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The Greatest Books of the 21st Century (So Far)

This list is a combination of several different lists detailing the greatest books of the first 20 years of the 21st Century.
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The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
1
John Green
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
2
Gillian Flynn
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
3
Mark Haddon
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
4
Anthony Doerr
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
5
Neil Gaiman
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
6
Stieg Larsson
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
7
Angie Thomas
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
8
Erin Morgenstern
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
9
Dan Brown
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
10
Donna Tartt
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
11
Kazuo Ishiguro
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
12
Emily St John Mandel
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
13
Khaled Hosseini
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
14
Jeffrey Eugenides
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
15
J.K. Rowling
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
16
Jeannette Walls
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
17
David Mitchell
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
18
Celeste Ng
The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)
The Name of the Wind
19
Patrick Rothfuss
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
20
Margaret Atwood
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
21
Susanna Clarke
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
22
Neil Gaiman
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
23
Margaret Atwood
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
24
Rebecca Skloot
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
25
Cormac McCarthy
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
26
Yann Martel
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
27
Marjane Satrapi
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
28
Jonathan Franzen
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
29
Sara Gruen
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
30
Colson Whitehead
Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)
Mockingjay
31
Suzanne Collins
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
32
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
33
Khalid Hosseini
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
34
Michael Chabon
A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman)
A Man Called Ove
35
Fredrik Backman
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
36
Junot Díaz
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
37
Gail Honeyman
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind
38
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
39
Ta-Nehisi Coates
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
40
Hanya Yanagihara
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