Goodreads 21st Century Literature Group - Most Important Books of the 21st Century

1.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,648 ratings
2.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,151 ratings
3.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,715 ratings
4.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 4.18 avg rating — 209,868 ratings
5.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating — 657,090 ratings
6.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating — 528,198 ratings
7.
A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad 3.70 avg rating — 244,149 ratings
8.
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 3.95 avg rating — 333,038 ratings
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Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating — 551,953 ratings
10.
The Corrections
The Corrections 3.84 avg rating — 194,240 ratings
11.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,563 ratings
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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,935 ratings
13.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,401,930 ratings
14.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 3.89 avg rating — 274,951 ratings
15.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,515 ratings
16.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating — 161,163 ratings
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The Pale King
The Pale King 3.97 avg rating — 19,430 ratings
18.
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men 4.17 avg rating — 233,377 ratings
19.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 3.87 avg rating — 249,826 ratings
20.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3.89 avg rating — 1,568,737 ratings
21.
2666
2666 4.21 avg rating — 46,697 ratings
22.
The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending 3.74 avg rating — 188,371 ratings
23.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,345 ratings
24.
Everything is Illuminated
Everything is Illuminated 3.89 avg rating — 182,762 ratings
25.
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 102,599 ratings
26.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating — 1,010,481 ratings
27.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,741 ratings
28.
The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles 4.31 avg rating — 1,861,373 ratings
29.
Bel Canto
Bel Canto 3.94 avg rating — 312,358 ratings
30.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,446 ratings
31.
House of Leaves
House of Leaves 4.09 avg rating — 191,441 ratings
32.
My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1)
My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 435,450 ratings
33.
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
Gilead (Gilead, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 121,014 ratings
34.
Room
Room 4.08 avg rating — 826,321 ratings
35.
Austerlitz
Austerlitz 3.98 avg rating — 25,608 ratings
36.
The Little Friend
The Little Friend 3.48 avg rating — 79,035 ratings
37.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,008 ratings
37.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,904,489 ratings
39.
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by: Dan Brown
3.95 avg rating — 3,343,782 ratings
40.
Let the Great World Spin
Let the Great World Spin 3.96 avg rating — 108,624 ratings
41.
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 696,673 ratings
42.
Empire Falls
Empire Falls 3.94 avg rating — 124,804 ratings
43.
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 130,987 ratings
44.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 3.97 avg rating — 431,585 ratings
45.
After Dark
After Dark 3.74 avg rating — 182,582 ratings
46.
Snow
Snow 3.62 avg rating — 48,683 ratings
47.
The Art of Fielding
The Art of Fielding 3.99 avg rating — 115,131 ratings
48.
The Master
The Master 3.84 avg rating — 11,580 ratings
49.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth 4.14 avg rating — 95,610 ratings
49.
Matterhorn
Matterhorn 4.27 avg rating — 46,462 ratings
51.
What Is the What
What Is the What 4.15 avg rating — 86,450 ratings
52.
The Kindly Ones
The Kindly Ones 4.02 avg rating — 14,659 ratings
53.
On Chesil Beach
On Chesil Beach 3.62 avg rating — 99,815 ratings
54.
March
March 3.81 avg rating — 76,163 ratings
55.
The Enchantress of Florence
The Enchantress of Florence 3.61 avg rating — 19,304 ratings
56.
Shalimar the Clown
Shalimar the Clown 3.91 avg rating — 14,679 ratings
57.
The Line of Beauty
The Line of Beauty 3.77 avg rating — 30,643 ratings
58.
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
The Yiddish Policemen's Union 3.72 avg rating — 79,301 ratings
59.
Saturday
Saturday 3.64 avg rating — 72,554 ratings
60.
True History of the Kelly Gang
True History of the Kelly Gang 3.83 avg rating — 23,797 ratings
61.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,240 ratings
62.
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (Neapolitan Novels, #3)
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (Neapolitan Novels, #3) 4.36 avg rating — 183,620 ratings
63.
The Cellist of Sarajevo
The Cellist of Sarajevo really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43,331 ratings
64.
When We Were Orphans
When We Were Orphans 3.54 avg rating — 45,937 ratings
65.
Nemesis
Nemesis 3.86 avg rating — 17,816 ratings
66.
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 4.03 avg rating — 66,777 ratings
67.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,472 ratings
68.
Tree of Smoke
Tree of Smoke 3.60 avg rating — 14,875 ratings
69.
Darkmans (Thames Gateway, #3)
Darkmans (Thames Gateway, #3) 3.65 avg rating — 2,417 ratings
70.
Someone Knows My Name
Someone Knows My Name 4.47 avg rating — 90,241 ratings
71.
The Son
The Son 4.03 avg rating — 37,217 ratings
72.
Galore
Galore 3.75 avg rating — 5,752 ratings
73.
My Struggle, Book 1
My Struggle, Book 1 4.10 avg rating — 48,188 ratings
74.
A Little Life
A Little Life 4.29 avg rating — 858,824 ratings
75.
The Feast of the Goat
The Feast of the Goat 4.34 avg rating — 40,751 ratings
76.
The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating — 44,319 ratings
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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand 3.90 avg rating — 144,378 ratings
78.
Slow Man
Slow Man 3.45 avg rating — 9,469 ratings
79.
Mad Love (DCYE, #3)
Mad Love (DCYE, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 210 ratings
80.
Complicated Moonlight (DCYE, #2)
Complicated Moonlight (DCYE, #2) 4.37 avg rating — 307 ratings
81.
Don't Close Your Eyes
Don't Close Your Eyes 3.76 avg rating — 608 ratings
82.
Housekeeping
Housekeeping 3.81 avg rating — 57,345 ratings
83.
Everyman
Everyman 3.62 avg rating — 21,062 ratings
84.
There There
There There 3.98 avg rating — 214,291 ratings
85.
Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating — 582,574 ratings
86.
Tinkers
Tinkers 3.41 avg rating — 37,932 ratings
87.
Against the Day
Against the Day 4.05 avg rating — 10,019 ratings
88.
A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being 4.06 avg rating — 131,683 ratings
89.
The City & the City
The City & the City 3.90 avg rating — 76,291 ratings
90.
The Accidental
The Accidental
by: Ali Smith
3.37 avg rating — 13,494 ratings
91.
Zeitoun
Zeitoun 4.05 avg rating — 79,607 ratings
92.
The Tiger's Wife
The Tiger's Wife 3.42 avg rating — 101,749 ratings
93.
Circe
Circe 4.22 avg rating — 1,276,236 ratings
94.
NW
NW 3.48 avg rating — 44,461 ratings
95.
Arthur & George
Arthur & George 3.72 avg rating — 18,623 ratings
96.
At Swim, Two Boys
At Swim, Two Boys 4.11 avg rating — 9,622 ratings
97.
Seven Types of Ambiguity
Seven Types of Ambiguity 4.01 avg rating — 5,173 ratings
98.
Erasure
Erasure 4.17 avg rating — 28,466 ratings
99.
There but for the
There but for the
by: Ali Smith
3.50 avg rating — 9,881 ratings
100.
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4)
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4) 4.46 avg rating — 168,856 ratings
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