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Books of the 2000s

The internet was arriving but fiction held its ground. McEwan, Zadie Smith, Jonathan Franzen, Junot Díaz — the novel about contemporary life felt newly urgent. 246 titles in the catalogue from this decade.

Persepolis Marjane Satrapi · 2000 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain · 2000 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
Moth Smoke Mohsin Hamid · 2000 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Michael Chabon · 2000 Essential Read See details →
The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman · 2000 Essential Read See details →
The Human Stain Philip Roth · 2000 Essential Read See details →
The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell · 2000 Essential Read See details →
Atonement Ian McEwan · 2001 Essential Read See details →
The Corrections Jonathan Franzen · 2001 Essential Read See details →
American Gods Neil Gaiman · 2001 Essential Read See details →
The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon · 2001 Essential Read See details →
Austerlitz W.G. Sebald · 2001 Essential Read See details →
Bel Canto Ann Patchett · 2001 Essential Read See details →
Everything Is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer · 2002 Essential Read See details →
Fingersmith Sarah Waters · 2002 Essential Read See details →
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini · 2003 Essential Read See details →
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson · 2003 Essential Read See details →
Moneyball Michael Lewis · 2003 Essential Read See details →
Purple Hibiscus Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2003 Essential Read See details →
We Need to Talk About Kevin Lionel Shriver · 2003 Essential Read See details →
Brick Lane Monica Ali · 2003 Essential Read See details →
Cloud Atlas David Mitchell · 2004 Essential Read See details →
The Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst · 2004 Essential Read See details →
Small Island Andrea Levy · 2004 Essential Read See details →
Suite Francaise Irene Nemirovsky · 2004 Essential Read See details →
Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro · 2005 Essential Read See details →
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson · 2005 Essential Read See details →
The Book Thief Markus Zusak · 2005 Essential Read See details →
The Year of Magical Thinking Joan Didion · 2005 Essential Read See details →
No Country for Old Men Cormac McCarthy · 2005 Essential Read See details →
The Sea John Banville · 2005 Essential Read See details →
The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan · 2005 Essential Read See details →
Still Life Louise Penny · 2005 Essential Read See details →
On Beauty Zadie Smith · 2005 Essential Read See details →
Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2006 Essential Read See details →
The Road Cormac McCarthy · 2006 Essential Read See details →
Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson · 2006 Essential Read See details →
The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan · 2006 Editor's Choice See details →
The Bastard of Istanbul Elif Shafak · 2006 Essential Read See details →
The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss · 2007 Essential Read See details →
The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid · 2007 Essential Read See details →
On Chesil Beach Ian McEwan · 2007 Essential Read See details →
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz · 2007 Essential Read See details →
The Gathering Anne Enright · 2007 Essential Read See details →
Flights Olga Tokarczuk · 2007 Essential Read See details →
The Vegetarian Han Kang · 2007 Essential Read See details →
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie · 2007 Essential Read See details →
The Three-Body Problem Liu Cixin · 2008 Essential Read See details →
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins · 2008 Editor's Choice See details →
The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry · 2008 Essential Read See details →
Kairos Jenny Erpenbeck · 2008 Essential Read See details →
Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel · 2009 Editor's Choice See details →
Open Andre Agassi · 2009 Editor's Choice See details →
Brooklyn Colm Tóibín · 2009 Essential Read See details →
My Struggle Book 1 Karl Ove Knausgard · 2009 Essential Read See details →
