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The best books published during the 2000s decade (2000–2009).
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2000s lists
2000s shelf
Best By Date
Best Fantasy of the 2000s
Best Mystery of the 2000s
Best Non-fiction of the 2000s
Best Picture Books of the 2000s
Best Science Fiction of the 2000s
Most Rated Book by Year
Best Books by Century:
21st, 20th,
19th, 18th, 17th, 16th, 15th,14th, 13th, 12th, 11th, 10th,
9th, 8th, 7th, 6th, 5th, 4th
Best Books by Decade:
2020–2029, 2010–2019, 2000–2009,
1990–1999, 1980–1989, 1970–1979, 1960–1969, 1950–1959,
1940–1949, 1930–1939, 1920–1929, 1910–1919, 1900–1909,
1890–1899, 1880–1889, 1870–1879, 1860–1869, 1850–1859,
1840–1849, 1830–1839, 1820–1829, 1810–1819, 1800–1809
Best Books by Year:
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Lists for all books by Number of Ratings:
10,000 to 15,000, 15,000 to 20,000, 20,000 to 25,000, 25,000 to 30,000,
30,000 to 40,000, 40,000 to 50,000, 50,000 to 60,000, 60,000 to 70,000,
70,000 to 80,000, 80,000 to 89,999, 90,000 to 99,999, 100,000 to 149,999,
150,000 to 199,999, 200,000 to 499,999, 500,000 to 999,999, 1,000,000 and more
See also
2000s lists
2000s shelf
Best By Date
Best Fantasy of the 2000s
Best Mystery of the 2000s
Best Non-fiction of the 2000s
Best Picture Books of the 2000s
Best Science Fiction of the 2000s
Most Rated Book by Year
Best Books by Century:
21st, 20th,
19th, 18th, 17th, 16th, 15th,14th, 13th, 12th, 11th, 10th,
9th, 8th, 7th, 6th, 5th, 4th
Best Books by Decade:
2020–2029, 2010–2019, 2000–2009,
1990–1999, 1980–1989, 1970–1979, 1960–1969, 1950–1959,
1940–1949, 1930–1939, 1920–1929, 1910–1919, 1900–1909,
1890–1899, 1880–1889, 1870–1879, 1860–1869, 1850–1859,
1840–1849, 1830–1839, 1820–1829, 1810–1819, 1800–1809
Best Books by Year:
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Lists for all books by Number of Ratings:
10,000 to 15,000, 15,000 to 20,000, 20,000 to 25,000, 25,000 to 30,000,
30,000 to 40,000, 40,000 to 50,000, 50,000 to 60,000, 60,000 to 70,000,
70,000 to 80,000, 80,000 to 89,999, 90,000 to 99,999, 100,000 to 149,999,
150,000 to 199,999, 200,000 to 499,999, 500,000 to 999,999, 1,000,000 and more
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A Place Called Here
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The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)
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3.91 avg rating — 94,743 ratings
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The Days of Abandonment
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Driving with Dead People
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Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
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Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)
3.51 avg rating — 32,023 ratings
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Hidden Treasures in the Book of Job: How the Oldest Book in the Bible Answers Today's Scientific Questions
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Hugh Ross (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 686 ratings
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Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts
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Julian Rubinstein (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 5,624 ratings
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Sharp Teeth
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Star Wars: Survivor's Quest
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North of Beautiful
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3.92 avg rating — 35,802 ratings
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
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William Kamkwamba (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 32,174 ratings
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Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story
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4.22 avg rating — 1,499 ratings
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Caim
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Caught Running
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Black Mass
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Palace of Mirrors (The Palace Chronicles, #2)
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3.89 avg rating — 12,798 ratings
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Still Life With Crows (Pendergast, #4)
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Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 41,424 ratings
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Ten Thousand Lovers (Tel Aviv Trilogy #1)
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3.76 avg rating — 1,124 ratings
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The Working Poor: Invisible in America
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4.04 avg rating — 5,715 ratings
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Devil Bones (Temperance Brennan, #11)
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Kathy Reichs (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 30,786 ratings
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Flight
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3.89 avg rating — 18,065 ratings
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| 1522 |
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King Dork (King Dork, #1)
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Frank Portman (Goodreads Author)
3.55 avg rating — 7,190 ratings
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Handle with Care
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Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 136,891 ratings
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Me & Emma
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Elizabeth Flock (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 22,182 ratings
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The Spider and the Fly
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Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, #1)
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3.97 avg rating — 33,528 ratings
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A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
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4.37 avg rating — 8,858 ratings
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Best Served Cold
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Parallel Worlds: A Journey through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
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The Gallery of Regrettable Food
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Changeling (Changeling, #1)
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Delia Sherman (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 1,088 ratings
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The Fourth Bear (Nursery Crime, #2)
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Jasper Fforde (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 23,861 ratings
score: 248,
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The Body of Christopher Creed (Steepleton Chronicles, #1)
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3.85 avg rating — 6,169 ratings
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Dark Fire (Dark, #6)
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Christine Feehan (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 24,148 ratings
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A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-5)
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4.61 avg rating — 64,586 ratings
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Dream Warrior (Dark-Hunter, #16; Dream-Hunter, #4)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 26,621 ratings
score: 248,
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Homer's Odyssey
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Gwen Cooper (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 15,928 ratings
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My Story: "A Child Called It", "The Lost Boy", "A Man Named Dave"
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Dave Pelzer (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 14,936 ratings
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Testimony
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3.59 avg rating — 31,085 ratings
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13 Little Blue Envelopes (Little Blue Envelope, #1)
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Maureen Johnson (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 83,661 ratings
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Death and the Penguin
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3.78 avg rating — 21,659 ratings
