Top 10 Fiction Books of the Decade(2010)
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About this list
Entertainment Weekly, 20 Books
To celebrate the end of the 2010s, Entertainment Weekly’s Must List is looking back at the best pop culture of the decade that changed movies, TV, music, and more (catch up on our list so far, which includes the MCU’s big Snap, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s history-making hit Hamilton, and Beyonce’s iconic Coachella set). Today, we look back on our favorite fiction books of the past 10 years.
This list was originally published in 2020 and was added to this site over 6 years ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 421 | A Visit From The Goon Squad | Jennifer Egan | 2010 | American | English | |
| 1435 | Life After Life | Kate Atkinson | 2013 | British | English | |
| 2227 | Exit West | Mohsin Hamid | 2017 | Pakistani | English | |
| 2001 | The Flamethrowers | Rachel Kushner | 2013 | American | English | |
| 1650 | Sing, Unburied, Sing | Jesmyn Ward | 2017 | American | English | |
| 7587 | Commonwealth | Ann Patchett | 2016 | American | English | |
| 1381 | Station Eleven | Emily St John Mandel | 2014 | Canadian | English | |
| 2804 | Fates and Furies | Lauren Groff | 2015 | American | English | |
| 1390 | A Brief History of Seven Killings | Marlon James | 2014 | Jamaican | English | |
| 1211 | Normal People | Sally Rooney | 2018 | Irish | English | |
| 1413 | All the Light We Cannot See | Anthony Doerr | 2014 | American | English | |
| 443 | Americanah | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | 2013 | Nigerian | English | |
| 13941 | Anything Is Possible | Elizabeth Strout | 2017 | American | English | |
| 741 | The Goldfinch | Donna Tartt | 2013 | American | English | |
| 791 | Gone Girl | Gillian Flynn | 2012 | American | English | |
| 11350 | The Interestings | Meg Wolitzer | 2013 | American | English | |
| 14232 | LaRose | Louise Erdrich | 2016 | American | English | |
| 2224 | My Year of Rest and Relaxation | Ottessa Moshfegh | 2018 | American | English | |
| 4589 | The Nickel Boys | Colson Whitehead | 2019 | American | English | |
| 1898 | Tenth of December | George Saunders | 2013 | American | English |