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The Telegraph's 20 Best Books of a Decade 2000-2010

What are the books that can be said to have defined the first decade of the millennium? The Telegraph's Michael Prodger assesses the literature that shaped our reading habits of those 10 years, produced new genres, created controversy, and entertained us, and then there are the books that, quite simply, would be hailed as great in any era .
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Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama)
Dreams From My Father
1
Barack Obama
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
2
Jonathan Franzen
Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
3
Sarah Waters
Suspicions of Mr. Whicher (Kate Somerscale)
Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
4
Kate Somerscale
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
5
Zadie Smith
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
6
Philip Roth
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
7
Marjane Satrapi
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
8
Peter Carey
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
9
Ian McEwan
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
10
Cormac McCarthy
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Lynne Truss)
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
11
Lynne Truss
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
12
Yann Martel
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion
13
Richard Dawkins
Untold Stories (Alan Bennett)
Untold Stories
14
Alan Bennett
The Tipping Point (Malcom Gladwell)
The Tipping Point
15
Malcom Gladwell
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
16
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
17
W.G. Sebald
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
18
Kazuo Ishiguro
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
19
Khaled Hosseini
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
20
Alice Sebold
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