Listers are impatient people and have been making “Best of the 21st Century (so far)” lists for years now, even though this century is less than three decades old. I’ve collected these lists and made meta-lists for the best films, books and music of the 21st Century so far. I published the first version of this meta-list in 2017, but I’ve been updating as I find new lists. Where I have seen a movie, read a book or listened to an album, I also provide my 1-10 rating (1-5 for books).
NOTE: Because the “Best of the 21st Century” lists I’ve included in this meta-list come from a range of years, beginning as early as 2012, the meta-list is biased toward films, books, and music from the earlier part of the century. I’m not sure how to overcome this inherent bias, so I have left it alone for now. I will keep adding lists as I find them.
I. MOVIES
On 23 lists
There Will Be Blood (US, 2007) Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson (9/10)
On 19 lists
Spirited Away (Japan, 2001) Dir: Hayao Miyazaki (9/10)
No Country for Old Men (US, 2007) Directors: Joel & Ethan Coen (10/10)
On 18 lists
Mulholland Drive (US, 2001) Dir: David Lynch (10/10)
On 16 lists
The Social Network (US, 2010) Dir: David Fincher (8/10)
Boyhood (US, 2014) Dir: Richard Linklater (10/10)
Moonlight (US, 2016) Dir: Barry Jenkins (10/10)
On 14 lists
In the Mood for Love (China, 2000) Dir: Wong Kar-Wai (10/10)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (New Zealand/US, 2001) Dir: Peter Jackson (10/10)
Before Sunset (US, 2004) Dir: Richard Linklater (9/10)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (US, 2004) Dir: Michel Gondry (10/10)
Pan’s Labyrinth (Mexico/Spain, 2006) Dir: Guillermo del Toro (9/10)
The Hurt Locker (US, 2008) Dir: Kathryn Bigelow (8/10)
The Dark Knight (US, 2008) Dir: Christopher Nolan
A Separation (Iran, 2011) Dir: Asghar Farhadi (9/10)
Mad Max: Fury Road (Australia, 2015) Dir: George Miller (7/10)
On 13 lists
Yi Yi (Taiwan, 2000) Dir: Edward Yang (10/10)
Lost in Translation (US, 2003) Dir: Sofia Coppola (8/10)
WALL-E (US, 2008) Dir: Andrew Stanton (5/10)
On 12 lists
City of God (Cidade de Deus) (Brazil, 2002) Dir: Fernando Meirelles with Kátia Lund (9/10)
On 11 lists
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Taiwan/US, 2000) Dir: Ang Lee (8/10)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (New Zealand/US, 2003) Dir: Peter Jackson (10/10)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Romania, 2007) Dir: Cristian Mungiu (10/10)
On 10 lists
The Royal Tenenbaums (US, 2001) Dir: Wes Anderson (10/10)
Children of Men (US/UK, 2006) Dir: Alfonso Cuarón (9/10)
Zodiac (US, 2007) Dir: David Fincher (8/10)
A Prophet (France, 2009) Dir: Jacques Audiard (9/10)
12 Years a Slave (UK/US, 2013) Dir: Steve McQueen
Inside Llewyn Davis (US, 2013) Dir: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (9/10)
Under the Skin (UK/US, 2013) Dir: Jonathan Glazer (9/10)
On 9 lists
Brokeback Mountain (US, 2005) Dir: Ang Lee (7/10)
Grizzly Man (US, 2005) Dir: Werner Herzog (10/10)
The Tree of Life (US, 2011) Dir: Terence Malick (10/10)
On 8 lists
Almost Famous (US, 2000) Dir: Cameron Crowe (9/10)
Memento (US, 2000) Dir: Christopher Nolan (9/10)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (New Zealand/US, 2002) Dir: Peter Jackson (9/10)
Oldboy (South Korea, 2003) Dir: Park Chan-Wook (9/10)
Dogville (Denmark/Netherlands, 2004) Dir: Lars Von Trier (10/10)
Caché (Hidden) (France, 2005) Dir: Michael Haneke (9/10)
