9
William Finnegan
Battleborn (Claire Vaye Watkins)
Battleborn
10
Claire Vaye Watkins
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
11
Michelle Obama
Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
12
Katherine Boo
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
13
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Tom Reiss)
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
14
Tom Reiss
Bloodlands (Timothy Snyder)
Bloodlands
15
Timothy Snyder
The Book of My Lives (Aleksandar Hemon)
The Book of My Lives
16
Aleksandar Hemon
Bowlaway (Elizabeth McCracken)
Bowlaway
17
Elizabeth McCracken
Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
Boy, Snow, Bird
18
Helen Oyeyemi
Braiding Sweetgrass (Kimmerer)
Braiding Sweetgrass
19
Kimmerer
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
20
Marlon James
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
21
Hilary Mantel
Building Stories (Chris Ware)
Building Stories
22
Chris Ware
Calypso (David Sedaris)
Calypso
23
David Sedaris
Circe (Madeleine Miller)
Circe
24
Madeleine Miller
Citizen: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen: An American Lyric
25
Claudia Rankine
Commonwealth (Ann Patchett)
Commonwealth
26
Ann Patchett
The Complete Stories (Clarice Lispector)
The Complete Stories
27
Clarice Lispector
Concussion (Jeanne Marie Laskas)
Concussion
28
Jeanne Marie Laskas
Conversations With Friends (Sally Rooney)
Conversations With Friends
29
Sally Rooney
Crazy Rich Asians (Kevin Kwan)
Crazy Rich Asians
30
Kevin Kwan
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right (Jane Mayer)
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
31
Jane Mayer
Dear Life (Alice Munro)
Dear Life
32
Alice Munro
Dept. of Speculation (Jenny Offill)
Dept. of Speculation
33
Jenny Offill
The Destroyers (Christopher Bollen)
The Destroyers
34
Christopher Bollen
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
35
Tara Westover
Eileen (Ottessa Moshfegh)
Eileen
36
Ottessa Moshfegh
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
37
Gail Honeyman
The Emperor of All Maladies (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies
38
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted
39
Matthew Desmond
Exit West (Mohsin Hamid)
Exit West
40
Mohsin Hamid
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