Lithub's Most Important Books of the Last Twenty Years

1.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating β€” 401,461 ratings
2.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating β€” 813,114 ratings
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The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating β€” 317,133 ratings
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Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating β€” 357,356 ratings
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A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating β€” 156,843 ratings
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A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad 3.70 avg rating β€” 244,140 ratings
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 3.89 avg rating β€” 274,943 ratings
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating β€” 176,442 ratings
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Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating β€” 114,196 ratings
10.
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
Gilead (Gilead, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 121,009 ratings
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The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating β€” 199,556 ratings
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2666
2666 4.21 avg rating β€” 46,695 ratings
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity 3.98 avg rating β€” 114,810 ratings
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Citizen: An American Lyric
Citizen: An American Lyric 4.26 avg rating β€” 50,751 ratings
15.
Brother, I'm Dying
Brother, I'm Dying 4.16 avg rating β€” 7,575 ratings
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Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating β€” 262,705 ratings
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Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating β€” 98,649 ratings
18.
Matterhorn
Matterhorn 4.27 avg rating β€” 46,456 ratings
19.
The Line of Beauty
The Line of Beauty 3.77 avg rating β€” 30,641 ratings
20.
A Little Life
A Little Life 4.29 avg rating β€” 858,737 ratings
21.
Brick Lane
Brick Lane 3.46 avg rating β€” 35,228 ratings
22.
Capital in the Twenty First Century
Capital in the Twenty First Century 4.06 avg rating β€” 33,857 ratings
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Drown
Drown 4.01 avg rating β€” 36,958 ratings
24.
The Neapolitan Novels
The Neapolitan Novels 4.56 avg rating β€” 6,845 ratings
25.
NW
NW 3.48 avg rating β€” 44,460 ratings
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 3.65 avg rating β€” 194,442 ratings
27.
Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2)
Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2) 4.32 avg rating β€” 77,745 ratings
28.
The Rings of Saturn
The Rings of Saturn 4.23 avg rating β€” 16,858 ratings
29.
Power Politics
Power Politics 4.10 avg rating β€” 1,128 ratings
30.
Pastoralia
Pastoralia 4.07 avg rating β€” 25,635 ratings
31.
I Must Be Living Twice: New and Selected Poems
I Must Be Living Twice: New and Selected Poems 4.15 avg rating β€” 850 ratings
32.
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis 4.24 avg rating β€” 6,877 ratings
33.
Autobiography of Red
Autobiography of Red 4.26 avg rating β€” 34,575 ratings
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A Big Enough Lie
A Big Enough Lie 3.50 avg rating β€” 105 ratings
35.
Birds of America: Stories
Birds of America: Stories 4.09 avg rating β€” 16,399 ratings
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Counternarratives
Counternarratives 4.19 avg rating β€” 725 ratings
37.
Fight Club
Fight Club 4.18 avg rating β€” 629,399 ratings
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For the Relief of Unbearable Urges
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges 3.93 avg rating β€” 3,132 ratings
39.
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories 4.02 avg rating β€” 22,465 ratings
40.
Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century
Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century 4.07 avg rating β€” 537 ratings
40.
Inferno (A Poet's Novel)
Inferno (A Poet's Novel) 3.89 avg rating β€” 2,655 ratings
42.
Jane: A Murder
Jane: A Murder 4.31 avg rating β€” 5,980 ratings
43.
My Struggle: Book One
My Struggle: Book One 4.10 avg rating β€” 48,186 ratings
44.
Native Guard: Poems
Native Guard: Poems 4.20 avg rating β€” 4,698 ratings
45.
Old Filth (Old Filth, #1)
Old Filth (Old Filth, #1) 3.95 avg rating β€” 19,701 ratings
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Paradise (Beloved Trilogy, #3)
Paradise (Beloved Trilogy, #3) 3.86 avg rating β€” 28,533 ratings
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Family Furnishings: Selected Stories, 1995-2014
Family Furnishings: Selected Stories, 1995-2014 4.15 avg rating β€” 1,851 ratings
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Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx 4.26 avg rating β€” 13,311 ratings
49.
The Book of Frank
The Book of Frank 4.39 avg rating β€” 1,109 ratings
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Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era
Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era 4.20 avg rating β€” 2,671 ratings
51.
The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3) 3.92 avg rating β€” 44,591 ratings
52.
Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration
Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration 4.48 avg rating β€” 4,362 ratings
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The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating β€” 2,961,915 ratings
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 4.36 avg rating β€” 36,104 ratings
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Journey to the End of the Night
Journey to the End of the Night 4.19 avg rating β€” 46,245 ratings
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Commentary on The Help by Kathryn Stockett: A WikiFocus Book
Commentary on The Help by Kathryn Stockett: A WikiFocus Book 4.50 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide (BrightSummaries.com)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide (BrightSummaries.com) 3.62 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
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Study Guide to The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Study Guide to The Help by Kathryn Stockett
by: Liss Ross
0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
59.
A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines
A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines 3.71 avg rating β€” 1,765 ratings
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The Intuitionist
The Intuitionist 3.62 avg rating β€” 16,067 ratings
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[The Help] (By: Kathryn Stockett) [published: February, 2009]
[The Help] (By: Kathryn Stockett) [published: February, 2009] 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
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Study Guide: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Study Guide: The Help by Kathryn Stockett 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
63.
Against Identity
Against Identity 4.08 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
63.
The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating β€” 44,316 ratings
63.
Summary of The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Summary of The Help by Kathryn Stockett 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
66.
All Souls' Rising
All Souls' Rising 3.99 avg rating β€” 1,076 ratings
66.
Analysis - The Help - Kathryn Stockett Very Best Study Guide
Analysis - The Help - Kathryn Stockett Very Best Study Guide liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Stereotypes and Hidden Racism in the Novel "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
Stereotypes and Hidden Racism in the Novel "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
by: Anonymous
0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
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Study Guide and Comprehension Questions for The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Study Guide and Comprehension Questions for The Help by Kathryn Stockett 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
70.
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self 4.06 avg rating β€” 5,036 ratings
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The Help by Kathryn Stockett Summary & Study Guide
The Help by Kathryn Stockett Summary & Study Guide
by: BookRags
4.44 avg rating β€” 61 ratings
72.
Beneath the Roses
Beneath the Roses 4.50 avg rating β€” 252 ratings
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The Help
The Help 4.40 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
74.
CliffsNotes on Stockett's The Help (CliffsNotes)
CliffsNotes on Stockett's The Help (CliffsNotes) 3.57 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
75.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 3.79 avg rating β€” 30,887 ratings
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Quicklet on Kathryn Stockett's The Help (CliffNotes-like Book Summary)
Quicklet on Kathryn Stockett's The Help (CliffNotes-like Book Summary) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Breaking the Manacles of Tradition: An Analysis of Kathryn Stockett’s The Help
Breaking the Manacles of Tradition: An Analysis of Kathryn Stockett’s The Help 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
78.
Blue Nights
Blue Nights 3.94 avg rating β€” 46,056 ratings
78.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating β€” 2,961,915 ratings
80.
Of Love and Life: Love Affairs for Grown-Ups / The Help / Water, Stone, Heart
Of Love and Life: Love Affairs for Grown-Ups / The Help / Water, Stone, Heart 3.75 avg rating β€” 55 ratings
81.
Study Guide for Kathryn Stockett's The Help
Study Guide for Kathryn Stockett's The Help 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
82.
Building Stories
Building Stories 4.33 avg rating β€” 7,322 ratings
83.
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,112 ratings
84.
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety 4.27 avg rating β€” 14,174 ratings
85.
The Conference of the Birds
The Conference of the Birds 4.23 avg rating β€” 7,698 ratings
86.
Debt: The First 5,000 Years
Debt: The First 5,000 Years 4.21 avg rating β€” 25,617 ratings
87.
Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera
Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera 4.17 avg rating β€” 2,291 ratings
88.
Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet 3.95 avg rating β€” 4,184 ratings
89.
Falling Out of Time
Falling Out of Time 3.85 avg rating β€” 1,606 ratings
90.
Head Off & Split
Head Off & Split 4.12 avg rating β€” 1,373 ratings
91.
How the Dead Dream
How the Dead Dream 3.59 avg rating β€” 1,370 ratings
92.
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America 4.32 avg rating β€” 5,812 ratings
93.
I Love Dick
I Love Dick 3.48 avg rating β€” 19,644 ratings
94.
Intoxicated by My Illness and Other Writings on Life and Death
Intoxicated by My Illness and Other Writings on Life and Death 3.94 avg rating β€” 478 ratings
95.
Lovely Green Eyes
Lovely Green Eyes 3.61 avg rating β€” 1,028 ratings
96.
Make Your Home Among Strangers
Make Your Home Among Strangers 3.74 avg rating β€” 3,832 ratings
97.
Mind of an Outlaw: Selected Essays
Mind of an Outlaw: Selected Essays 3.61 avg rating β€” 127 ratings
98.
My Perfect Life
My Perfect Life 4.49 avg rating β€” 508 ratings
99.
One Big Self: An Investigation
One Big Self: An Investigation 4.16 avg rating β€” 607 ratings
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Our Word is Our Weapon: Selected Writings
Our Word is Our Weapon: Selected Writings 4.41 avg rating β€” 728 ratings
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