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Best Books of the Decade

Best Fiction of the Decade

1.
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
1017 reviews (2001) (592p) (PP) (NBCCA) (NBA) (PF) (NYTimes) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA)
Author: TotNom=4 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1
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2.
Atonement by Ian McEwan
822 reviews (2002) (368p) (NBCCA) (Booker) (NYTimes) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA)
Author: TotNom=6 UnqBooks=5 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0
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3.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2283 reviews (2006) (256p) (PP) (NBCCA) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA)
Author: TotNom=4 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=1
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4.
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
919 reviews (2002) (544p) (PP) (NBCCA) (NYTimes) (Amazon)
Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0
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5.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
487 reviews (2007) (352p) (PP) (NBCCA) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon)
Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0
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6.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
502 reviews (2005) (304p) (NBCCA) (Booker) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA)
Author: TotNom=5 UnqBooks=4 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0
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7.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
646 reviews (2000) (656p) (PP) (NBCCA) (PF) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA)
Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0
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8.
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
358 reviews (2004) (256p) (PP) (NBCCA) (PF) (NYTimes) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA)
Author: TotNom=7 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=2 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=1
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9.
The Known World by Edward P. Jones
318 reviews (2003) (432p) (PP) (NBCCA) (NBA) (NYTimes) (ALA)
Author: TotNom=5 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=2
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10.
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
366 reviews (2000) (464p) (NBCCA) (NYTimes) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA)
Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0
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