54 Best Books of the Decade; mostly in no particular order.

compiled & reviewed by Anaïs Escobar—this will be permanently in the links at the top of my main page below the writing archive if you need to find it in the future. reblog as needed.
1. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz, 2007
2. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon, 2001
3. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, 2003
4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy, 2007
5. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, 2006
6. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, 2005
7. The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño, 2007
8. Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live by Tom Shales & James Andrew Miller, 2002
9. A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore, 2009
10. Sailing Alone Around The Room by Billy Collins, 2001
11. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs, 2003
12. Invisible by Paul Auster, 2009
13. Livability by Jon Raymond, 2008
14. Lockpick Pornography by Joey Comeau, 2005
15. The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
16. Captain Freedom: A Superhero’s Quest for Truth, Justice, and the Celebrity He So Richly Deserves by G. Xavier Robillard, 2009
17. Littlefoot by Charles Wright, 2007
18. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II by Alan Moore & Kevin O’Neill, 2003
19. No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July, 2007
20. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, 2004
21. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, 2003
22. 30 Days in Sydney by Peter Carey, 2001
23. The Plot Against America by Philip Roth, 2004
24. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss, 2005
25. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, 2002
26. The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt, 2000
27. Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life by Steve Martin, 2007
28. The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel by Amy Hempel, 2006
29. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, 2005
30. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa, 2009 (US)
31. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris, 2000
32. Super Spy by Matt Kindt, 2007
33. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, 2008
34. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, 2003
35. The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, 2007
36. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, 2000
37. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke, 2004
38. The Puppet & The Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity by Slavoj Žižek, 2003
39. Life of Pi by Yann Martel, 2001
40. Rose of No Man’s Land by Michelle Tea, 2006
41. Blonde: A Novel by Joyce Carol Oates, 2000
42. Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser, 2001
43. All Families Are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland, 2001
44. Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende, 2007
45. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, 2003
46. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, 2003
47. The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl, 2003
48. Zeitoun by Dave Eggers, 2009
49. The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan, 2001
50. Mystic River by Dennis Lehane, 2001
51. Cecil & Jordan in New York by Gabrielle Bell, 2008
52. Yoga For People Who Can’t Be Bothered To Do It by Geoff Dyer, 2003
53. Bee Season by Myla Goldberg, 2000
54. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman, 2007

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  1. foulbrood reblogged this from missworld and added:
    im going to highlight what ive read… lets see
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  8. mandalay reblogged this from girlperson and added:
    I think I might use this list...a starting point...new...
  9. will-o-the-wisp reblogged this from poetbabble and added:
    Hmm…I have more books to add to my reading list, I think!
  10. richardhunt reblogged this from girlperson and added:
    Mostly a great list. Some I’d omit...course but pretty solid none-the-less.
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    I think that’s what she was insinuating.
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  19. champagnecandy reblogged this from therealkatiewest and added:
    can’t resist book lists. bolded ones I’ve actually read.
  20. kgtl reblogged this from cokecokecoke and added:
    I am one of those people
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    maybe i should read some of this ohcenarae:
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  26. cokecokecoke reblogged this from kgtl and added:
    It doesn’t say literature, it says best books. Also, I feel like a lot of people have a snobby, pretentious definition...
  27. cloakedartichoke reblogged this from halvgal and added:
    Awesome! I’ve read a few and am currently in the middle of “Special Topics in Calamity Physics” by Marisha Pessl. I...
  28. halvgal reblogged this from girlperson and added:
    many books to read. Fantastic list!
  29. cornerhouse reblogged this from girlperson and added:
    Like ever other list that anyone makes, I’ve only read
  30. kgtl reblogged this from aprettywar and added:
    list, so immediately disregard all...it. They aren’t literature! Where’s
  31. aprettywar reblogged this from walkwhilereading and added:
    the Decade as composed by some random tumbl-er. 1. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz, 2007 2. The...
  32. cozystumblings reblogged this from walkwhilereading and added:
    wow. i’ve actually read many of these and think it’s overall an okay list. not totally impressive because of course,...
  33. hoypolloy reblogged this from lesamantssauvages and added:
    is it a problem that out of all 54 books/ series posted here, i’ve only read harry potter?
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    Thank god this got posted over winter break… when I actually have time to read.
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  42. therealkatiewest reblogged this from girlperson and added:
    doing this. I really love...woman’s writing, so I’m sure I can trust her taste
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  44. walkwhilereading reblogged this from girlperson and added:
    Incredible list. I’ve enjoyed every single freakin minute...following this list. Great...
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    reblog. because it’s awesome and awesome things
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    Pretty soon, someone
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