The 20 Best Novels of the Decade (2010s)
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Literary Hub, 39 Books
The 20 Best Novels of the Decade (2010-2019) chosen by the Literary Hub staff. This does not include translated books. This actually includes 39 books because they included 19 additional books in "Dissenting Opinions" section. I am assuming those are in ranked order.
This list was originally published in 2020 and was added to this site over 2 years ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 421 | A Visit From The Goon Squad | Jennifer Egan | 2010 | American | English | |
| 6152 | The Thousand Autumns Of Jacob De Zoet | David Mitchell | 2010 | British | English | |
| 1684 | Train Dreams | Denis Johnson | 2002 | American | English | |
| 2167 | The Buddha in the Attic | Julie Otsuka | 2011 | American | English | |
| 4687 | The Tiger's Wife | Téa Obreht | 2011 | Serbian | English | |
| 1368 | Salvage the Bones | Jesmyn Ward | 2011 | American | English | |
| 2001 | The Flamethrowers | Rachel Kushner | 2013 | American | English | |
| 3527 | All My Puny Sorrows | Miriam Toews | 2014 | Canadian | English | |
| 3164 | Dept. of Speculation | Jenny Offill | 2014 | American | English | |
| 837 | The Sellout | Paul Beatty | 2015 | American | English | |
| 922 | The Sympathizer | Viet Thanh Nguyen | 2015 | American | English | |
| 1765 | A Little Life | Hanya Yanagihara | 2015 | American | English | |
| 1117 | The Fifth Season | N. K. Jemisin | 2015 | American | English | |
| 1101 | Outline | Rachel Cusk | 2014 | British | English | |
| 770 | The Underground Railroad | Colson Whitehead | 2016 | American | English | |
| 10744 | Imagine Me Gone | Adam Haslett | 2016 | American | English | |
| 1110 | The Overstory | Richard Powers | 2018 | American | English | |
| 6150 | In The Distance | Hernan Díaz | 2017 | American | English | |
| 7977 | Trust Exercise | Susan Choi | 2019 | American | English | |
| 2243 | Milkman | Anna Burns | 2018 | Irish | English | |
| 3540 | C | Tom McCarthy | 2010 | British | English | |
| 7051 | The Sisters Brothers | Patrick DeWitt | 2011 | Canadian | English | |
| 10191 | The Woman Upstairs | Claire Messud | 2013 | American | English | |
| 10199 | Duplex | Kathryn Davis | 2013 | American | English | |
| 443 | Americanah | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | 2013 | Nigerian | English | |
| 2845 | 10:04 | Ben Lerner | 2014 | American | English | |
| 3532 | An Unnecessary Woman | Rabih Alameddine | 2013 | Lebanese | English | |
| 2806 | Fates and Furies | Lauren Groff | 2015 | American | English | |
| 9284 | News Of The World | Paulette Jiles | 2016 | American | English | |
| 3470 | Solar Bones | Mike McCormack | 2016 | Irish | English | |
| 10870 | Mr. Splitfoot | Samantha Hunt | 2016 | American | English | |
| 2504 | Homegoing | Yaa Gyasi | 2016 | Ghanaian | English | |
| 8496 | Margaret The First | Danielle Dutton | 2016 | American | English | |
| 5987 | The Idiot | Elif Batuman | 2017 | American | English | |
| 1650 | Sing, Unburied, Sing | Jesmyn Ward | 2017 | American | English | |
| 2225 | My Year of Rest and Relaxation | Ottessa Moshfegh | 2018 | American | English | |
| 1211 | Normal People | Sally Rooney | 2018 | Irish | English | |
| 6578 | Indian Horse | Richard Wagamese | 2012 | Canadian | English | |
| 8773 | Inland | Téa Obreht | 2019 | American | English |