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Standout Novels and Short Story Collections, 2000-2020 - Page 3

This list contains winners and nominees for various awards for fiction, plus a few of my favorites, that were published between 2000 and 2020. It is limited to adult fiction and first books of series and is by no means exhaustive. The goal was rather to present a variety and hopefully, inspiration for your reading!
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In America (Susan Sontag)
In America
81
Susan Sontag
In the Distance (Hernan Diaz)
In the Distance
82
Hernan Diaz
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders (Daniyal Mueenuddin)
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
83
Daniyal Mueenuddin
In the Shadow of the Banyan (Vaddey Ratner)
In the Shadow of the Banyan
84
Vaddey Ratner
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss
85
Kiran Desai
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
86
Jhumpa Lahiri
Invisible Planets (Ken Liu)
Invisible Planets
87
Ken Liu
John Henry Days (West Virginia) (Colson Whitehead)
John Henry Days (West Virginia)
88
Colson Whitehead
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
89
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
90
Edward P. Jones
The Lacuna (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Lacuna
91
Barbara Kingsolver
The Lake (Banana Yoshimoto)
The Lake
92
Banana Yoshimoto
Less (Andrew Sean Greer)
Less
93
Andrew Sean Greer
Let the Great World Spin (Colum McCann)
Let the Great World Spin
94
Colum McCann
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
95
Yann Martel
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
96
George Saunders
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
97
Alan Hollinghurst
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
98
Hanya Yanagihara
Lord of Misrule (Jaimy Gordon)
Lord of Misrule
99
Jaimy Gordon
Lovely, Dark, Deep (Joyce Carol Oates)
Lovely, Dark, Deep
100
Joyce Carol Oates
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Lowland
101
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
The Luminaries
102
Eleanor Catton
Lyrics Alley (Leila Aboulela)
Lyrics Alley
103
Leila Aboulela
The Man Who Spoke Snakish (Andrus Kivirahk)
The Man Who Spoke Snakish
104
Andrus Kivirahk
A Map of Home (Kuwait)
A Map of Home (Kuwait)
105
The March (E. L. Doctorow)
The March
106
E. L. Doctorow
March (Geraldine Brooks)
March
107
Geraldine Brooks
The Master (Colm Tóibín)
The Master
108
Colm Tóibín
Maud's Line (Margaret Verble)
Maud's Line
109
Margaret Verble
The Memory of Love (Aminatta Forna)
The Memory of Love
110
Aminatta Forna
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
111
Jeffrey Eugenides
Milkman (Anna Burns)
Milkman
112
Anna Burns
The Ministry of Pain (Dubravka Ugresic)
The Ministry of Pain
113
Dubravka Ugresic
The Moor's Account (Laila Lalami)
The Moor's Account
114
Laila Lalami
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard Flanagan)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
115
Richard Flanagan
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
116
Kazuo Ishiguro
The News From Paraguay (Lily Tuck)
The News From Paraguay
117
Lily Tuck
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
118
Colson Whitehead
The Night Tiger (Yangsze Choo)
The Night Tiger
119
Yangsze Choo
NW (Zadie Smith)
NW
120
Zadie Smith
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