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Read in the 21st Century

This is a list of books I have read since the turn of the century. Fiction and non-fiction. Not including poetry.
Hopefully the list title is no cause for confusion. These books were written on both sides of 2000, but read by me since then.
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1
Richard Bach
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
2
John Wyndham
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
3
S.E. Hinton
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
4
Agatha Christie
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
5
John Knowles
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
6
John Steinbeck
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
7
Anonymous
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
8
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
9
Oscar Wilde
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
10
Rohinton Mistry
Letters From St. Petersburg (Victoria Hammond)
Letters From St. Petersburg
11
Victoria Hammond
Enduring Cuba (Zoe Bran)
Enduring Cuba
12
Zoe Bran
The Beach (Alex Garland)
The Beach
13
Alex Garland
Marching Powder (Rusty Young)
Marching Powder
14
Rusty Young
Fast Food Nation (Eric Schlosser)
Fast Food Nation
15
Eric Schlosser
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
16
Mary Shelley
Dead Man Walking (Sister Helen Prejean)
Dead Man Walking
17
Sister Helen Prejean
Iran Awakening (Shirin Ebadi)
Iran Awakening
18
Shirin Ebadi
The Constant Gardener (John Le Carre)
The Constant Gardener
19
John Le Carre
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
20
Milan Kundera
The Shadow of the Sun (Ryszard Kapuscinski)
The Shadow of the Sun
21
Ryszard Kapuscinski
I, Rigoberta Menchu (Rigoberta Menchu)
I, Rigoberta Menchu
22
Rigoberta Menchu
Freedom From Fear (Aung San Suu Kyi)
Freedom From Fear
23
Aung San Suu Kyi
The Story of My Experiments With Truth (Mohandas K. Gandhi)
The Story of My Experiments With Truth
24
Mohandas K. Gandhi
A Xenophobe's Guide to the Canadians (Vaughn Roste and Peter W. Wilson)
A Xenophobe's Guide to the Canadians
25
Vaughn Roste and Peter W. Wilson
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
26
Franz Kafka
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco)
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
27
Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco
The Death of the Liberal Class (Chris Hedges)
The Death of the Liberal Class
28
Chris Hedges
The First Man (Albert Camus)
The First Man
29
Albert Camus
The Joke (Milan Kundera)
The Joke
30
Milan Kundera
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
31
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
32
Howard Zinn
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
33
George Orwell
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
34
Albert Camus
Voices From the Other Side: An Oral History of Terrorism Against Cuba (Keith Bolender)
Voices From the Other Side: An Oral History of Terrorism Against Cuba
35
Keith Bolender
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
36
Voltaire
9-11 (Noam Chomsky)
9-11
37
Noam Chomsky
Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Milan Kundera)
Book of Laughter and Forgetting
38
Milan Kundera
Fifty Shades of Feminism (Lisa Appignanesi, Rachel Holmes and Susie Orbach)
Fifty Shades of Feminism
39
Lisa Appignanesi, Rachel Holmes and Susie Orbach
A Baby in a Backpack to Bhutan: An Australian Family in the Land of the Thunder Dragon (Bunty Avieson)
A Baby in a Backpack to Bhutan: An Australian Family in the Land of the Thunder Dragon
40
Bunty Avieson
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