50 Books That Define the Past Five Years in Literature

1.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,510 ratings
2.
A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad 3.70 avg rating — 244,141 ratings
3.
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 3.95 avg rating — 333,034 ratings
4.
Tenth of December
Tenth of December 3.98 avg rating — 80,034 ratings
5.
Freedom
Freedom 3.79 avg rating — 173,388 ratings
6.
This Is How You Lose Her
This Is How You Lose Her 3.74 avg rating — 99,562 ratings
7.
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis 4.24 avg rating — 6,877 ratings
8.
What Purpose Did I Serve in Your Life
What Purpose Did I Serve in Your Life 3.67 avg rating — 1,264 ratings
9.
Gods Without Men
Gods Without Men 3.65 avg rating — 4,350 ratings
10.
The Tiger's Wife
The Tiger's Wife 3.42 avg rating — 101,748 ratings
11.
The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset (The Hunger Games, #1-3)
The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset (The Hunger Games, #1-3) 4.50 avg rating — 231,657 ratings
12.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating — 71,433 ratings
13.
The Art of Fielding
The Art of Fielding 3.99 avg rating — 115,129 ratings
14.
Skippy Dies
Skippy Dies 3.79 avg rating — 26,310 ratings
15.
Just Kids
Just Kids 4.21 avg rating — 333,627 ratings
16.
Battleborn
Battleborn 4.12 avg rating — 5,353 ratings
17.
Open City
Open City
by: Teju Cole
3.49 avg rating — 17,168 ratings
17.
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays 3.83 avg rating — 6,109 ratings
19.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating — 850,429 ratings
20.
The Flamethrowers
The Flamethrowers 3.51 avg rating — 23,698 ratings
21.
The Magicians (The Magicians, #1)
The Magicians (The Magicians, #1) 3.53 avg rating — 273,730 ratings
22.
The Ask
The Ask 3.30 avg rating — 6,820 ratings
23.
When I Was a Child I Read Books
When I Was a Child I Read Books 3.87 avg rating — 2,821 ratings
24.
Pulphead
Pulphead really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,971 ratings
25.
The Woman Upstairs
The Woman Upstairs 3.31 avg rating — 33,469 ratings
26.
Swamplandia!
Swamplandia! 3.28 avg rating — 59,343 ratings
27.
Scorch Atlas
Scorch Atlas 3.62 avg rating — 1,486 ratings
28.
Sag Harbor
Sag Harbor 3.56 avg rating — 11,310 ratings
29.
Super Sad True Love Story
Super Sad True Love Story 3.45 avg rating — 41,495 ratings
30.
Inferno (A Poet's Novel)
Inferno (A Poet's Novel) 3.89 avg rating — 2,655 ratings
31.
The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them 3.71 avg rating — 5,946 ratings
32.
Heroines
Heroines 4.14 avg rating — 1,584 ratings
33.
In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods
In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods
by: Matt Bell
3.31 avg rating — 1,574 ratings
34.
The Stranger's Child
The Stranger's Child 3.33 avg rating — 11,757 ratings
35.
The Middlesteins
The Middlesteins 3.44 avg rating — 20,847 ratings
36.
How Should a Person Be?
How Should a Person Be? 3.33 avg rating — 16,642 ratings
37.
Lightning Rods
Lightning Rods 3.46 avg rating — 2,933 ratings
38.
Four New Messages
Four New Messages 3.18 avg rating — 454 ratings
39.
Shoplifting from American Apparel
Shoplifting from American Apparel
by: Tao Lin
3.13 avg rating — 4,284 ratings
40.
When the Only Light Is Fire
When the Only Light Is Fire 4.31 avg rating — 286 ratings
41.
I'm Trying to Reach You
I'm Trying to Reach You 3.68 avg rating — 165 ratings
42.
Ayiti
Ayiti 4.27 avg rating — 8,126 ratings
43.
Tonight No Poetry Will Serve
Tonight No Poetry Will Serve 3.79 avg rating — 640 ratings
44.
The Informers
The Informers 3.65 avg rating — 2,141 ratings
45.
Stone Arabia
Stone Arabia 3.39 avg rating — 3,162 ratings
46.
Half a Life
Half a Life 3.58 avg rating — 4,930 ratings
47.
The Orange Eats Creeps
The Orange Eats Creeps 3.01 avg rating — 1,961 ratings
48.
Poems, 1962-2012
Poems, 1962-2012 4.43 avg rating — 1,954 ratings