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) (Germany, 2006) Dir: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (10/10)
The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band, Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte) (Germany/Austria, 2009) Dir: Michael Haneke (10/10)
Her (US, 2013) Dir: Spike Jonze (9/10)
Get Out (US, 2017) Dir: Jordan Peele (8/10)
On 7 lists
Werckmeister Harmonies (Hungary, 2000) Dir: Béla Tarr with Ágnes Hranitzky
The Gleaners and I (France, 2000) Dir: Agnès Varda
Amélie (France, 2001) Dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet (9/10)
Bridesmaids (US, 2011) Dir: Paul Feig (6/10)
Zero Dark Thirty (US, 2012) Dir: Kathryn Bigelow (6/10)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (US/Germany, 2014) Dir: Wes Anderson (9/10)
Roma (Mexico/US, 2018) Dir: Alfonso Cuarón (9/10)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (France, 2019) Dir: Céline Sciamma (9/10)
Parasite (South Korea, 2019) Dir: Bong Joon Ho (9/10)
On 6 lists
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (US, 2001) Dir: Steven Spielberg
Y Tu Mamá Tambien (Mexico, 2001) Dir: Alfonso Cuarón (8/10)
Far From Heaven (US, 2002) Dir: Todd Haynes
The Incredibles (US, 2004) Dir: Brad Bird (8/10)
Sideways (US, 2004) Dir: Alexander Payne (8/10)
A History of Violence (US, 2005) Dir: David Cronenberg (9/10)
Let The Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) (Sweden, 2008) Dir: Tomas Alfredson (8/10)
Inception (US, 2010) Dir: Christopher Nolan (4/10)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Thailand, 2010) Dir: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Act of Killing (Denmark/Norway/US, 2012) Dir: Joshua Oppenheimer (10/10)
Ida (Poland, 2013) Dir: Pawel Pawilkowski (9/10)
The Wolf of Wall Street (US, 2013) Dir: Martin Scorsese (8/10)
Timbuktu (Mauritania/France, 2014) Dir: Abderrahmane Sissako
Inside Out (US, 2015) Dir: Pete Docter & Ronnie Del Carmen (6/10)
Toni Erdmann (Germany/Austria/Romania, 2016) Dir: Maren Ade (9/10)
Call Me By Your Name (Italy/France/Brazil/US, 2017) Dir: Luca Guadagnino
On 5 Lists
Talk to Her (Hable con Ella) (Spain, 2002) Dir: Pedro Almodóvar (10/10)
25th Hour (US, 2002) Dir: Spike Lee
Punch-Drunk Love (US, 2002) Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson (8/10)
Finding Nemo (US, 2003) Dir: Andrew Stanton (7/10)
Moolaadé (Senegal, 2004) Dir: Ousmane Sembène
Tropical Malady (Thailand, 2004) Dir: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (US, 2004) Dir: Adam McKay (5/10)
L’Enfant (The Child) (Belgium/France, 2005) Dir: Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Romania, 2006) Dir: Cristi Puiu
Casino Royale (UK/US, 2006) Dir: Martin Campbell (7/10)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (UK/US, 2006) Dir: Larry Charles (8/10)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel, 2008) Dir: Ari Folman (9/10)
A Serious Man (US/UK/France, 2009) Dir: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (8/10)
Inglourious Basterds (US, 2009) Dir: Quentin Tarantino (7/10)
Fish Tank (UK, 2010) Dir: Andrea Arnold (8/10)
The Turin Horse (Hungary/France/Germany, 2011) Dir: Béla Tarr
Margaret (US, 2011) Dir: Kenneth Lonergan (9/10)
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkey, 2011) Dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Stories We Tell (Canada, 2012) Dir: Sarah Polley
The Master (US, 2012) Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson (9/10)
Carol (US/UK, 2015) Dir: Todd Haynes
Manchester by the Sea (US, 2016) Dir: Kenneth Lonergan (9/10)
I Am Not Your Negro (Switzerland/France/Belgium/US, 2017) Dir: Raoul Peck (8/10)