Let the Great World Spin Colum McCann · 2009 Essential Read See details →
The Help Kathryn Stockett · 2009 Essential Read See details →
1Q84 Haruki Murakami · 2009 Essential Read See details →
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Olga Tokarczuk · 2009 Essential Read See details →
Brooklyn Colm Toibin · 2009 Essential Read See details →
White Teeth Zadie Smith · 2000 Recommended See details →
Midnight Robber Nalo Hopkinson · 2000 Recommended See details →
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling · 2000 Recommended See details →
Breaking Dawn Stephenie Meyer · 2000 Recommended See details →
Angels & Demons Dan Brown · 2000 Recommended See details →
Wish You Well David Baldacci · 2000 Recommended See details →
Fifty Shades of Grey E. L. James · 2000 Recommended See details →
The Secret Rhonda Byrne · 2000 Recommended See details →
Darkest fear Harlan Coben · 2000 Recommended See details →
Fresh air fiend Paul Theroux · 2000 Recommended See details →
Eragon Christopher Paolini · 2000 Recommended See details →
Stormbreaker Anthony Horowitz · 2000 Recommended See details →
Life of Pi Yann Martel · 2001 Recommended See details →
Mystic River Dennis Lehane · 2001 Recommended See details →
Seabiscuit Laura Hillenbrand · 2001 Recommended See details →
Four Veronica Roth · 2001 Recommended See details →
Steelheart Brandon Sanderson · 2001 Recommended See details →
Tenisu no ōjisama Takeshi Konomi · 2001 Recommended See details →
Ali Pacha Alexandre Dumas · 2001 Recommended See details →
The rest of us just live here Patrick Ness · 2001 Recommended See details →
Baby Einstein Julie Aigner-Clark · 2001 Recommended See details →
Visage volé Latifa · 2001 Recommended See details →
Body Image Sarah Grogan · 2001 Recommended See details →
Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser · 2001 Recommended See details →
Eat That Frog! 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time Brian Tracy · 2001 Recommended See details →
Family Wisdom from the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari Robin S. Sharma · 2001 Recommended See details →
Rappaccini's Daughter Nathaniel Hawthorne · 2001 Recommended See details →
Guide des mouvements de musculation Frédéric Delavier · 2001 Recommended See details →
Quidditch Through the Ages J. K. Rowling · 2001 Recommended See details →
Black mass Dick Lehr · 2001 Recommended See details →
Point Blanc Anthony Horowitz · 2001 Recommended See details →
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents Terry Pratchett · 2001 Recommended See details →
The Angel Experiment James Patterson · 2001 Recommended See details →
Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides · 2002 Recommended See details →
Kafka on the Shore Haruki Murakami · 2002 Recommended See details →
Urbain Grandier Alexandre Dumas · 2002 Recommended See details →
From a Buick 8 Stephen King · 2002 Recommended See details →
Modern Japan Elise Tipton · 2002 Recommended See details →
Overcoming Anxiety for Dummies Ph.D. Charles H. Elliott · 2002 Recommended See details →
Cape May Court House Lawrence Schiller · 2002 Recommended See details →
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon · 2002 Recommended See details →
The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri · 2003 Recommended See details →
Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood · 2003 Recommended See details →
Blankets Craig Thompson · 2003 Recommended See details →
The Devil in the White City Erik Larson · 2003 Recommended See details →
Stiff Mary Roach · 2003 Recommended See details →
The Media Handbook Helen Katz · 2003 Recommended See details →
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling · 2003 Recommended See details →
Fat Land Greg Critser · 2003 Recommended See details →
Monsoon Diary Shoba Narayan · 2003 Recommended See details →
Pinkalicious Victoria Kann · 2003 Recommended See details →
The South Beach diet Arthur Agatston · 2003 Recommended See details →
Naruto Masashi Kishimoto · 2003 Recommended See details →
The Third Wheel Jeff Kinney · 2003 Recommended See details →
The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown · 2003 Recommended See details →
Consciousness Susan J. Blackmore · 2003 Recommended See details →
The Five People You Meet in Heaven Mitch Albom · 2003 Recommended See details →
Bleachers John Grisham · 2003 Recommended See details →
Transnational Organised Crime Adam Edwards · 2003 Recommended See details →
