Paste Magazine's Best Books of the Decade(2000-2009)

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Paste Magazine, 26 Books

The top 20 best books of the 2000s by Paste Magazine. It includes both fiction and nonfiction.

This list was originally published in 2009 and was added to this site over 12 years ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
314 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Michael Chabon 2000 American English
1783 A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Dave Eggers 2000 American English
290 The Road Cormac McCarthy 2006 American English
475 Gilead Marilynne Robinson 2004 American English
418 Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 American English
1085 The Book Thief Markus Zusak 2005 Australian English
3281 Blankets Craig Thompson 2003 American English
370 The Year of Magical Thinking Joan Didion 2005 American English
2885 Everything Is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer 2002 American English
1907 Consider The Lobster David Foster Wallace 2005 American English
1895 Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris 2000 American English
8563 Slavery by Another Name Douglas A. Blackmon 2008 American English
248 Atonement Ian McEwan 2001 British English
1842 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling 2000 British English
236 Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
2144 Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets J. K. Rowling 1998 British English
1017 Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban J. K. Rowling 1999 British English
1910 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling 2003 British English
1755 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling 2005 British English
2232 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling 2007 British English
5572 Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser 2001 American English
3536 Netherland Joseph O'Neill 2008 Irish English
14983 Let's Talk About Love Carl Wilson 2007 Canadian English
17117 Blue Like Jazz Donald Miller 2003 American English
3170 The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell 2000 American English
17117 Killing Yourself to Live Chuck Klosterman 2005 American English