Lady Bird (US, 2017) Dir: Greta Gerwig (9/10)
Shoplifters (Japan, 2018) Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Burning (South Korea, 2018) Dir: Lee Chang-dong (9/10)
On 4 Lists
Requiem for a Dream (US, 2000) Dir: Darren Aronofsky (10/10)
Elephant (US, 2003) Dir: Gus Van Sant (8/10)
Ratatouille (US, 2007) Dir: Brad Bird (5/10)
Slumdog Millionaire (UK/India, 2008) Dir: Danny Boyle (10/10)
35 Shots of Rum (France/Germany, 2008) Dir: Claire Denis
White Material (France/Cameroon, 2010) Dir: Claire Denis
Dogtooth (Greece, 2010) Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos (8/10)
Melancholia (Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany, 2011) Dir: Lars Von Trier (9/10)
Holy Motors (France/Germany, 2012) Dir: Leos Carax
Amour (France/Germany/Austria, 2012) Dir: Michael Haneke (9/10)
Gravity (US/UK, 2013) Dir: Alfonso Cuarón (6/10)
The Great Beauty (Italy, 2013) Dir: Paolo Sorrentino (9/10)
Spotlight (US, 2015) Dir: Tom McCarthy (9/10)
Phantom Thread (US, 2017) Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson (9/10)
The Favourite (UK/Ireland/US, 2018) Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos (10/10)
Black Panther (US, 2018) Dir: Ryan Coogler
Drive My Car (Japan, 2021) Dir: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
On 3 Lists
Gladiator (US/UK, 2000) Dir: Ridley Scott (8/10)
Moulin Rouge! (Australia/US, 2001) Dir: Baz Luhrmann (10/10)
The Pianist (France/Poland, 2002) Dir: Roman Polanski (8/10)
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (US, 2003) Dir: Quentin Tarantino (7/10)
Munich (US, 2005) Dir: Steven Spielberg
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (US, 2005) Dir: Judd Apatow (6/10)
Inland Empire (France/Poland/US, 2006) Dir: David Lynch
Eastern Promises (UK/Canada/US, 2007) Dir: David Cronenberg (7/10)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France, 2007) Dir: Julian Schnabel (8/10)
Persepolis (France, 2007) Dir: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud (8/10)
Michael Clayton (US, 2007) Dir: Tony Gilroy (8/10)
Summer Hours (France, 2008) Dir: Olivier Assayas
Wendy and Lucy (US, 2008) Dir: Kelly Reichardt (7/10)
The Headless Woman (Argentina/Spain/France/Italy, 2008) Dir: Lucrecia Martel
Bright Star (UK/Australia/France, 2009) Dir: Jane Campion (7/10)
Weekend (UK, 2011) Dir: Andrew Haigh
Beasts of the Southern Wild (US, 2012) Dir: Benh Zeitlin (9/10)
Lincoln (US, 2012) Dir: Steven Spielberg (6/10)
Leviathan (Russia, 2014) Dir: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Son of Saul (Hungary, 2015) Dir: László Nemes (9/10)
Zama (Argentina/Spain, 2017) Dir: Lucretia Martel
The Florida Project (US, 2017) Dir: Sean Baker (10/10)
Hereditary (US, 2018) Dir: Ari Aster (7/10)
Marriage Story (US, 2019) Dir: Noah Baumbach (9/10)
The Souvenir (UK/US, 2019) Dir: Joanna Hogg (10/10)
Uncut Gems (US, 2019) Dir: Josh Safdie & Benny Safdie (9/10)
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (US/UK, 2020) Dir: Eliza Hittman
The Power of the Dog (New Zealand/Australia, 2021) Dir: Jane Campion (9/10)
The Zone of Interest (UK/Poland/US, 2023) Dir: Jonathan Glazer (10/10)
II. MUSIC
On 13 Lists
Elephant (2003) – The White Stripes (8/10)
On 10 Lists
Stankonia (2000) – OutKast (8/10)
Kid A (2000) – Radiohead (8/10)
Is This It (2001) – The Strokes (8/10)
On 9 Lists
Discovery (2001) – Daft Punk
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) – Kanye West (8/10)
On 8 Lists
Funeral (2004) – Arcade Fire (10/10)
Back to Black (2006) – Amy Winehouse (9/10)
