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

101.
Faithful Place
Faithful Place really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 129,797 ratings
101.
The Border of Paradise
The Border of Paradise 3.87 avg rating — 1,456 ratings
103.
Beneath the Lion's Gaze
Beneath the Lion's Gaze 3.96 avg rating — 3,749 ratings
103.
The Changeling
The Changeling 3.77 avg rating — 26,924 ratings
105.
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake 3.25 avg rating — 68,153 ratings
106.
The Lonely Polygamist
The Lonely Polygamist 3.52 avg rating — 15,399 ratings
107.
Black Water Rising (Jay Porter #1)
Black Water Rising (Jay Porter #1) 3.57 avg rating — 8,428 ratings
107.
A Separation
A Separation 3.04 avg rating — 18,096 ratings
109.
Lord of Misrule (National Book Award)
Lord of Misrule (National Book Award) 3.36 avg rating — 3,085 ratings
109.
The Sarah Book
The Sarah Book 4.24 avg rating — 3,093 ratings
111.
The Surrendered
The Surrendered 3.67 avg rating — 4,861 ratings
111.
Stephen Florida
Stephen Florida 3.82 avg rating — 2,903 ratings
113.
Skippy Dies
Skippy Dies 3.79 avg rating — 26,318 ratings
113.
Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo 3.75 avg rating — 169,932 ratings
115.
The Imperfectionists
The Imperfectionists 3.55 avg rating — 50,179 ratings
116.
Black Mamba Boy
Black Mamba Boy 3.74 avg rating — 2,310 ratings
116.
White Tears
White Tears 3.67 avg rating — 10,261 ratings
118.
The Long Song
The Long Song 3.79 avg rating — 11,129 ratings
118.
American War
American War 3.80 avg rating — 41,115 ratings
120.
Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox 3.57 avg rating — 11,452 ratings
120.
Kintu
Kintu 4.11 avg rating — 4,365 ratings
122.
House of Holes
House of Holes 3.10 avg rating — 2,751 ratings
122.
Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating — 582,777 ratings
124.
State of Wonder
State of Wonder 3.90 avg rating — 197,565 ratings
125.
The Stranger's Child
The Stranger's Child 3.33 avg rating — 11,760 ratings
126.
Stone Arabia
Stone Arabia 3.39 avg rating — 3,162 ratings
126.
Isadora
Isadora 3.25 avg rating — 572 ratings
128.
We the Animals
We the Animals 3.73 avg rating — 25,953 ratings
128.
Marlena
Marlena 3.69 avg rating — 15,124 ratings
130.
Open City
Open City
by: Teju Cole
3.49 avg rating — 17,169 ratings
130.
An American Marriage
An American Marriage 3.93 avg rating — 379,534 ratings
132.
The Devil All the Time
The Devil All the Time 4.14 avg rating — 39,425 ratings
133.
Ten Thousand Saints
Ten Thousand Saints 3.50 avg rating — 7,234 ratings
134.
The Family Fang
The Family Fang 3.62 avg rating — 32,204 ratings
134.
Cherry
Cherry 3.48 avg rating — 20,993 ratings
136.
Say Her Name
Say Her Name 3.68 avg rating — 2,846 ratings
136.
The Incendiaries
The Incendiaries
by: R.O. Kwon
3.21 avg rating — 25,025 ratings
138.
Zone One
Zone One 3.25 avg rating — 26,611 ratings
138.
There There
There There 3.98 avg rating — 214,319 ratings
140.
Swamplandia!
Swamplandia! 3.28 avg rating — 59,348 ratings
140.
Insurrecto
Insurrecto 3.50 avg rating — 1,739 ratings
142.
Caín
Caín 3.97 avg rating — 32,652 ratings
143.
Restless Souls
Restless Souls 3.75 avg rating — 291 ratings
144.
Leaving the Atocha Station
Leaving the Atocha Station 3.79 avg rating — 18,337 ratings
144.
Social Creature
Social Creature 3.37 avg rating — 12,529 ratings
146.
The Orphan Master's Son
The Orphan Master's Son 4.07 avg rating — 102,955 ratings
146.
The Sky Is Yours
The Sky Is Yours 3.30 avg rating — 1,643 ratings
148.
The Great Believers
The Great Believers 4.29 avg rating — 161,797 ratings
149.
Flight Behavior
Flight Behavior 3.82 avg rating — 100,170 ratings
149.
Fire Sermon
Fire Sermon 3.53 avg rating — 2,550 ratings
151.
How Should a Person Be?
How Should a Person Be? 3.33 avg rating — 16,642 ratings
151.
The Immortalists
The Immortalists 3.71 avg rating — 216,765 ratings
153.
The Age of Miracles
The Age of Miracles 3.66 avg rating — 94,140 ratings
153.
Freshwater
Freshwater 4.01 avg rating — 35,607 ratings
155.
The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating — 122,366 ratings
155.
Severance
Severance
by: Ling Ma
3.89 avg rating — 122,961 ratings
157.
The Yellow Birds
The Yellow Birds 3.74 avg rating — 26,460 ratings
157.
Asymmetry
Asymmetry 3.43 avg rating — 29,339 ratings
159.
She Would Be King
She Would Be King really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,234 ratings
160.
Alif the Unseen
Alif the Unseen 3.84 avg rating — 17,852 ratings
161.
The Orchardist
The Orchardist 3.80 avg rating — 47,694 ratings
161.
The Need
The Need 3.15 avg rating — 16,926 ratings
163.
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 102,613 ratings
163.
We Cast a Shadow
We Cast a Shadow 3.62 avg rating — 5,089 ratings
165.
NW
NW 3.48 avg rating — 44,469 ratings
166.
Pure
Pure 3.60 avg rating — 10,463 ratings
166.
The Water Cure
The Water Cure 3.26 avg rating — 28,005 ratings
168.
Silent House
Silent House 3.74 avg rating — 9,641 ratings
169.
Beautiful Ruins
Beautiful Ruins 3.68 avg rating — 182,966 ratings
170.
Threats
Threats 3.02 avg rating — 2,461 ratings
170.
In West Mills
In West Mills 3.90 avg rating — 2,507 ratings
172.
City of Bohane
City of Bohane 3.84 avg rating — 4,904 ratings
172.
The Heavens
The Heavens 3.25 avg rating — 5,575 ratings
174.
Narcopolis
Narcopolis 3.44 avg rating — 7,871 ratings
175.
All That Is
All That Is 3.37 avg rating — 8,140 ratings
175.
Bowlaway
Bowlaway 3.10 avg rating — 6,628 ratings
177.
Claire of the Sea Light
Claire of the Sea Light 3.67 avg rating — 11,189 ratings
177.
America Was Hard To Find
America Was Hard To Find 3.42 avg rating — 448 ratings
179.
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird 3.95 avg rating — 37,226 ratings
180.
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia 3.82 avg rating — 23,501 ratings
181.
The Lowland
The Lowland 3.88 avg rating — 95,701 ratings
182.
The Son
The Son 4.03 avg rating — 37,217 ratings
183.
Submergence
Submergence 3.54 avg rating — 2,150 ratings
184.
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena 4.12 avg rating — 55,468 ratings
185.
Tampa
Tampa 3.33 avg rating — 54,252 ratings
186.
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie 3.51 avg rating — 40,911 ratings
187.
Middle C
Middle C 3.51 avg rating — 1,094 ratings
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