a-bit-of-lit:

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
  Collins

• The Twilight Series

• The Game of Thrones Series

• The Divergent Series
• The Percy Jackson Series
• TheHeroes of Olympus Series
• The American Gods Series

OTHER RESOURCES:

• 19th Century Novels Masterpost
• 20th Century Novels Masterpost
• 21st Century Novels Masterpost
• Rory Gilmore’s Reading List
• Series Masterpost