Best Books of the 21st Century

1.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) 4.62 avg rating — 4,009,004 ratings
2.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,593,144 ratings
3.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,401,662 ratings
4.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,801,852 ratings
5.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) 4.58 avg rating — 3,562,981 ratings
6.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) 4.50 avg rating — 3,690,562 ratings
7.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,961,813 ratings
8.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,465 ratings
9.
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 4,010,974 ratings
10.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,434 ratings
11.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,162 ratings
12.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,842,963 ratings
13.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,579,939 ratings
14.
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating — 2,475,122 ratings
15.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,550 ratings
16.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3.89 avg rating — 1,568,645 ratings
17.
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating — 1,680,735 ratings
18.
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 3,592,926 ratings
19.
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 3,336,144 ratings
20.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating — 657,070 ratings
21.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating — 2,439,400 ratings
22.
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 4,286,479 ratings
23.
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 7,125,389 ratings
24.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating — 551,915 ratings
25.
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 — 696,611 ratings
26.
American Gods
American Gods 4.10 avg rating — 978,738 ratings
27.
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 2,128,419 ratings
28.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,461 ratings
29.
A Story of Yesterday
A Story of Yesterday 4.53 avg rating — 16,471 ratings
30.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,423 ratings
31.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 3.97 avg rating — 431,569 ratings
32.
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by: Dan Brown
3.95 avg rating — 3,343,641 ratings
33.
My Sister’s Keeper
My Sister’s Keeper 4.11 avg rating — 1,263,772 ratings
34.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,026 ratings
35.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) 4.26 avg rating — 968,840 ratings
36.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,696 ratings
37.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating — 793,905 ratings
38.
The Host (The Host, #1)
The Host (The Host, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 1,039,870 ratings
39.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3) 4.24 avg rating — 765,824 ratings
40.
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4)
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4) 3.75 avg rating — 1,832,472 ratings
41.
Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, #3)
Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, #3) 3.74 avg rating — 1,948,162 ratings
42.
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) 4.52 avg rating — 1,051,070 ratings
43.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating — 528,139 ratings
44.
Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating — 1,819,686 ratings
45.
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2) 3.61 avg rating — 2,077,848 ratings
46.
Room
Room 4.08 avg rating — 826,302 ratings
47.
Gone Girl
Gone Girl 4.14 avg rating — 3,358,126 ratings
48.
The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book 4.16 avg rating — 560,830 ratings
49.
City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3)
City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3) 4.27 avg rating — 1,003,295 ratings
50.
The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,294 ratings
51.
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 4.01 avg rating — 885,783 ratings
52.
City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2)
City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 981,129 ratings
53.
The Corrections
The Corrections 3.84 avg rating — 194,228 ratings
54.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 3.89 avg rating — 274,939 ratings
55.
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 739,696 ratings
56.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,904,264 ratings
57.
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men 4.17 avg rating — 233,330 ratings
58.
Bel Canto
Bel Canto 3.94 avg rating — 312,322 ratings
59.
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale 3.98 avg rating — 323,000 ratings
60.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything 4.22 avg rating — 412,794 ratings
61.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating — 199,549 ratings
62.
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog 4.14 avg rating — 475,385 ratings
63.
Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)
Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 673,525 ratings
64.
The Art of Racing in the Rain
The Art of Racing in the Rain 4.23 avg rating — 545,648 ratings
65.
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9) 4.09 avg rating — 508,922 ratings
66.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,560 ratings
67.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,916 ratings
68.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating — 280,135 ratings
69.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by: Lisa See
4.09 avg rating — 382,926 ratings
70.
Everything is Illuminated
Everything is Illuminated 3.89 avg rating — 182,760 ratings
71.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 3.87 avg rating — 249,813 ratings
72.
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
The Memory Keeper's Daughter 3.70 avg rating — 609,221 ratings
73.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 989,115 ratings
74.
The God Delusion
The God Delusion 3.90 avg rating — 279,305 ratings
75.
The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity 3.84 avg rating — 682,760 ratings
76.
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal 4.23 avg rating — 179,752 ratings
77.
Sarah's Key
Sarah's Key 4.18 avg rating — 489,756 ratings
78.
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time 3.66 avg rating — 358,685 ratings
79.
Nineteen Minutes
Nineteen Minutes 4.17 avg rating — 409,004 ratings
80.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 4.16 avg rating — 933,418 ratings
81.
Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska 3.96 avg rating — 1,715,844 ratings
82.
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking 3.96 avg rating — 614,649 ratings
83.
The History of Love
The History of Love 3.92 avg rating — 139,267 ratings
84.
11/22/63
11/22/63 4.35 avg rating — 613,978 ratings
85.
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 1,266,699 ratings
86.
The White Tiger
The White Tiger 3.77 avg rating — 200,079 ratings
87.
What Is the What
What Is the What 4.15 avg rating — 86,448 ratings
88.
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals 4.19 avg rating — 208,893 ratings
89.
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
Gilead (Gilead, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 121,005 ratings
90.
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking 3.93 avg rating — 284,889 ratings
91.
John Adams
John Adams 4.08 avg rating — 373,216 ratings
92.
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle 3.66 avg rating — 104,094 ratings
93.
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim 4.11 avg rating — 286,474 ratings
94.
Empire Falls
Empire Falls 3.94 avg rating — 124,799 ratings
95.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating — 1,238,530 ratings
96.
A Million Little Pieces
A Million Little Pieces 3.69 avg rating — 260,934 ratings
97.
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
Insurgent (Divergent, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 1,596,019 ratings
98.
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything 3.96 avg rating — 111,005 ratings
99.
Anansi Boys
Anansi Boys 4.04 avg rating — 228,350 ratings
100.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation 3.87 avg rating — 106,063 ratings
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