I tried making a list of the best books published in the last decade and it just wasn't as meaningful to me as the best books I read during the last decade, so that's what this is.
And really, Episode 100 has the official top ten list. Maybe I'd move one or two around. But these are still a solid list. What I did instead was to go back through my booklists and highlight some books I wish I could have included in the top books of the decade.
Top Ten Books from Episode 100:
Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Justine by Lawrence Durrell
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
Stoner by John Williams
Ark by Ed Madden
Black Wave by Michelle Tea
Honorable Mentions from the Last Decade:
2010
Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente
The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagan
2011
The Dervish House by Ian McDonald
2012
Glaciers by Alexis M. Smith
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
2013
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Detroit: An American Autopsy by Charlie LeDuff
2014
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Orfeo by Richard Powers
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon
2015
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Us Conductors by Sean Michaels
North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud
2016
The January Children by Safia Elhillo
The Sympathizer by Viet Than Nguyen
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
2017
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Evicted by Matthew Desmond
2018
Refuge by Terry Tempest Williams
Buttermilk Graffiti by Edward Lee
Virgin by Analicia Sotelo
When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Diaz
2019
Well, there's an entire list!
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