Under the Banner of Heaven Jon Krakauer · 2003 Recommended See details →
Gilead Marilynne Robinson · 2004 Recommended See details →
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke · 2004 Recommended See details →
Among the Brave Margaret Peterson Haddix · 2004 Recommended See details →
French Women Don't Get Fat Mireille Guiliano · 2004 Recommended See details →
Bleach Tite Kubo · 2004 Recommended See details →
Martin Guerre Alexandre Dumas · 2004 Recommended See details →
Suite française Irène Némirovsky · 2004 Recommended See details →
The Mysterious Key And What It Opened Louisa May Alcott · 2004 Recommended See details →
Blink Malcolm Gladwell · 2004 Recommended See details →
The Fabric of the Cosmos Brian Greene · 2004 Recommended See details →
The Road to Reality Roger Penrose · 2004 Recommended See details →
Feeling Is the Secret Neville Goddard · 2004 Recommended See details →
The Definitive Book of Body Language Allan Pease · 2004 Recommended See details →
A Tale of Three Lions H. Rider Haggard · 2004 Recommended See details →
Winter Dreams F. Scott Fitzgerald · 2004 Recommended See details →
Lo strano caso dei Giochi Olimpici Elisabetta Dami · 2004 Recommended See details →
Strategic Sports Event Management Guy Masterman · 2004 Recommended See details →
Cosa Nostra John Dickie · 2004 Recommended See details →
Brisingr Christopher Paolini · 2004 Recommended See details →
The Spook's Apprentice Joseph Delaney · 2004 Recommended See details →
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Rick Riordan · 2005 Recommended See details →
Team of Rivals Doris Kearns Goodwin · 2005 Recommended See details →
1776 David McCullough · 2005 Recommended See details →
The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls · 2005 Recommended See details →
Freakonomics Steven Levitt · 2005 Recommended See details →
Consider the Lobster David Foster Wallace · 2005 Recommended See details →
Among the enemy Margaret Peterson Haddix · 2005 Recommended See details →
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling · 2005 Recommended See details →
Don't Eat This Book Morgan Spurlock · 2005 Recommended See details →
The Flavor Point Diet David L. Katz · 2005 Recommended See details →
Beams Adam Fieled · 2005 Recommended See details →
Eyeshield 21 Riichiro Inagaki · 2005 Recommended See details →
Don't Get Too Comfortable David Rakoff · 2005 Recommended See details →
Syndromes of Corruption Michael Johnston · 2005 Recommended See details →
The Best American Crime Writing 2005 Thomas H. Cook · 2005 Recommended See details →
Eldest Christopher Paolini · 2005 Recommended See details →
Looking for Alaska John Green · 2005 Recommended See details →
The Battle of the Labyrinth Rick Riordan · 2005 Recommended See details →
The Opal Deception Eoin Colfer · 2005 Recommended See details →
The Sea of Monsters Rick Riordan · 2005 Recommended See details →
Fun Home Alison Bechdel · 2006 Recommended See details →
Mindset Carol Dweck · 2006 Recommended See details →
Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert · 2006 Recommended See details →
The 4-Hour Workweek Timothy Ferriss · 2006 Recommended See details →
Chew on this Eric Schlosser · 2006 Recommended See details →
French Women for All Seasons Mireille Guiliano · 2006 Recommended See details →
Heat Bill Buford · 2006 Recommended See details →
Omnivore's Dilemma. A Natural History of Four Meals Michael Pollan · 2006 Recommended See details →
The Incredible Book Eating Boy Oliver Jeffers · 2006 Recommended See details →
New Moon Stephenie Meyer · 2006 Recommended See details →
The Power of Darkness Edith Nesbit · 2006 Recommended See details →
The American Culture of War Adrian R. Lewis · 2006 Recommended See details →
Knowledge in Context Sandra Jovchelovitch · 2006 Recommended See details →
The Greatness Guide Robin S. Sharma · 2006 Recommended See details →
Miracle in the Andes Nando Parrado · 2006 Recommended See details →
Promise Me Harlan Coben · 2006 Recommended See details →
The Global Politics of Contemporary Travel Writing Debbie Lisle · 2006 Recommended See details →
The Innocent Man John Grisham · 2006 Recommended See details →
An Abundance of Katherines John Green · 2006 Recommended See details →
Eclipse Stephenie Meyer · 2006 Recommended See details →
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne · 2006 Recommended See details →
Wintersmith Terry Pratchett · 2006 Recommended See details →
