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The Times Literary Supplement 100 Best Books of the Decade (2000s)

I must be 10 years behind the times. Another list from the noughties. Also another one used to compile the master list at thegreatestbooks.org, from which website I obtained the list. It came with some anomalies for which I can only guess the explanation (see below).
Notes: Frankly, I didn't know that "War and Peace" was written so recently. Actually, I assume its inclusion is for the Pevear & Volokhonsky translation. Similarly "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" for the Armitage translation.
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The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
1
Cormac McCarthy
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
2
Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama)
Dreams From My Father
3
Barack Obama
The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World (Robert Bringhurst)
The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World
4
Robert Bringhurst
Suite Française (Irène Némirovsky)
Suite Française
5
Irène Némirovsky
The Tipping Point (Malcolm Gladwell)
The Tipping Point
6
Malcolm Gladwell
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
7
Yann Martel
Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth (Margaret Atwood)
Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth
8
Margaret Atwood
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
9
Ian McEwan
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
10
Dan Brown
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
11
Leo Tolstoy
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
12
Dave Eggers
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
13
W.G. Sebald
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
14
Azar Nafisi
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion
15
Richard Dawkins
Rapture (Carol Ann Duffy)
Rapture
16
Carol Ann Duffy
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
17
J.K. Rowling
Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
18
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
19
Jonathan Franzen
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
20
Zadie Smith
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
21
Philip Roth
The Amber Spyglass (Philip Pullman)
The Amber Spyglass
22
Philip Pullman
The 9/11 Report: The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (National Commission on States)
The 9/11 Report: The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
23
National Commission on States
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
24
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Curious Incindent of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incindent of the Dog in the Night-Time
25
Mark Haddon
Bad Blood (Lorna Sage)
Bad Blood
26
Lorna Sage
Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary
27
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century (Alex Ross)
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century
28
Alex Ross
The Accidental (Ali Smith)
The Accidental
29
Ali Smith
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
30
Khalid Hosseini
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
31
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
32
Jonathan Safran Foer
Chronicles Volume One (Bob Dylan)
Chronicles Volume One
33
Bob Dylan
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
34
The Arrival (Shaun Tan)
The Arrival
35
Shaun Tan
How I Live Now (Meg Rosoff)
How I Live Now
36
Meg Rosoff
The Collected Stories (William Trevor) (William Trevor)
The Collected Stories (William Trevor)
37
William Trevor
The Noonday Demon (Andrew Solomon)
The Noonday Demon
38
Andrew Solomon
Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway
39
Alice Munro
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Simon Armitage (Translator))
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
40
Simon Armitage (Translator)
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