Best Literary Fiction of 21st Century

100.
An Unnecessary Woman
An Unnecessary Woman 3.82 avg rating ā€” 13,759 ratings
102.
Train Dreams
Train Dreams 3.90 avg rating ā€” 29,228 ratings
103.
God Help the Child
God Help the Child 3.78 avg rating ā€” 31,720 ratings
104.
Migrations
Migrations 4.12 avg rating ā€” 91,866 ratings
105.
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
The Yiddish Policemen's Union 3.72 avg rating ā€” 79,301 ratings
106.
Klara and the Sun
Klara and the Sun 3.74 avg rating ā€” 408,897 ratings
107.
The Body Artist
The Body Artist 3.29 avg rating ā€” 12,083 ratings
108.
Em and The Big Hoom
Em and The Big Hoom 4.20 avg rating ā€” 7,496 ratings
109.
Hamnet
Hamnet 4.19 avg rating ā€” 310,945 ratings
110.
Dirt Music
Dirt Music 3.87 avg rating ā€” 15,188 ratings
110.
Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo 3.75 avg rating ā€” 169,915 ratings
112.
Harvest
Harvest
by: Jim Crace
3.58 avg rating ā€” 9,362 ratings
112.
The Sisters Brothers
The Sisters Brothers 3.85 avg rating ā€” 101,543 ratings
114.
Three Strong Women
Three Strong Women 3.23 avg rating ā€” 4,198 ratings
114.
Fourth Of July Creek
Fourth Of July Creek 3.81 avg rating ā€” 15,255 ratings
116.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating ā€” 1,681,737 ratings
117.
An American Marriage
An American Marriage 3.93 avg rating ā€” 379,521 ratings
118.
The Orchardist
The Orchardist 3.80 avg rating ā€” 47,692 ratings
119.
Inheritance of Loss, The: A Novel
Inheritance of Loss, The: A Novel 3.45 avg rating ā€” 54,329 ratings
120.
Great House
Great House 3.49 avg rating ā€” 18,529 ratings
121.
My Name Is Lucy Barton (Amgash #1)
My Name Is Lucy Barton (Amgash #1) 3.59 avg rating ā€” 182,214 ratings
122.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves 3.71 avg rating ā€” 125,618 ratings
122.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating ā€” 1,843,043 ratings
124.
Britt-Marie Was Here
Britt-Marie Was Here 4.09 avg rating ā€” 189,165 ratings
124.
NW
NW 3.48 avg rating ā€” 44,462 ratings
126.
Purity
Purity 3.64 avg rating ā€” 50,829 ratings
127.
Aquarium
Aquarium 3.75 avg rating ā€” 4,966 ratings
128.
City of Thieves
City of Thieves 4.30 avg rating ā€” 162,008 ratings
129.
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
by: Yiyun Li
3.93 avg rating ā€” 3,977 ratings
130.
Brick Lane
Brick Lane 3.46 avg rating ā€” 35,231 ratings
131.
The Blazing World
The Blazing World 3.71 avg rating ā€” 8,677 ratings
131.
Disappearing Earth
Disappearing Earth 3.83 avg rating ā€” 56,370 ratings
133.
The Noise of Time
The Noise of Time 3.75 avg rating ā€” 26,207 ratings
134.
Seiobo There Below
Seiobo There Below 4.27 avg rating ā€” 1,698 ratings
135.
Empire Falls
Empire Falls 3.94 avg rating ā€” 124,808 ratings
136.
Fates and Furies
Fates and Furies 3.59 avg rating ā€” 145,775 ratings
137.
Open City
Open City
by: Teju Cole
3.49 avg rating ā€” 17,168 ratings
137.
The Invisible Bridge
The Invisible Bridge 4.18 avg rating ā€” 53,715 ratings
137.
A Mercy
A Mercy 3.76 avg rating ā€” 31,912 ratings
140.
Black Swan Green
Black Swan Green 3.98 avg rating ā€” 43,418 ratings
141.
A Slant of Light
A Slant of Light 3.84 avg rating ā€” 857 ratings
142.
The Line of Beauty
The Line of Beauty 3.77 avg rating ā€” 30,646 ratings
142.
The Great Believers
The Great Believers 4.29 avg rating ā€” 161,775 ratings
144.
City on Fire
City on Fire 3.39 avg rating ā€” 15,382 ratings
145.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating ā€” 779,778 ratings
145.
Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other 4.27 avg rating ā€” 256,292 ratings
147.
The Garden of Evening Mists
The Garden of Evening Mists 4.15 avg rating ā€” 28,998 ratings
148.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating ā€” 831,814 ratings
149.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating ā€” 291,016 ratings
150.
Trieste
Trieste 4.20 avg rating ā€” 1,324 ratings
150.
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) 4.07 avg rating ā€” 130,989 ratings
152.
The Lake
The Lake 3.57 avg rating ā€” 11,357 ratings
152.
MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3)
MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3) 4.02 avg rating ā€” 81,091 ratings
152.
Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox 3.57 avg rating ā€” 11,452 ratings
152.
Euphoria
Euphoria
by: Lily King
3.86 avg rating ā€” 97,938 ratings
156.