Sound of Silver (2007) – LCD Soundsystem (8/10)
In Rainbows (2007) – Radiohead (8/10)
On 7 Lists
The Blueprint (2001) – Jay-Z
Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006) – Arctic Monkeys (8/10)
Fleet Foxes (2008) – Fleet Foxes (8/10)
Channel Orange (2012) – Frank Ocean (7/10)
On 6 Lists
The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) – Eminem
Vespertine (2001) – Björk (9/10)
Original Pirate Material (2002) – The Streets
American Idiot (2004) – Green Day (8/10)
The College Dropout (2004) – Kanye West (7/10)
To Pimp A Butterfly (2015) – Kendrick Lamar (8/10)
On 5 Lists
Fever to Tell (2003) – Yeah Yeah Yeahs (10/10)
The Black Album (2003) – Jay-Z
Donuts (2006) – J Dilla
Untrue (2007) – Burial
For Emma, Forever Ago (2007) – Bon Iver (8/10)
Let England Shake (2011) – PJ Harvey (10/10)
Good Kid, m.A.A.d City (2012) – Kendrick Lamar (7/10)
On 4 Lists
Relationship of Command (2000) – At The Drive-In
Voodoo (2000) – D’Angelo
Toxicity (2001) – System of a Down (8/10)
Up the Bracket (2002) – The Libertines
Songs for the Deaf (2002) – Queens of the Stone Age
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) – Wilco (10/10)
Madvillainy (2004) – Madvillain
Illinois (2005) – Sufjan Stevens (10/10)
xx (2009) – The xx (8/10)
Modern Vampires of the City (2013) – Vampire Weekend (8/10)
Black Messiah (2014) – D’Angelo (8/10)
Lost in the Dream (2014) – The War on Drugs (8/10)
Lemonade (2016) – Beyoncé
On 3 Lists
All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000) – U2 (10/10)
White Pony (2000) – Deftones
Rated R (2000) – Queens of the Stone Age
Lateralus (2001) – Tool
Time (the Revelator) (2001) – Gillian Welch (8/10)
Songs in A Minor (2001) – Alicia Keys (8/10)
Aaliyah (2001) – Aaliyah
Miss E… So Addictive (2001) – Missy Elliott
Jane Doe (2001) – Converge
( ) (2002) – Sigur Rós (9/10)
Hot Fuss (2004) – The Killers (8/10)
The Woods (2005) – Sleater-Kinney (9/10)
I Am A Bird Now (2005) – Antony and the Johnsons (8/10)
Demon Days (2005) – Gorillaz (8/10)
Savane (2006) – Ali Farka Touré (7/10)
Sam’s Town (2006) – The Killers
Ys (2006) – Joanna Newsom (9/10)
The Black Parade (2006) – My Chemical Romance
Kala (2007) – M.I.A. (8/10)
The ’59 Sound (2008) – The Gaslight Anthem
808s and Heartache (2008) – Kanye West
Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009) – Animal Collective (8/10)
Take Care (2011) – Drake
21 (2011) – Adele
The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (2012) – Fiona Apple (8/10)
AM (2013) – Arctic Monkeys (7/10)
Beyoncé (2013) – Beyoncé
Yeezus (2013) – Kanye West
[Black Star] (2016) – David Bowie (7/10)
Blonde (2016) – Frank Ocean
Damn (2017) – Kendrick Lamar
III. BOOKS
On 10 Lists
The Corrections (US, 2001). By Jonathan Franzen [fiction: novel] (4/5)
Atonement (UK, 2001). By Ian McEwan [fiction: novel] (5/5)
The Road (US, 2006). By Cormac McCarthy [fiction: novel] (5/5)
On 9 Lists
White Teeth (UK, 2000). By Zadie Smith [fiction: novel] (5/5)
Gilead (US, 2004). By Marilynne Robinson [fiction: novel] (4/5)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Dominican Republic/US, 2007). By Junot Díaz [fiction: novel]
On 8 Lists
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (US, 2000). By Michael Chabon [fiction: novel] (4/5)
Persepolis (Iran/France, 2000). By Marjane Satrapi. Translated by Blake Ferris and Mattias Ripa. [nonfiction: memoir]
Middlesex (US, 2002). By Jeffrey Eugenides [fiction: novel] (5/5)
Oryx and Crake (Canada, 2003). By Margaret Atwood [fiction: novel]
Cloud Atlas (UK, 2004). By David Mitchell [fiction: novel] (4/5)