A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini · 2007 Recommended See details →
In the Woods Tana French · 2007 Recommended See details →
The Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein · 2007 Recommended See details →
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Barbara Kingsolver · 2007 Recommended See details →
Food and culture Carole Counihan · 2007 Recommended See details →
How to eat like a hot chick Jodi Lipper · 2007 Recommended See details →
Cabin Fever Jeff Kinney · 2007 Recommended See details →
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney · 2007 Recommended See details →
Dog Days Jeff Kinney · 2007 Recommended See details →
Double Down Jeff Kinney · 2007 Recommended See details →
Old School Jeff Kinney · 2007 Recommended See details →
Rodrick Rules Jeff Kinney · 2007 Recommended See details →
The Meltdown Jeff Kinney · 2007 Recommended See details →
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button F. Scott Fitzgerald · 2007 Recommended See details →
Extras Scott Westerfeld · 2007 Recommended See details →
Survival of the Sickest Sharon Moalem · 2007 Recommended See details →
Artificial general intelligence Ben Goertzel · 2007 Recommended See details →
Musicophilia Oliver Sacks · 2007 Recommended See details →
Playing for Pizza John Grisham · 2007 Recommended See details →
Sport Management Russell Hoye · 2007 Recommended See details →
Blood River Tim Butcher · 2007 Recommended See details →
Beyond the Body Farm William M. Bass · 2007 Recommended See details →
Die, My Love Kathryn Casey · 2007 Recommended See details →
Never Enough Joe McGinniss · 2007 Recommended See details →
The Nuclear Jihadist Douglas Frantz · 2007 Recommended See details →
City of Bones Cassandra Clare · 2007 Recommended See details →
The Titan's Curse Rick Riordan · 2007 Recommended See details →
Outliers Malcolm Gladwell · 2008 Recommended See details →
Ich werde hier sein im Sonnenschein und im Schatten Christian Kracht · 2008 Recommended See details →
Ready Player One Ernest Cline · 2008 Recommended See details →
The Knife of Never Letting Go Patrick Ness · 2008 Recommended See details →
In Defense of Food Michael Pollan · 2008 Recommended See details →
The sugar queen Sarah Addison Allen · 2008 Recommended See details →
Bad Science Ben Goldacre · 2008 Recommended See details →
Trial for Murder Charles Dickens · 2008 Recommended See details →
Travel writing Peter Ferry · 2008 Recommended See details →
Human Trafficking and Human Security Anna Jonsson · 2008 Recommended See details →
Stolen Innocence Elissa Wall · 2008 Recommended See details →
The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid Pat Garrett · 2008 Recommended See details →
The Black Hand Chris Blatchford · 2008 Recommended See details →
The Good Rat LP Jimmy Breslin · 2008 Recommended See details →
Paper Towns John Green · 2008 Recommended See details →
The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman · 2008 Recommended See details →
Drive Daniel Pink · 2009 Recommended See details →
Born to Run Christopher McDougall · 2009 Recommended See details →
Catching Fire Suzanne Collins · 2009 Recommended See details →
The Maze Runner James Dashner · 2009 Recommended See details →
The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi · 2009 Recommended See details →
The Year of the Flood Margaret Atwood · 2009 Recommended See details →
Flabby Cat and Slobby Dog Jeanne Willis · 2009 Recommended See details →
Food and cooking in Viking times Clive Gifford · 2009 Recommended See details →
Food and cooking in ancient Rome Clive Gifford · 2009 Recommended See details →
Food rules Michael Pollan · 2009 Recommended See details →
The Vegetarian Myth Lierre Keith · 2009 Recommended See details →
Magical realism and the postcolonial novel Christopher Warnes · 2009 Recommended See details →
Nothing to envy Barbara Demick · 2009 Recommended See details →
Long Lost Harlan Coben · 2009 Recommended See details →
Soccernomics Simon Kuper · 2009 Recommended See details →
The fourth part of the world Toby Lester · 2009 Recommended See details →
Deadly Angel Fred Rosen · 2009 Recommended See details →
Mafia son Sandra Harmon · 2009 Recommended See details →
The murder of King Tut James Patterson · 2009 Recommended See details →
Today's white-collar crime Hank J. Brightman · 2009 Recommended See details →
The Last Olympian Rick Riordan · 2009 Recommended See details →

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