Friday, April 20, 2012

Greatest Books of 2000s


I have started this blog because I love reading. The list of 1001 greatest books that must be read through whole life inspired me very much. Today I present you greatest books that were written in 21st century. The most fresh and greatest works are in this list. It is sad, that I had no time read at least one book from this list, so at the moment I am in front of the making the decision which book will be next after I will finish 1984 by George Orwell. Maybe you can recommend one of these?
The whole list of 1001 books can be found in my blog. At the moment the list is not full. Few minutes ago I have finished the part that contains greatest literature works from 21st century. The book that contains the whole list can be purchased on Amazon.

    1. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
    2. Saturday, Ian McEwan
    3. On Beauty, Zadie Smith
    4. Slow Man, J.M. Coetzee
    5. Adjunct: An Undigest, Peter Manson
    6. The Sea, John Banville
    7. The Red Queen, Margaret Drabble
    8. The Plot Against America, Philip Roth
    9. The Master, Colm Toibin
  10. Vanishing Point, David Markson
  11. The Lambs of London, Peter Ackroyd
  12. Dining on Stones, Iain Sinclair 
  13. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell
  14. Drop City, T. Coraghessan Boyle
  15. The Colour, Rose Tremain
  16. Thursbitch, Alan Garner
  17. The Light of Day, Graham Swift
  18. What I Loved, Siri Hustvedt
  19. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,  Mark Haddon
  20. Islands, Dan Sleigh
  21. Elizabeth Costello, J.M. Coetzee
  22. London Orbital, Iain Siclair
  23. Family Matters, Rohinton Mistry
  24. Fingersmith, Sarah Waters
  25. The Double, Jose Saramago
  26. Everything is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer
  27. Unless, Carol Shields
  28. Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami
  29. The Story of Lucy Gault, William Trevor
  30. That They May Face the Rising Sun, John McGahern
  31. In The Forest,  Edna O'Brien
  32. Shroud, John Banville
  33. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides
  34. Youth, J.M. Coetzee
  35. Dead Air, Iain Banks
  36. Nowhere Man, Aleksandar Hemon
  37. The Book of Illusions, Paul Auster
  38. Gabriel's Gift, Hanif Kureishi
  39. Austerlitz, W.G. Sebald
  40. Platform, Michael Houellebecq
  41. Schooling, Heather McGowan
  42. Atonement, Ian McEwan
  43. The Corrections, Jonathan Frazen
  44. Don't Move, Margaret Mazzantini
  45. The Body Artist, Don DeLillo
  46. Fury, Salman Rushdie
  47. At Swim, Two Boys, Jamie O'Neill
  48. Choke, Chuck Plahniuk
  49. Life of Pi, Yann Martel
  50. The Feast of the Goat, Mario Vargos Llosa
  51. An Obedient Father, Akhil Sharma
  52. The Devil and Miss Prym, Paulo Coelho
  53. Spring Flowers, Spring Frost, Ismail Kadare
  54. White Teeth, Zadie Smith
  55. The Heart of Redness, Zakes Mda
  56. Under the Skin, Michael Faber
  57. Ignorance, Milan Kundera
  58. Nineteen Seventy Seven, David Peace
  59. Celestial Harmonies, Peter Esterhazy
  60. City of God, E.L. Doctorow
  61. How the Dead Live, Will Self
  62. The Human Stain, Philip Roth
  63. The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood
  64. After the Quake, Haruki Murakami
  65. Small Remedies, Shashi Deshpande
  66. Super-Cannes, J.G. Ballard
  67. House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
  68. Blonde, Joyce Carol Oates
  69. Pastoralia, George Saunders

I have read some great reviews about Haruki Murakami books. I suppose I should try reading Kafka on the Shore.  The title sounds interesting. Please, share your opinions about this list. Also I would appreciate you recommendations for my further reading.

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