Best Books of the Decade(2010-2020)
This is one of the 759 lists we use to generate our main The Greatest Books list.
About this list
Chicago Tribune, 38 Books
John Warner of the Chicago Tribune lists his favorite books of the 2010s.
This list was originally published in 2019 and was added to this site over 2 years ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13941 | Anything Is Possible | Elizabeth Strout | 2017 | American | English | |
| 14984 | Olive, Again | Elizabeth Strout | 2019 | American | English | |
| 770 | The Underground Railroad | Colson Whitehead | 2016 | American | English | |
| 4588 | The Nickel Boys | Colson Whitehead | 2019 | American | English | |
| 1650 | Sing, Unburied, Sing | Jesmyn Ward | 2017 | American | English | |
| 1368 | Salvage the Bones | Jesmyn Ward | 2011 | American | English | |
| 9973 | Where’d You Go, Bernadette | Maria Semple | 2012 | American | English | |
| 17130 | Bad Marie | Marcy Dermansky | 2010 | American | English | |
| 17130 | The Throwback Special | Chris Bachelder | 2016 | American | English | |
| 17130 | A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall | Will Chancellor | 2014 | American | English | |
| 14984 | Wittgenstein Jr. | Lars Iyer | 2014 | British | English | |
| 741 | The Goldfinch | Donna Tartt | 2013 | American | English | |
| 922 | The Sympathizer | Viet Thanh Nguyen | 2015 | American | English | |
| 1110 | The Overstory | Richard Powers | 2018 | American | English | |
| 4162 | The Good Lord Bird | James McBride | 2013 | American | English | |
| 837 | The Sellout | Paul Beatty | 2015 | American | English | |
| 3049 | Fever Dream | Samanta Schweblin | 2014 | Argentinian | Spanish | |
| 17130 | Model Home | Eric Puchner | 2010 | American | English | |
| 17130 | Pacific | Tom Drury | 2013 | American | English | |
| 17130 | The End Of Vandalism | Tom Drury | 1994 | American | English | |
| 17130 | Hunts In Dreams | Tom Drury | 2000 | American | English | |
| 1702 | Oreo | Fran Ross | 1974 | American | English | |
| 6584 | Mrs. Caliban | Rachel Ingalls | 1982 | American | English | |
| 17130 | Mister Monkey | Francine Prose | 2016 | American | English | |
| 7976 | Trust Exercise | Susan Choi | 2019 | American | English | |
| 17130 | The Fates Will Find Their Way | Hannah Pittard | 2011 | American | English | |
| 14232 | The Imperfectionists | Tom Rachman | 2010 | British | English | |
| 2503 | Homegoing | Yaa Gyasi | 2016 | Ghanaian | English | |
| 3097 | Open City | Teju Cole | 2011 | American | English | |
| 4679 | Skippy Dies | Pauli Murray | 2010 | Irish | English | |
| 2805 | Fates and Furies | Lauren Groff | 2015 | American | English | |
| 3139 | Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | Ben Fountain | 2012 | American | English | |
| 10071 | Beautiful Ruins | Jess Walter | 2012 | American | English | |
| 11627 | May We Be Forgiven | A. M. Homes | 2012 | American | English | |
| 17130 | Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name | Vendela Vida | 2007 | American | English | |
| 791 | Gone Girl | Gillian Flynn | 2012 | American | English | |
| 1413 | All the Light We Cannot See | Anthony Doerr | 2014 | American | English | |
| 17130 | The Funny Man | John Warner | 2011 | American | English |