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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
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Timothy Egan (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 18,066 ratings
score: 246,
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What Got You Here Won't Get You There
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Marshall Goldsmith (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 31,069 ratings
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Dream Chaser (Dark-Hunter, #13; Dream-Hunter, #3)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 31,049 ratings
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Stupid White Men
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3.33 avg rating — 16,766 ratings
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A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3.1)
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4.47 avg rating — 88,883 ratings
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Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466
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Carolyn Meyer (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 6,542 ratings
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Sizzling Sixteen (Stephanie Plum, #16)
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Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 86,688 ratings
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Chainfire (Sword of Truth, #9)
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3.96 avg rating — 54,053 ratings
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The Lay of the Land (Frank Bascombe, #3)
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3.92 avg rating — 4,833 ratings
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Beasts
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3.62 avg rating — 5,000 ratings
score: 244,
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Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled (Mrs. Pollifax, #14)
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4.09 avg rating — 4,990 ratings
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Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #2)
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Jeff Kinney (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 193,224 ratings
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In the Bleak Midwinter (The Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries #1)
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Julia Spencer-Fleming (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 16,873 ratings
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The Burning Land (The Saxon Stories, #5)
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Bernard Cornwell (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 40,443 ratings
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Al Capone Does My Shirts (Tales from Alcatraz, #1)
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Gennifer Choldenko (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 45,789 ratings
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Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax, #1)
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Robert J. Sawyer (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 13,775 ratings
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God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre
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3.99 avg rating — 2,698 ratings
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Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
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Tom Franklin (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 46,073 ratings
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With No One as Witness (Inspector Lynley, #13)
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Elizabeth George (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 15,344 ratings
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Ice Haven
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3.93 avg rating — 7,345 ratings
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A Case of Exploding Mangoes
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3.77 avg rating — 12,151 ratings
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Conceit
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Mary Novik (Goodreads Author)
3.40 avg rating — 347 ratings
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| 1564 |
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The Rain Before it Falls
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Jonathan Coe (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 7,471 ratings
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Anybody Out There? (Walsh Family, #4)
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3.94 avg rating — 66,413 ratings
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A Gate at the Stairs
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The Underneath
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Kathi Appelt (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 11,403 ratings
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Where Angels Fall (The Great and Terrible, #2)
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4.18 avg rating — 4,926 ratings
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Desecration (Left Behind, #9)
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Look at Me
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Jennifer Egan (Goodreads Author)
3.43 avg rating — 14,202 ratings
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Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
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3.85 avg rating — 8,117 ratings
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The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite
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Gerard Way (Writer)
3.86 avg rating — 70,888 ratings
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A Storm of Swords 2: Blood and Gold (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3, Part 2 of 2)
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4.55 avg rating — 103,572 ratings
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Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life
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4.24 avg rating — 21,916 ratings
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The Girl with No Shadow (Chocolat, #2)
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Joanne Harris (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 20,213 ratings
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The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800
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4.08 avg rating — 2,013 ratings
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Physik (Septimus Heap, #3)
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4.02 avg rating — 56,388 ratings
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The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
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3.80 avg rating — 52,066 ratings
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The Looking Glass Wars (The Looking Glass Wars, #1)
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Frank Beddor (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 46,770 ratings
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The Shamer's Daughter (The Shamer Chronicles, #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 10,673 ratings
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Giggle, Giggle, Quack
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4.22 avg rating — 27,246 ratings
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Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood (Sisterhood, #3)
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3.84 avg rating — 81,013 ratings
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A Wolf at the Table
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Augusten Burroughs (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 29,975 ratings
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Such a Pretty Girl
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3.86 avg rating — 17,032 ratings
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Air
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3.58 avg rating — 2,502 ratings
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Fallen Dragon
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Jul 04, 2008 07:09PM
I think some of the best books of the decade have been published for children and teens, but this isn't bad in terms of books for adults.
