LitHub's Best Novels of the Decade (2010s)

1.
Normal People
Normal People 3.81 avg rating — 1,756,170 ratings
2.
The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending 3.74 avg rating — 188,380 ratings
3.
In the Distance
In the Distance 4.11 avg rating — 23,209 ratings
4.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,512 ratings
5.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,331 ratings
6.
Room
Room 4.08 avg rating — 826,347 ratings
7.
Imagine Me Gone
Imagine Me Gone 3.69 avg rating — 19,788 ratings
8.
Less (Arthur Less, #1)
Less (Arthur Less, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 219,056 ratings
9.
Conversations with Friends
Conversations with Friends 3.74 avg rating — 574,031 ratings
10.
Station Eleven
Station Eleven 4.07 avg rating — 590,284 ratings
11.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,904,644 ratings
12.
Milkman
Milkman 3.53 avg rating — 68,156 ratings
13.
Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You 3.83 avg rating — 598,271 ratings
14.
The Mothers
The Mothers 3.88 avg rating — 126,676 ratings
15.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 145,375 ratings
16.
Circe
Circe 4.22 avg rating — 1,276,430 ratings
17.
The Friend
The Friend 3.74 avg rating — 54,711 ratings
18.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating — 291,017 ratings
19.
A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad 3.70 avg rating — 244,163 ratings
20.
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 4.03 avg rating — 66,780 ratings
21.
Euphoria
Euphoria
by: Lily King
3.86 avg rating — 97,938 ratings
21.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.02 avg rating — 375,103 ratings
23.
A Little Life
A Little Life 4.29 avg rating — 859,038 ratings
24.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,182 ratings
25.
Outline
Outline 3.67 avg rating — 65,988 ratings
26.
All My Puny Sorrows
All My Puny Sorrows 4.01 avg rating — 31,466 ratings
27.
The Sellout
The Sellout 3.75 avg rating — 73,390 ratings
28.
Fates and Furies
Fates and Furies 3.59 avg rating — 145,775 ratings
29.
The Turner House
The Turner House 3.63 avg rating — 17,803 ratings
30.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,284 ratings
31.
Margaret the First
Margaret the First 3.51 avg rating — 3,968 ratings
32.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
My Year of Rest and Relaxation 3.61 avg rating — 524,704 ratings
32.
Behold the Dreamers
Behold the Dreamers 3.95 avg rating — 84,454 ratings
34.
The Girls
The Girls 3.51 avg rating — 237,209 ratings
35.
What Belongs to You
What Belongs to You 3.78 avg rating — 14,938 ratings
36.
The Idiot
The Idiot 3.65 avg rating — 101,508 ratings
37.
Reservoir 13
Reservoir 13 3.55 avg rating — 13,675 ratings
37.
Exit West
Exit West 3.74 avg rating — 148,013 ratings
39.
Everything Under
Everything Under 3.50 avg rating — 14,752 ratings
40.
At Last (Patrick Melrose, #5)
At Last (Patrick Melrose, #5) 3.94 avg rating — 5,788 ratings
41.
Elmet
Elmet 3.78 avg rating — 15,023 ratings
42.
Ducks, Newburyport
Ducks, Newburyport 3.97 avg rating — 5,703 ratings
43.
The Luminaries
The Luminaries 3.75 avg rating — 84,465 ratings
43.
Frankissstein: A Love Story
Frankissstein: A Love Story 3.53 avg rating — 13,877 ratings
45.
Brown Dog
Brown Dog 4.16 avg rating — 2,670 ratings
46.
Train Dreams
Train Dreams 3.90 avg rating — 29,228 ratings
46.
We Need New Names
We Need New Names 3.75 avg rating — 23,067 ratings
48.
The Buddha in the Attic
The Buddha in the Attic 3.70 avg rating — 62,381 ratings
48.
Gone Girl
Gone Girl 4.14 avg rating — 3,358,563 ratings
48.
The Moor's Account
The Moor's Account 4.04 avg rating — 12,548 ratings
51.
The Tiger's Wife
The Tiger's Wife 3.42 avg rating — 101,750 ratings
51.
