Best Literary Fiction of 21st Century

1.
My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1)
My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1) 4.05 avg rating β€” 435,486 ratings
2.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,001,689 ratings
3.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,904,559 ratings
4.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating β€” 227,520 ratings
5.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating β€” 401,491 ratings
6.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating β€” 1,010,506 ratings
7.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating β€” 813,198 ratings
8.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating β€” 551,968 ratings
9.
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) 4.30 avg rating β€” 102,601 ratings
10.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating β€” 262,723 ratings
11.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating β€” 657,098 ratings
12.
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
Gilead (Gilead, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 121,014 ratings
13.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating β€” 170,745 ratings
14.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 3.89 avg rating β€” 274,956 ratings
15.
The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending 3.74 avg rating β€” 188,374 ratings
16.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating β€” 3,402,020 ratings
17.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating β€” 528,219 ratings
18.
A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being 4.06 avg rating β€” 131,689 ratings
19.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3.89 avg rating β€” 1,568,785 ratings
20.
The Story of a New Name (Neapolitan Novels, #2)
The Story of a New Name (Neapolitan Novels, #2) 4.46 avg rating β€” 222,596 ratings
21.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating β€” 176,451 ratings
22.
On Beauty
On Beauty 3.78 avg rating β€” 89,021 ratings
23.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 4.18 avg rating β€” 209,874 ratings
24.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating β€” 161,164 ratings
25.
The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,861,549 ratings
26.
2666
2666 4.21 avg rating β€” 46,698 ratings
27.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 281,937 ratings
28.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating β€” 433,313 ratings
29.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating β€” 1,726,606 ratings
30.
The Corrections
The Corrections 3.84 avg rating β€” 194,245 ratings
31.
The History of Love
The History of Love 3.92 avg rating β€” 139,275 ratings
32.
A Little Life
A Little Life 4.29 avg rating β€” 858,905 ratings
33.
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 4.03 avg rating β€” 66,779 ratings
34.
This I Know
This I Know 4.25 avg rating β€” 4,322 ratings
35.
Setting the Family Free
Setting the Family Free 4.19 avg rating β€” 32 ratings
36.
Lila (Gilead, #3)
Lila (Gilead, #3) 3.95 avg rating β€” 35,152 ratings
37.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating β€” 280,152 ratings
38.
The Children's Book
The Children's Book 3.68 avg rating β€” 18,832 ratings
39.
The Sympathizer
The Sympathizer 4.01 avg rating β€” 132,986 ratings
40.
A Different Kind of Fire
A Different Kind of Fire 4.14 avg rating β€” 141 ratings
41.
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) 3.78 avg rating β€” 237,984 ratings
42.
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena 4.12 avg rating β€” 55,467 ratings
43.
Circe
Circe 4.22 avg rating β€” 1,276,338 ratings
44.
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow 4.32 avg rating β€” 636,901 ratings
45.
Normal People
Normal People 3.81 avg rating β€” 1,755,963 ratings
46.
Austerlitz
Austerlitz 3.98 avg rating β€” 25,612 ratings
47.
The Crimson Petal and the White
The Crimson Petal and the White 3.89 avg rating β€” 44,667 ratings
48.
The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
by: Han Kang
3.64 avg rating β€” 320,336 ratings
49.
Call Me by Your Name
Call Me by Your Name 4.10 avg rating β€” 571,903 ratings
50.
Freedom
Freedom 3.79 avg rating β€” 173,389 ratings
51.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North 4.03 avg rating β€” 60,926 ratings
52.
On Chesil Beach
On Chesil Beach 3.62 avg rating β€” 99,816 ratings
53.
Station Eleven
Station Eleven 4.07 avg rating β€” 590,265 ratings
54.
The Night Child
The Night Child 3.74 avg rating β€” 5,611 ratings
55.
The Tsar of Love and Techno
The Tsar of Love and Techno 4.27 avg rating β€” 18,025 ratings
56.
Conversations with Friends
Conversations with Friends 3.74 avg rating β€” 573,971 ratings
57.
How to be Both
How to be Both
by: Ali Smith
3.66 avg rating β€” 26,692 ratings
58.
