The Best Fiction Books of the 2010s
This is one of the 743 lists we use to generate our main The Greatest Books list.
About this list
Time, 10 Books
Here are TIME’s picks for the 10 best fiction books of the 2010s, in order of publication year.
This list was originally published in 2020 and was added to this site over 6 years ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 419 | A Visit From The Goon Squad | Jennifer Egan | 2010 | American | English | |
| 407 | My Brilliant Friend | Elena Ferrante | 2012 | American | Italian | |
| 790 | Gone Girl | Gillian Flynn | 2012 | American | English | |
| 441 | Americanah | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | 2013 | Nigerian | English | |
| 1435 | Life After Life | Kate Atkinson | 2013 | British | English | |
| 1896 | Tenth of December | George Saunders | 2013 | American | English | |
| 858 | The Sellout | Paul Beatty | 2015 | American | English | |
| 1648 | Sing, Unburied, Sing | Jesmyn Ward | 2017 | American | English | |
| 3564 | Little Fires Everywhere | Celeste Ng | 2017 | American | English | |
| 4583 | The Nickel Boys | Colson Whitehead | 2019 | American | English |