
There’s usually some stigma that the novels published in our current century aren’t as literary & thought-provoking than previous centuries’ novels. Here are some novels published from 2001-Present that are incredibly literary/outstanding!! Feel free to add on & enjoy!!
MAINSTREAM / WELL-KNOWN (these novels can also be critically acclaimed)
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Room by Emma Donoghue
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Thriteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Me Before you by Jojo Moyes
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
- 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
FICTION YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled housseini
- The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Martian by Andy Weir
Atonement by Ian McEwan
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
- Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
- Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
- Everything is Illuminated by Johnathan Foer
- The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
LITERARY FICTION / CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
- The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
SERIES
- The Harry Potter Series by J.K.
Rowling- The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne
CollinsThe Twilight Series
The Game of Thrones Series
- The Divergent Series
- The Percy Jackson Series
- TheHeroes of Olympus Series
- The American Gods Series
OTHER RESOURCES: