The Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

1.
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 435,810 ratings
2.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 4.34 avg rating — 1,202,046 ratings
3.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) 4.57 avg rating — 4,070,263 ratings
4.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,559 ratings
5.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,494 ratings
6.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow 4.17 avg rating — 564,688 ratings
7.
A Little Life
A Little Life 4.29 avg rating — 859,431 ratings
8.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,448 ratings
9.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3.89 avg rating — 1,569,050 ratings
10.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,761 ratings
11.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,167 ratings
12.
Citizen: An American Lyric
Citizen: An American Lyric 4.26 avg rating — 50,757 ratings
13.
The Line of Beauty
The Line of Beauty 3.77 avg rating — 30,648 ratings
14.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,418 ratings
15.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,912 ratings
16.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,495 ratings
17.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 787,167 ratings
18.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,772 ratings
19.
A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad 3.70 avg rating — 244,190 ratings
20.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 4.18 avg rating — 209,897 ratings
21.
Autumn (Seasonal Quartet, #1)
Autumn (Seasonal Quartet, #1)
by: Ali Smith
3.66 avg rating — 79,607 ratings
22.
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea 4.45 avg rating — 96,078 ratings
23.
Normal People
Normal People 3.81 avg rating — 1,756,901 ratings
24.
Tenth of December
Tenth of December 3.98 avg rating — 80,063 ratings
25.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating — 552,044 ratings
26.
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 376,669 ratings
27.
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference 4.01 avg rating — 844,314 ratings
28.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,784 ratings
29.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,960 ratings
30.
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking 3.93 avg rating — 285,055 ratings
31.
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 3.65 avg rating — 194,447 ratings
32.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,972 ratings
33.
Capital in the Twenty First Century
Capital in the Twenty First Century 4.06 avg rating — 33,860 ratings
34.
A Death in the Family (My Struggle 1)
A Death in the Family (My Struggle 1) 4.10 avg rating — 48,212 ratings
35.
Gone Girl
Gone Girl 4.14 avg rating — 3,358,993 ratings
36.
Fingersmith
Fingersmith 4.02 avg rating — 115,251 ratings
37.
The Argonauts
The Argonauts 4.02 avg rating — 54,656 ratings
38.
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories 4.02 avg rating — 22,470 ratings
39.
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History 4.15 avg rating — 77,303 ratings
40.
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism 4.29 avg rating — 51,946 ratings
41.
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead 3.94 avg rating — 137,763 ratings
42.
Stories of Your Life and Others
Stories of Your Life and Others 4.25 avg rating — 120,139 ratings
43.
Coraline
Coraline 4.13 avg rating — 760,675 ratings
44.
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets 4.46 avg rating — 20,861 ratings
45.
Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1)
Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 151,388 ratings
46.
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer 4.34 avg rating — 111,158 ratings
47.
The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 107,026 ratings
48.
Chronicles, Volume One
Chronicles, Volume One
by: Bob Dylan
3.98 avg rating — 60,452 ratings
49.
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 238,011 ratings
50.
True History of the Kelly Gang
True History of the Kelly Gang 3.83 avg rating — 23,802 ratings
51.
The Plot Against America
The Plot Against America 3.81 avg rating — 67,312 ratings
52.
Moneyball
Moneyball 4.27 avg rating — 141,366 ratings
52.
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals 4.19 avg rating — 208,907 ratings
54.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft 4.34 avg rating — 310,178 ratings
55.
Harvest
Harvest
by: Jim Crace
3.58 avg rating — 9,365 ratings
56.
Mother's Milk (Patrick Melrose, #4)
Mother's Milk (Patrick Melrose, #4) 3.77 avg rating — 6,431 ratings
57.
Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6)
Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6) 4.50 avg rating — 116,570 ratings
58.
What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal] 3.74 avg rating — 24,749 ratings
59.
Small Island
Small Island 4.01 avg rating — 37,176 ratings
60.
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
by: Tony Judt
4.38 avg rating — 13,389 ratings
61.
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? 4.01 avg rating — 45,384 ratings
62.
The Corrections
The Corrections 3.84 avg rating — 194,271 ratings
63.
Signs Preceding the End of the World
Signs Preceding the End of the World 3.89 avg rating — 15,409 ratings
64.
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
Gilead (Gilead, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 121,034 ratings
65.
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth 4.08 avg rating — 24,519 ratings
66.
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power 4.06 avg rating — 12,766 ratings
67.
Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions
Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions 4.39 avg rating — 16,462 ratings
68.
Rapture
Rapture 4.05 avg rating — 3,063 ratings
69.
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss 3.95 avg rating — 61,692 ratings
70.
The God Delusion
The God Delusion 3.90 avg rating — 279,353 ratings
71.
Darkmans (Thames Gateway, #3)
Darkmans (Thames Gateway, #3) 3.65 avg rating — 2,417 ratings
72.
Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power 3.98 avg rating — 11,392 ratings
73.
Outline
Outline 3.67 avg rating — 66,020 ratings
74.
Austerlitz
Austerlitz 3.98 avg rating — 25,622 ratings
75.
Visitation
Visitation 3.58 avg rating — 6,231 ratings
76.
The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better
The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better 4.13 avg rating — 7,059 ratings
77.
The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos
The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos 4.21 avg rating — 7,899 ratings
78.
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics 3.99 avg rating — 64,384 ratings
79.
Levels of Life
Levels of Life 3.90 avg rating — 13,858 ratings
80.
Days Without End (Days Without End, #1)
Days Without End (Days Without End, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 26,475 ratings
81.
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1)
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 80,699 ratings
82.
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression 4.19 avg rating — 15,444 ratings
83.
The Green Road
The Green Road 3.51 avg rating — 16,296 ratings
83.
The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography
The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography 4.18 avg rating — 21,637 ratings
85.
Women & Power: A Manifesto
Women & Power: A Manifesto 4.02 avg rating — 38,438 ratings
86.
Underland: A Deep Time Journey
Underland: A Deep Time Journey 4.23 avg rating — 20,161 ratings
87.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,275 ratings
88.
Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment
Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment 4.31 avg rating — 5,055 ratings
89.
Light (Kefahuchi Tract, #1)
Light (Kefahuchi Tract, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 6,528 ratings
90.
Human Chain
Human Chain 3.94 avg rating — 1,415 ratings
91.
I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman 3.74 avg rating — 84,694 ratings
92.
The Infatuations
The Infatuations 3.56 avg rating — 13,900 ratings
93.
Dart
Dart 3.95 avg rating — 1,451 ratings
94.
This House of Grief
This House of Grief 4.04 avg rating — 8,967 ratings
95.
Experience
Experience 3.90 avg rating — 4,012 ratings
96.
The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener 3.83 avg rating — 30,214 ratings
97.
Bad Blood
Bad Blood 3.66 avg rating — 2,498 ratings
97.
The Siege (The Siege, #1)
The Siege (The Siege, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 6,883 ratings
99.
Broken Glass
Broken Glass 3.66 avg rating — 1,953 ratings
100.
Priestdaddy
Priestdaddy 3.86 avg rating — 25,278 ratings