Everyone Brave is Forgiven
Everyone Brave is Forgiven 3.75 avg rating ā€” 45,166 ratings
156.
Nobody's Fool (Sully #1)
Nobody's Fool (Sully #1) 4.11 avg rating ā€” 32,109 ratings
158.
Purge
Purge 3.91 avg rating ā€” 20,154 ratings
159.
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating ā€” 1,680,833 ratings
160.
When We Cease to Understand the World
When We Cease to Understand the World 4.11 avg rating ā€” 56,521 ratings
161.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
My Year of Rest and Relaxation 3.61 avg rating ā€” 524,702 ratings
162.
Three Day Road (Bird Family Trilogy, #1)
Three Day Road (Bird Family Trilogy, #1) 4.28 avg rating ā€” 25,560 ratings
163.
Mother's Milk (Patrick Melrose, #4)
Mother's Milk (Patrick Melrose, #4) 3.77 avg rating ā€” 6,429 ratings
164.
The Luminaries
The Luminaries 3.75 avg rating ā€” 84,465 ratings
165.
Sacred Games
Sacred Games 3.93 avg rating ā€” 8,970 ratings
165.
Vernon God Little : A 21st Century Comedy in the Presence of Death
Vernon God Little : A 21st Century Comedy in the Presence of Death 3.61 avg rating ā€” 33,414 ratings
167.
The Memory of Love
The Memory of Love 3.93 avg rating ā€” 5,143 ratings
168.
The Sellout
The Sellout 3.75 avg rating ā€” 73,390 ratings
169.
Š’сŠøчŠŗŠ¾ сŠ²Š¾Šµ Š½Š¾ŃŃ със сŠµŠ±Šµ сŠø
Š’сŠøчŠŗŠ¾ сŠ²Š¾Šµ Š½Š¾ŃŃ със сŠµŠ±Šµ сŠø 3.90 avg rating ā€” 6,793 ratings
169.
The Way Back to Florence
The Way Back to Florence 4.19 avg rating ā€” 402 ratings
169.
Vinegar Girl
Vinegar Girl 3.38 avg rating ā€” 40,033 ratings
169.
Golden Hill
Golden Hill 3.79 avg rating ā€” 14,080 ratings
169.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine 4.23 avg rating ā€” 1,371,148 ratings
174.
The Vorrh
The Vorrh 3.46 avg rating ā€” 7,596 ratings
174.
Once There Were Wolves
Once There Were Wolves 4.09 avg rating ā€” 107,668 ratings
176.
Still Alice
Still Alice 4.32 avg rating ā€” 355,946 ratings
177.
Falling Man
Falling Man 3.26 avg rating ā€” 17,037 ratings
177.
C
C 3.16 avg rating ā€” 3,576 ratings
179.
The Two-Family House
The Two-Family House 3.93 avg rating ā€” 28,756 ratings
180.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating ā€” 311,641 ratings
181.
The Signature of All Things
The Signature of All Things 3.88 avg rating ā€” 122,750 ratings
182.
The Girls
The Girls 3.51 avg rating ā€” 237,208 ratings
183.
The Wake
The Wake really liked it 4.00 avg rating ā€” 3,477 ratings
184.
Š‘Š°Š±Š° ŠÆŠ³Š° сŠ½ŠµŃŠ»Š° яŠ¹Ń†Šµ
Š‘Š°Š±Š° ŠÆŠ³Š° сŠ½ŠµŃŠ»Š° яŠ¹Ń†Šµ 3.64 avg rating ā€” 2,682 ratings
185.
Small Island
Small Island 4.01 avg rating ā€” 37,170 ratings
186.
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earthā€™s Past, #1)
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earthā€™s Past, #1)
by: Liu Cixin
4.08 avg rating ā€” 460,879 ratings
186.
China Room
China Room 3.77 avg rating ā€” 10,330 ratings
186.
Exhalation
Exhalation 4.27 avg rating ā€” 106,320 ratings
189.
The Middle Ground: Stories
The Middle Ground: Stories 4.03 avg rating ā€” 75 ratings
189.
Little Lovely Things
Little Lovely Things 3.85 avg rating ā€” 3,437 ratings
189.
Beyond Red Lines
Beyond Red Lines 4.75 avg rating ā€” 8 ratings
189.
Enter Ghost
Enter Ghost 4.12 avg rating ā€” 9,960 ratings
193.
Detransition, Baby
Detransition, Baby 3.93 avg rating ā€” 88,720 ratings
194.
The Children's Hospital
The Children's Hospital 3.57 avg rating ā€” 2,979 ratings
194.
Despite the Devil
Despite the Devil 4.18 avg rating ā€” 28 ratings
194.
Dad
Dad
by: Bob Seay
4.51 avg rating ā€” 59 ratings
194.
Anna
Anna 3.81 avg rating ā€” 440 ratings
194.
Life, and Death, and Giants: A Novel
Life, and Death, and Giants: A Novel
by: Ron Rindo
4.52 avg rating ā€” 114 ratings
199.
Any Human Heart
Any Human Heart 4.27 avg rating ā€” 26,011 ratings
200.
The Zone of Interest
The Zone of Interest 3.69 avg rating ā€” 10,057 ratings
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