PEOPLE Picks the Best Books of the 2000s
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In celebration of our 50th year, we're looking back at some of our favorite reads over the decades.
The early 2000s was a time of change. A new century brought new ideas, and that was no different within the book world as well.
In celebration of PEOPLE’s 50th anniversary, PEOPLE staffers are looking back on some of their favorite books of the decade. From novels, memoirs and nonfiction accounts, read on to see some of the PEOPLE staff’s favorite books from the 2000s.
This list was originally published in 2024 and was added to this site over 1 year ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4366 | Kitchen Confidential | Anthony Bourdain | 2000 | American | English | |
| 1261 | The Blind Assassin | Margaret Atwood | 2000 | Canadian | English | |
| 221 | White Teeth | Zadie Smith | 2000 | British | English | |
| 290 | The Road | Cormac McCarthy | 2006 | American | English | |
| 237 | The Corrections | Jonathan Franzen | 2001 | American | English | |
| 1142 | Life of Pi | Yann Martel | 2001 | Canadian | English | |
| 670 | Persepolis | Marjane Satrapi | 2000 | French | French | |
| 17152 | Bee Season | Myla Goldberg | 2000 | American | English | |
| 1675 | The Time Traveler's Wife | Audrey Niffenegger | 2003 | American | English | |
| 1895 | Me Talk Pretty One Day | David Sedaris | 2000 | American | English | |
| 10089 | Confessions Of A Shopaholic | Sophie Kinsella | 2000 | British | English | |
| 14985 | Salt | Mark Kurlansky | 2002 | American | English | |
| 14985 | The Night Of The Gun | David Carr | 2008 | American | English | |
| 2394 | The Glass Castle | Jeannette Walls | 2005 | American | English | |
| 1129 | The Namesake | Jhumpa Lahiri | 2003 | American | English |