The Year of Magical Thinking (US, 2005). By Joan Didion [nonfiction: memoir] (5/5)
Wolf Hall (UK, 2009). By Hilary Mantel [fiction: novel]
On 7 Lists
Austerlitz (Germany, 2001). By W.G. Sebald. Translated by Anthea Bell. [fiction: novel] (5/5)
The Namesake (US, 2003). By Jhumpa Lahiri [fiction: novel]
2666 (Chile, 2004). By Roberto Bolaño. Translated by Natasha Wimmer. [fiction: novel]
Never Let Me Go (UK, 2005). By Kazuo Ishiguro [fiction: novel] (5/5)
Gone Girl (US, 2012). By Gillian Flynn [fiction: novel]
On 6 Lists
Kafka on the Shore (Japan, 2002). By Haruki Murakami. Translated by Philip Gabriel. [fiction: novel] (4/5)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (UK, 2004). By Susanna Clarke [fiction: novel]
The Line of Beauty (UK, 2004). By Alan Hollinghurst [fiction: novel] (4/5)
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (US, 2006). By Michael Pollan [nonfiction: food] (5/5)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (UK, 2007). By J. K. Rowling [fiction: novel]
The Neapolitan Novels (four books) (Italy, 2012-2015). By Elena Ferrante. Translated by Ann Goldstein. [fiction: novels] (5/5)
On 5 Lists
American Gods (UK, 2001). By Neil Gaiman [fiction: novel]
Bel Canto (US, 2001). By Ann Patchett [fiction: novel]
The Kite Runner (Afghanistan/US, 2003). By Khaled Hosseini [fiction: novel]
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (UK, 2003). By Mark Haddon [fiction: novel] (3/5)
The Plot Against America (US, 2004). By Philip Roth [fiction: novel] (4/5)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Sweden, 2005). By Stieg Larsson. Translated by Reg Keeland (Steven T. Murray). [fiction: novel]
No Country for Old Men (US, 2005). By Cormac McCarthy [fiction: novel]
A Visit from the Goon Squad (US, 2010). By Jennifer Egan [fiction: novel]
Citizen: An American Lyric (Jamaica/US, 2014). By Claudia Rankine [poetry] (5/5)
On 4 Lists
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (US, 2000). By Stephen King [nonfiction: memoir/writing]
The True History of the Kelly Gang (Australia, 2000) By Peter Carey [fiction: novel] (4/5)
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (US, 2001). By Barbara Ehrenreich [nonfiction: journalism/sociology] (4/5)
Fingersmith (UK, 2002). By Sarah Waters [fiction: novel]
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (US, 2003). By Erik Larson [nonfiction: history]
The Known World (US, 2003). By Edward P Jones [fiction: novel] (5/5)
The Book Thief (Australia, 2005). By Markus Zusak [fiction: novel]
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK, 2005). By J. K. Rowling [fiction: novel]
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (US, 2006). By Alison Bechdel [nonfiction: graphic memoir] (4/5)
The Name of the Wind (US, 2007). By Patrick Rothfuss [fiction: novel]
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Canada, 2007). By Naomi Klein [nonfiction: economics]
The Hunger Games (US, 2008). By Suzanne Collins [fiction: novel]
The Hemingses of Monticello (US, 2008). By Annette Gordon-Reed [nonfiction: biography] (5/5)
My Struggle (six books) (Norway, 2009-2011). By Karl Ove Knausgård. Translated by Donald Bartlett. [fiction: novels]
The Art of Fielding (US, 2011). By Chad Harbach [fiction: novel]
On 3 Lists
The Amber Spyglass (UK, 2000). By Philip Pullman [fiction: novel]
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (UK, 2000). By J.K. Rowling [fiction: novel]
The Blind Assassin (Canada, 2000). By Margaret Atwood [fiction: novel]
