TIME Magazine Best Fiction Books of the Year

The TIME Magazine Best Fiction Books of the Year are listed below. The star rating and number of reviews are from Amazon.com. In parentheses after the star rating and number of reviews are the number of pages in the book and any other awards that the book was a finalist for. Award names in red indicate the the book was the winner of that award. Click the buy from Amazon.com link to be taken to the Amazon.com website where you can purchase the book from the premier online bookseller.

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TIME Magazine Best Fiction Books of 2009

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Winner! 300 reviews (2009) (560p) (NBCCA) (Booker) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter 32 reviews (2009) (304p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Swimming by Nicola Keegan 70 reviews (2009) (320p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 562 reviews (2009) (400p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower 48 reviews (2009) (256p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer 65 reviews (2009) (304p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin 102 reviews (2009) (256p) (PP) (NBA) (TIME) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell 211 reviews (2009) (336p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi 92 reviews (2009) (300p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell 74 reviews (2009) (992p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

TIME Magazine Best Fiction Books of 2008

2666 by Roberto Bolano Winner! 122 reviews (2008) (912p) (NBCCA) (NYTimes) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Lush Life by Richard Price 215 reviews (2008) (464p) (PF) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld 263 reviews (2008) (576p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Anathem by Neal Stephenson 276 reviews (2008) (932p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri 221 reviews (2008) (352p) (NYTimes) (TIME) (ALA) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

TIME Magazine Best Fiction Books of 2007

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz Winner! 487 reviews (2007) (352p) (PP) (NBCCA) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris 284 reviews (2007) (400p) (NBA) (NYTimes) (TIME) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 1593 reviews (2007) (384p) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson 78 reviews (2007) (288p) (NYTimes) (TIME) (LATimes) (ALA) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Tree of Smoke: A Novel by Denis Johnson 118 reviews (2007) (624p) (PP) (NBA) (NYTimes) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

TIME Magazine Best Fiction Books of 2006

The Road by Cormac McCarthy Winner! 2283 reviews (2006) (256p) (PP) (NBCCA) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA) Author: TotNom=4 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford 84 reviews (2006) (496p) (NBCCA) (NYTimes) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=5 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart 114 reviews (2006) (352p) (NYTimes) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Black Swan Green by David Mitchell 69 reviews (2006) (304p) (TIME) (LATimes) (ALA) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

What Is the What by Dave Eggers 210 reviews (2006) (386p) (NBCCA) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

TIME Magazine Best Fiction Books of 2005

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Winner! 502 reviews (2005) (304p) (NBCCA) (Booker) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA) Author: TotNom=5 UnqBooks=4 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie 74 reviews (2005) (416p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link 23 reviews (2005) (272p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Saturday by Ian McEwan 321 reviews (2005) (304p) (NYTimes) (TIME) (ALA) Author: TotNom=6 UnqBooks=5 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The March by E. L. Doctorow 175 reviews (2005) (384p) (PP) (NBCCA) (NBA) (PF) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=11 UnqBooks=5 PPNom=2 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=4 NBCCAWin=3 NBANom=3 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

TIME Magazine Best Fiction Books of 2004

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Winner! 728 reviews (2004) (800p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

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 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Runaway: Stories by Alice Munro 37 reviews (2004) (352p) (NYTimes) (TIME) (ALA) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Master by Colm Tóibín 77 reviews (2004) (352p) (Booker) (NYTimes) (LATimes) (TIME) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Hamilton Case by Michelle de Kretser 19 reviews (2004) (320p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

TIME Magazine Best Fiction Books of 2003

Any Human Heart by William Boyd Winner! 48 reviews (2003) (512p) (TIME) (ALA) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem 110 reviews (2003) (528p) (NYTimes) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson 339 reviews (2003) (960p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri 512 reviews (2003) (304p) (TIME) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

A Box of Matches by Nicholson Baker 57 reviews (2003) (192p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

TIME Magazine Best Fiction Books of 2002

Atonement by Ian McEwan Winner! 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 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber 511 reviews (2002) (944p) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

You Are Not A Stranger Here: Stories by Adam Haslett 52 reviews (2002) (256p) (PP) (NBA) (TIME) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 3116 reviews (2002) (288p) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Unless by Carol Shields 109 reviews (2002) (320p) (Booker) (TIME) Author: TotNom=4 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

TIME Magazine Best Fiction Books of 2001

Empire Falls by Richard Russo Winner! 493 reviews (2001) (496p) (PP) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey 111 reviews (2001) (384p) (Booker) (NYTimes) (TIME) (ALA) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories by Alice Munro 35 reviews (2001) (336p) (NBCCA) (NYTimes) (LATimes) (TIME) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Peace Like a River by Leif Enger 444 reviews (2001) (320p) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

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 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

TIME Magazine Best Fiction Books of 2000

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood Winner! 407 reviews (2000) (544p) (Booker) (TIME) (ALA) Author: TotNom=5 UnqBooks=5 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

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 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Ravelstein by Saul Bellow 115 reviews (2000) (240p) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=6 UnqBooks=4 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=4 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney 268 reviews (2000) (215p) (NYTimes) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

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 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

TIME Magazine Best Fiction Books of 1999

Personal Injuries by Scott Turow Winner! 230 reviews (1999) (384p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

A Dangerous Friend by Ward Just 22 reviews (1999) (256p) (TIME) (ALA) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling 2627 reviews (1999) (0p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Waiting by Ha Jin 313 reviews (1999) (320p) (PP) (NBA) (PF) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA) Author: TotNom=5 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=2 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund 257 reviews (1999) (688p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page