The Color of Jadeite
The Color of Jadeite 4.26 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
59.
A God in Ruins (Todd Family, #2)
A God in Ruins (Todd Family, #2) 3.95 avg rating β€” 59,184 ratings
60.
There There
There There 3.98 avg rating β€” 214,302 ratings
61.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating β€” 2,802,155 ratings
62.
Bel Canto
Bel Canto 3.94 avg rating β€” 312,376 ratings
63.
Visitation
Visitation 3.58 avg rating β€” 6,227 ratings
64.
Zero K
Zero K 3.19 avg rating β€” 12,196 ratings
65.
The Little Stranger
The Little Stranger 3.57 avg rating β€” 58,370 ratings
65.
Our Souls at Night
Our Souls at Night 3.92 avg rating β€” 82,027 ratings
67.
Eileen
Eileen 3.56 avg rating β€” 122,780 ratings
68.
March
March 3.81 avg rating β€” 76,166 ratings
69.
Autumn (Seasonal Quartet, #1)
Autumn (Seasonal Quartet, #1)
by: Ali Smith
3.66 avg rating β€” 79,592 ratings
70.
Little Boy
Little Boy 4.09 avg rating β€” 209 ratings
71.
Birdsong
Birdsong 4.11 avg rating β€” 82,676 ratings
72.
The Accidental
The Accidental
by: Ali Smith
3.37 avg rating β€” 13,494 ratings
73.
The Snow Child
The Snow Child 4.01 avg rating β€” 166,411 ratings
74.
The Night Watch
The Night Watch 3.71 avg rating β€” 32,758 ratings
75.
The Buddha in the Attic
The Buddha in the Attic 3.70 avg rating β€” 62,378 ratings
75.
The Cat's Table
The Cat's Table 3.62 avg rating β€” 27,173 ratings
77.
Convenience Store Woman
Convenience Store Woman 3.68 avg rating β€” 349,140 ratings
78.
The Dying Grass (Seven Dreams, #5)
The Dying Grass (Seven Dreams, #5) 4.17 avg rating β€” 538 ratings
78.
LibertΓ©: The Days of Rage 1990-2020
LibertΓ©: The Days of Rage 1990-2020 4.89 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
80.
HUSH MONEY: How One Woman Proved Systemic Racism in her Workplace and Kept her Job
HUSH MONEY: How One Woman Proved Systemic Racism in her Workplace and Kept her Job 4.45 avg rating β€” 255 ratings
81.
The Moor's Account
The Moor's Account 4.04 avg rating β€” 12,548 ratings
82.
A Brief History of Seven Killings
A Brief History of Seven Killings 3.89 avg rating β€” 37,302 ratings
83.
There but for the
There but for the
by: Ali Smith
3.50 avg rating β€” 9,881 ratings
83.
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating β€” 696,697 ratings
85.
The Sea
The Sea 3.55 avg rating β€” 34,124 ratings
86.
The Days of Abandonment
The Days of Abandonment 3.87 avg rating β€” 54,894 ratings
87.
The Book of Strange New Things
The Book of Strange New Things 3.66 avg rating β€” 32,570 ratings
87.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 145,369 ratings
89.
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing 3.48 avg rating β€” 13,673 ratings
90.
The Thing Around Your Neck
The Thing Around Your Neck 4.23 avg rating β€” 48,397 ratings
91.
The Orphan Master's Son
The Orphan Master's Son 4.07 avg rating β€” 102,949 ratings
92.
Against the Day
Against the Day 4.05 avg rating β€” 10,019 ratings
93.
Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish
Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish 3.70 avg rating β€” 5,773 ratings
94.
Tinkers
Tinkers 3.41 avg rating β€” 37,932 ratings
95.
Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1) 3.86 avg rating β€” 259,606 ratings
96.
The Housekeeper and the Professor
The Housekeeper and the Professor 4.05 avg rating β€” 91,303 ratings
97.
Exit West
Exit West 3.74 avg rating β€” 148,013 ratings
98.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating β€” 386,264 ratings
99.
All the Birds, Singing
All the Birds, Singing
by: Evie Wyld
3.61 avg rating β€” 14,530 ratings
100.
Doc
Doc really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 17,360 ratings
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