Me Talk Pretty One Day (US, 2000). By David Sedaris [nonfiction: memoir/essays]
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (US, 2000). By Dave Eggers [nonfiction: memoir] (5/5)
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Canada, 2000). By Malcolm Gladwell [nonfiction: psychology/sociology]
The Secret Life of Bees (US, 2001). By Sue Monk Kidd [fiction: novel]
Life of Pi (Canada, 2001). By Yann Martel [fiction: novel]
The Shadow of the Wind (2001). By Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Translated by Lucia Graves. [fiction: novel]
Coraline (UK, 2002). By Neil Gaiman [fiction: novella]
The Time Traveler’s Wife (US, 2003). By Audrey Niffenegger [fiction: novel]
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK, 2003). By J. K. Rowling [fiction: novel]
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (UK, 2003). By Lynne Truss [nonfiction: language]
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (US, 2005). By Steven D. Levitt [nonfiction: economics]
The Thirteenth Tale (UK, 2006). By Diane Setterfield [fiction: novel]
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (US, 2007) By Michael Chabon [fiction: novel] (4/5)
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Afghanistan/US, 2007). By Khaled Hosseini [fiction: novel]
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace … One School at a Time
(US, 2007). By Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin [nonfiction: memoir/journalism]
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (US, 2008). By Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows [fiction: novel]
The Help (US, 2009). By Kathryn Stockett [fiction: novel]
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (US, 2009). By Chris McDougall [nonfiction: journalism/memoir]
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (UK, 2010). By David Mitchell [fiction: novel]
Freedom (US, 2010). By Jonathan Franzen [fiction: novel]
1Q84 (Japan, 2010). By Haruki Murakami. Translated by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel [fiction: novel]
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (US, 2010). By Rebecca Skloot [nonfiction: biography/science] (4/5)
The Night Circus (US, 2011). By Erin Morgenstern [fiction: novel]
The Sense of an Ending (UK, 2011) by Julian Barnes [fiction: novel]
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Israel/US, 2011). By Daniel Kahneman [nonfiction: psychology/economics]
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (US, 2011). By Stephen Greenblatt [nonfiction: history/criticism] (4/5)
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Israel, 2011). By Yuval Noah Harari. Translated by Harari with John Purcell and Haim Watzman [nonfiction: anthropology/history]
The Fault in Our Stars (US, 2012). By John Green [fiction: novel]
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (US, 2012). By Cheryl Strayed [nonfiction: memoir] (3/5)
Life After Life (UK, 2013). By Kate Atkinson [fiction: novel]
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Belarus, 2013). By Svetlana Alexievich. Translated by Bela Shayecivh [nonfiction: oral history]
Outline (UK, 2014). By Rachel Cusk [fiction: novel]
A Brief History of Seven Killings (US, 2014). By Marlon James [fiction: novel]
Between the World and Me (US, 2015). By Ta-Nehisi Coates [nonfiction: memoir/sociology]
The Underground Railroad (US, 2016). By Colson Whitehead [fiction: novel]
The Hate U Give (US, 2017). By Angie Thomas [fiction: novel]
Normal People (Ireland, 2018). By Sally Rooney [fiction: novel]