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All four of my favorite books are on here. Well chosen!
I wanted to vote for a few of these books, but unfortunately weren't actually published after 2000.
Removed "House of the Spirits" and "Matilda" from the list as they were definitely not published in the 2000s (not originally anyway). If you see any others that are wrongly categorised (don't have time to go through them all) please don't hesitate to send me a comment and let me know.
How can Beedle the Bard be on here when it's not been published yet?
the books i picked are the only ones i read.
Love the list but Bridget Jones' Diary was published in 96 according to the info on here.
I didn't vote for any book that I haven't read.
deleted memoirs of a geisha since it was written in the '90s, you can vote on it on that list!
The Red Tent was also written in the 90's.
Emily are you vettting the list? I found several more that were first published before 2000..Into Thin Air
White Oleandar
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
Love two out of the three but won't vote for them since they don't fit the criteria as stated. Was that geeky enough?
I removed some books that were not initially published from 2000-2009:Alias Grace
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Also deletedThe Alchemist
Originally published in 1988
Plainsong
Originally published in 1999
Bridget Jones's Diary
Originally published in 1996
just a few more that were originally published in the 90's or earlier.Jeanette Winterson's Written on the Body (1992)
Katherine Dunn's Geek Love: A Novel (1989)
Jose Saramago's Blindness (1995)
Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies (1999)
i actually voted for the Interpreter of Maladies and then realized that it might have not been published 2000 or later.
thank you
I'd like to have voted for The Cave by José Saramago, but I'm told it isn't a book of this decade? It was originally published in 2000, and I believe the English translation is copyright 2002.
Book Review: Nesohc a new version of Jesus
Few books pack superb insightfulness, precise scientific research, wonderful human characterization, verifiable scientific explanations, unsurpassed argumentative dialogue, outstanding innovative views on the life and works of the most influential man in history "Jesus Christ". If you add a mind boggling plot to top it off, you may get a nanometric idea of the reach and wonder of this masterpiece. The book is a marvelous novel with a new twist on the origin, birth, life, miracles, teachings, death and resurrection of Jesus. The novel is very well researched and the plot unfolds in an enjoyable and easy to follow manner which glues you to the book from beginning to end. The protagonists, (Jesus and the disciples), are depicted in a fresh, realistic, humorous and earthly manner befitting of their true nature. The plot, although a personal interpretation of the life of Jesus, is so plausible that it is difficult throw it in the “science fiction” bag. The author presents reasonable alternatives as to the origin of life on earth; the development, nature, and ultimate destination of the human soul; a feasible method for travelling in space, infinitely faster than the speed of light; and many other wonderfully creative insights which provide much fuel for thought.
Although the primary purpose of the book is that of entertainment, the very nature of its content is bound to produce a great deal of introspection in those with an open mind. The author advocates no theories, but merely presents a script which differs from traditional orthodox views. He makes no claim as to the validity of the script, but merely spills a glass which is soaked by the creative and imaginative minds of the readers I highly recommend this book to all audiences. Its fast and easy to follow style will provide many hours of enjoyable and thoughtful entertainment for readers all ages. Its deep philosophical implications make it a worthy mental exercise for analytical individuals interested in philosophy, metaphysics, religion, psychology, and ethics.