Preparation for the Next Life
Preparation for the Next Life 3.77 avg rating — 4,409 ratings
53.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating — 71,441 ratings
53.
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 237,990 ratings
53.
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing 3.48 avg rating — 13,673 ratings
56.
The Flamethrowers
The Flamethrowers 3.51 avg rating — 23,701 ratings
57.
Family Life
Family Life 3.53 avg rating — 9,860 ratings
58.
Dept. of Speculation
Dept. of Speculation 3.76 avg rating — 58,094 ratings
59.
All Our Names
All Our Names 3.61 avg rating — 4,890 ratings
59.
Ghost Wall
Ghost Wall 3.72 avg rating — 28,354 ratings
61.
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 132,995 ratings
61.
Lila (Gilead, #3)
Lila (Gilead, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 35,152 ratings
63.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating — 1,010,551 ratings
63.
A Brief History of Seven Killings
A Brief History of Seven Killings 3.89 avg rating — 37,303 ratings
65.
The Wallcreeper
The Wallcreeper
by: Nell Zink
3.29 avg rating — 4,403 ratings
66.
Nobody Is Ever Missing
Nobody Is Ever Missing 3.28 avg rating — 7,163 ratings
67.
On Such a Full Sea
On Such a Full Sea 3.49 avg rating — 11,747 ratings
68.
The Overstory
The Overstory 4.12 avg rating — 185,973 ratings
68.
Song of the Shank
Song of the Shank 3.07 avg rating — 269 ratings
70.
Trust Exercise
Trust Exercise 3.13 avg rating — 38,019 ratings
70.
Love Me Back
Love Me Back 3.21 avg rating — 3,681 ratings
72.
Satin Island
Satin Island 3.23 avg rating — 5,773 ratings
73.
C
C 3.16 avg rating — 3,576 ratings
74.
The Sisters Brothers
The Sisters Brothers 3.85 avg rating — 101,543 ratings
74.
The Blazing World
The Blazing World 3.71 avg rating — 8,677 ratings
76.
The Woman Upstairs
The Woman Upstairs 3.31 avg rating — 33,470 ratings
76.
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine 3.23 avg rating — 6,799 ratings
78.
Duplex
Duplex 3.35 avg rating — 1,533 ratings
78.
How to be Both
How to be Both
by: Ali Smith
3.66 avg rating — 26,693 ratings
80.
Girl at War
Girl at War 4.02 avg rating — 33,175 ratings
81.
10:04
10:04 3.77 avg rating — 15,283 ratings
81.
The Seed Collectors
The Seed Collectors 3.07 avg rating — 2,563 ratings
83.
An Unnecessary Woman
An Unnecessary Woman 3.82 avg rating — 13,759 ratings
83.
MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3)
MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 81,091 ratings
83.
Mislaid
Mislaid
by: Nell Zink
3.29 avg rating — 6,735 ratings
86.
Delicious Foods
Delicious Foods 3.81 avg rating — 6,295 ratings
87.
News of the World
News of the World 4.08 avg rating — 110,557 ratings
87.
Pond
Pond 3.52 avg rating — 9,013 ratings
89.
Solar Bones
Solar Bones 3.80 avg rating — 4,625 ratings
89.
Nine Island
Nine Island 3.50 avg rating — 497 ratings
91.
Mr. Splitfoot
Mr. Splitfoot 3.65 avg rating — 7,747 ratings
91.
Here Comes the Sun
Here Comes the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 11,629 ratings
93.
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers 3.81 avg rating — 48,960 ratings
94.
Private Citizens
Private Citizens 3.42 avg rating — 3,545 ratings
95.
Hot Milk
Hot Milk 3.49 avg rating — 38,724 ratings
96.
The Mirror Thief
The Mirror Thief 3.01 avg rating — 2,070 ratings
97.
Indian Horse
Indian Horse 4.41 avg rating — 33,167 ratings
98.
Inland
Inland 3.43 avg rating — 13,652 ratings
99.
Problems
Problems 3.70 avg rating — 3,070 ratings
100.
Freedom
Freedom 3.79 avg rating — 173,395 ratings
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