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The 30 Best Fiction Books of the Last 30 Years - LA Times

"Times — and The Times — have changed since the first Festival of Books was held in 1996. What hasn't is our commitment to this vibrant community of readers and writers, with the annual spring ritual continuing to shape, and be shaped by, the books we love (and love to argue over). So, after building our Ultimate L.A. and Hollywood bookshelves, we decided to mark the 30th edition of the festival by shifting the frame of this year's special issue from "place" to "time," and choose the best books published since the event's inauguration."
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Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
1
David Mitchell
Milkman (Anna Burns)
Milkman
2
Anna Burns
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
3
Jhumpa Lahiri
Mason & Dixon (Thomas Pynchon)
Mason & Dixon
4
Thomas Pynchon
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
5
Don Delillo
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
6
Anthony Doerr
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
7
Suzanne Collins
Bel Canto (Ann Pratchett)
Bel Canto
8
Ann Pratchett
Stories of Your Life and Others (Ted Chiang)
Stories of Your Life and Others
9
Ted Chiang
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
10
Min Jin Lee
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
11
Philip Roth
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
12
Jonathan Franzen
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
Salvage the Bones
13
Jesmyn Ward
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
14
Jennifer Egan
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
15
Hilary Mantel
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
16
Gabrielle Zevin
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
17
Junot Díaz
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
Demon Copperhead
18
Barbara Kingsolver
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
19
Kazuo Ishiguro
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
20
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
21
Colson Whitehead
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
22
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
23
George Saunders
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
24
Elena Ferrante
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
25
Paul Beatty
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
26
Richard Powers
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
27
Donna Tartt
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
28
James (Percival Everett)
James
29
Percival Everett
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
30
Roberto Bolaño
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