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Readers Pick Their 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, 2008
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini, 1969
The Fifth Season
N. K. Jemisin, 2015
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, 2011
1Q84
Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel, 20
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, 2011
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, 2010
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, 2009
The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, 2015
Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout, 2008
Life After Life
Kate Atkinson, 2013
Gilead
Marilynne Robinson, 2004
2666
Roberto Bolaño, 2004
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini, 2000
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J.K. Rowling, 2007
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, 2021
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, 1993
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, 2011
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, 2019
Circe
Madeline Miller, 2018
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, 2011
The Road
Cormac McCarthy, 2006
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, 2022
Educated: A Memoir
Tara Westover, 2018
§ About this list
- Books
- 100
- Published
- 1969–2024
- Average rating
- 4.2 / 5 across 72,273 ratings
- Genres
- Classics, Historical Fiction, History, Fantasy
Most-rated on Readers Pick Their 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
- 1The Hunger Games · Suzanne Collins
- 2Project Hail Mary · Andy Weir
- 3Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows · J.K. Rowling
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