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 2011

A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five by George R.R. Martin 1582 reviews (2011) (p) (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 Pale King by David Foster Wallace 44 reviews (2011) (560p) (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

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett 402 reviews (2011) (368p) (TIME) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

OPEN CITY by Teju Cole 37 reviews (2011) (p) (NBCCA) (TIME) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson 48 reviews (2011) (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

Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton 38 reviews (2011) (p) (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 2010

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen Winner! 982 reviews (2010) (576p) (NBCCA) (NYTimes) (TIME) (LATimes) (Amazon) (ALA) Author: TotNom=5 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan 377 reviews (2010) (288p) (PP) (NBCCA) (PF) (NYTimes) (TIME) (LATimes) (ALA) Author: TotNom=4 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Skippy Dies by Paul Murray 105 reviews (2010) (672p) (NBCCA) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell 225 reviews (2010) (496p) (TIME) (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

Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon 56 reviews (2010) (296p) (NBA) (PF) (TIME) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Wilson by Daniel Clowes 35 reviews (2010) (80p) (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

Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes 572 reviews (2010) (592p) (TIME) (Amazon) (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

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu 122 reviews (2010) (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

The Passage by Justin Cronin 1293 reviews (2010) (784p) (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

Faithful Place by Tana French 223 reviews (2010) (416p) (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 2009

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Winner! 419 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 46 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 79 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 1139 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 61 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 69 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 110 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 234 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 251 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 88 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! 150 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 228 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 283 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 334 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 243 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! 562 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 308 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 1720 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 214 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 131 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! 2477 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 90 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 125 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 78 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 233 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! 721 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 75 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 25 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 332 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 181 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! 890 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 392 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 38 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 86 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! 61 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 120 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 354 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 533 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! 863 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 528 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 56 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 3210 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 112 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! 521 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 116 reviews (2001) (384p) (Booker) (NYTimes) (TIME) (ALA) Author: TotNom=5 UnqBooks=4 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories by Alice Munro 39 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 465 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 1123 reviews (2001) (592p) (PP) (NBCCA) (NBA) (PF) (NYTimes) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA) Author: TotNom=5 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=2 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! 429 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 677 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 117 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 284 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 379 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! 232 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 2646 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 324 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 266 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