Overall, this is a very enjoyable, entertaining, and easy to follow book which provides a banquet for thought.
Amy wrote: "I removed some books that were not initially published from 2000-2009:Alias Grace
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
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if you give a mouse a cookie was my favorite book in kindergarden, 22 years ago! i love the newer ones with the pig and the moose. they've proved timeless with kids i work with :)
WOW a lot of you people posted a HUGE message!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this book! It is very sad, really, but with a good ending. I hate that the mother favored her sister so much and then Priscilla had to deal with that even during the depression when they had no place to live, really.
I love Anansi Boys, and I'm really glad to see it on this list.
i guess 3 of the top 5 from this list are highly overrated books.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was published in 1999.
IkraAmesta wrote: "i guess 3 of the top 5 from this list are highly overrated books."Twilight and harry potter aren't overrated, its just that they largely appeal to young people in the same way that the Time travellers wife largely appeals to idiots.
28: Twilight and harry potter aren't overrated, its just that they largely appeal to young people in the same way that the Time travellers wife largely appeals to idiots.hahahaha
but seriously... TTTW at no 1? and the popularity of the twilight series really makes me wonder if this website is populated by women between the ages of 15-35....
Angryy0uth wrote: "28: Twilight and harry potter aren't overrated, its just that they largely appeal to young people in the same way that the Time travellers wife largely appeals to idiots.hahahaha
but seriously... ..."
It makes me sick how much people think Twilight should be called "literature."
I expected to see more good read titles ie The Safe house, Nicci French.December, Elizabeth Windthrop.The Reader,Bernard Schlink. Arthur &George, Julian Barnes. These are only a selection of my 2009 good reads.
Wow, what a complex and complete list!
Have just finished reading Guernica by Dave Boling. Not on this list yet. An epic read; but I wouldn't compare it with "The English Patient"
It prompted me to take a better look at and appreciate Picasso's Guernica.
great list but there are many more great ones not listed.
The Time Traveler's Wife? Seriously?! I have no faith in this list!
I'm just astonished Twilight is only fourth.
Susanna wrote: "I'm just astonished Twilight is only fourth."heh heh heh!
(You are evil).
Kudos! Some of my favorites are on here...but some are misplaced.
porno for marx wrote: "bastard out of carolina is from the early frigging nineties"And it has the correct original publication date. I suspect it was added when it had an incorrect one. Frankly, I'm too tired right now to delete it.
elissa wrote: "I think some of the best books of the decade have been published for children and teens, but this isn't bad in terms of books for adults."Great idea to make a list of children's and teens books... I love books in that genre and would love to see a list!
Amy wrote: "I removed some books that were not initially published from 2000-2009:Alias Grace
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
"
Thanks for keeping the list up, Amy. Ann-Marie MacDonald's Fall On Your Knees was also originally published in 1996.
Great list.
Removed:Fall on Your Knees, by Ann-Marie MacDonald.
Thank you, Susanna!
Mari Anne wrote: "The Red Tent was also written in the 90's."I loved the Rec TEnt Great book
Ditto. A wonderfully imaginative picture of how women in Biblical times lived and felt.
James Baldwin, "Giovanni's Room" was published in the 1950's or 1960's. "The Life and Times of Michael K" was written in the 1980's or 1990's.
If you'll tell me which pages the books in question are on, I'll be happy to remove them.(Giovanni's Room is 1940, and Michael K won the Booker in 1983.)
Twilight? Jodi Picoult? These are some of the books that qualify as the best of the decade? Thanks but no thanks.
My favourite series is the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series!!! They are amazing!!! The thing I love most about them is the mix of Ancient Greek mythology in modern times. I learnt more about the Greeks by reading this series than I ever did at school. After finishing the Harry Potter series I never thought I would find a series as good as HP, but Percy Jackson has topped it. They're adventurous, funny and also has a bit of romance. If you haven't read them yet, you definitely HAVE to. It won't disappoint.
hey guys...does anyone know how to browse books (as opposed to searching for a particular one)? I'm looking for good books to read, and want to browse/sort books in the website by rating...is there a way to see a list of books by rating on this website?
Anyone can add books to this list.
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