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The Best Fiction of the Decade 2000-2009

Forty books selected and reviewed by Ted Gioia, who writes on music, literature and popular culture.
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2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
1
Roberto Bolano
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
2
Michael Chabon
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
3
Ian McEwan
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
4
W.G. Sebald
Bel Canto (Ann Pratchett)
Bel Canto
5
Ann Pratchett
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
6
Junot Díaz
Chronic City
Chronic City
7
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
8
David Mitchell
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
9
Jonathan Franzen
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
10
Mark Haddon
Downtown Owl (Chuck Klosterman)
Downtown Owl
11
Chuck Klosterman
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls
12
Richard Russo
The Feast of the Goat (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The Feast of the Goat
13
Mario Vargas Llosa
The Fortress of Solitude (Jonathan Lethem)
The Fortress of Solitude
14
Jonathan Lethem
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
15
Marilynne Robinson
House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
House of Leaves
16
Mark Danielewski
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
17
Philip Roth
Invisible (Paul Auster)
Invisible
18
Paul Auster
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
19
Haruki Murakami
The Kindly Ones (Jonathan Littell)
The Kindly Ones
20
Jonathan Littell
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
21
Edward P. Jones
Lark and Termite (Jayne Anne Phillips)
Lark and Termite
22
Jayne Anne Phillips
Lush Life (Richard Price)
Lush Life
23
Richard Price
The Master (Colm Toibin)
The Master
24
Colm Toibin
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
25
Jeffrey Eugenides
Netherland (Joseph O'Neill)
Netherland
26
Joseph O'Neill
Oblivion (David Foster Wallace)
Oblivion
27
David Foster Wallace
Old School (Tobias Wolff)
Old School
28
Tobias Wolff
On Chesil Beach (Ian McEwan)
On Chesil Beach
29
Ian McEwan
The Raw Shark Texts (Steven Hall)
The Raw Shark Texts
30
Steven Hall
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
31
Cormac McCarthy
Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway
32
Alice Munro
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolano)
The Savage Detectives
33
Roberto Bolano
The Sea (John Banville)
The Sea
34
John Banville
Special Topics in Calamity Physics (Marisha Pessl)
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
35
Marisha Pessl
Tree of Smoke (Denis Johnson)
Tree of Smoke
36
Denis Johnson
Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Unaccustomed Earth
37
Jhumpa Lahiri
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
38
Zadie Smith
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
39
Aravind Adiga
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Michael Chabon)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
40
Michael Chabon
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