Best English Books of the 21st Century so far

Fiction

1. A Song of Ice and Fire (1996-2011, not yet finished)

2. Harry Potter (1997, 98, 99, 00, 03, 05, 07)

3. A Series of Unfortunate Events (1999-2006)

4. Angels and Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003), The Lost Symbol (2009), Inferno (2013), Origin (2017)

5. Twilight (2005-2008)

6. Percy Jackson & The Olympians (2005-2009)

7. The Book Thief (2006)

8. The Road (2007)

9. The Hunger Games (2008-2010)

10. The Song of Achilles (2011)

11. The Fault in our Stars (2012)

12. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki (2013, later translated to English)

13. All the Light we cannot see (2014)

14. A Little Life (2015) TBR December

15. The Sympathizer (2015)

16. The Underground Railroad (2016) TBR October

17. Less (2017)

18. The Overstory (2018) TBR October

19. Normal People (2018)

20. Shuggie Bain (2020) TBR next year

21. Piranesi (2020)

22. Hamnet (2020) TBR October

23. Kairos (2021, later translated to English)

24. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (2022) TBR November

25. Demon Copperhead (2023) TBR November

26. Prophet Song (2023)

27. James (2024)

Non-fiction

1. Sapiens (2014)

TBR:

October: Guten Morgen Wie Gehts Dir, Underground Railroad, (Overstory), Hamnet

November: Demon Copperhead, Tomorrow x3

December: A Little Life

Next year: Shuggie Bain, Ann Patchett, George Saunders, Kazuo Ishiguro, Great Believers, Americanah, There There