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Watchmojo's Top 20 Greatest Books of the Century (So Far)

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The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Diaz)
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
1
Junot Diaz
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
2
Jennifer Egan
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
3
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
4
Colson Whitehead
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
5
Zadie Smith
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
6
Gillian Flynn
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
7
Marilynne Robinson
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
8
Cormac McCarthy
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
9
Khalid Hosseini
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
10
Edward P. Jones
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
11
Ian McEwan
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
12
Yann Martel
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
13
Anthony Doerr
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
14
Markus Zusak
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
15
Donna Tartt
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
16
Stieg Larsson
Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Klara and the Sun
17
Kazuo Ishiguro
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
18
David Mitchell
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
19
Michael Chabon
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
20
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
21
Jonathan Franzen
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
22
Mark Haddon
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
23
Kazuo Ishiguro
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
24
Hilary Mantel
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
25
Philip Roth
The Argonauts (Maggie Nelson)
The Argonauts
26
Maggie Nelson
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
27
Neil Gaiman
Night Watch (Terry Pratchett)
Night Watch
28
Terry Pratchett
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