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(Only one novel per writer, in chronological order) (Continued from The best novels of the 20th century) This page is updated more frequently and generally more reliable. Margaret Atwood (Canada, 1939): "The Blind Assassin" (2000) Zadie Smith (Britain, 1975): "White Teeth" (2000) Jeroen Brouwers (Holland, 1940): "Geheime Kamers" (2000) Leonard Oprea (Romania, 1953): "Cele Noua Invataturi ale lui Theophil Magus despre Magia Transilvana/ The Nine Teachings Of Theophil Magus On Transylvanian Magic" (2000) Ian McEwan (Britain, 1948): "Atonement" (2001) Tahar Ben Jelloun (1944): "Cette Aveuglante Absence de Lumiere/ This Blinding Absence of Light" (2001) Lars-Saabye Christensen (Norway, 1953): "Halvbroren/ The Half Brother" (2001) Lyudmila Ulitskaya (Russia, 1946): "The Kukotsky Case" (2001) Yann Martel (Canada, 1963): "Life of Pi" (2002) Elena Ferrante (1943?): "I Giorni dell'Abbandono/ The Days of Abandonment" (2002) Mai Jia/ Jiang Benhu (China, 1964): "Jiemi/ Decoded" (2002) Zyranna Zateli (1951): "With the Strange Name of Ramanthis Erevus Death Arrived Last" (2002) Jhumpa Lahiri (USA, 1967): "The Namesake" (2003) Roberto Bolano (Chile, 1953): "2666" (2003) Jeffrey Eugenides (USA, 1960): "Middlesex" (2003) David Mitchell (Britain, 1969): "Cloud Atlas" (2004) Edward Jones (USA, 1950): "The Known World" (2004) Marilynne Robinson (USA, 1943): "Gilead" (2004) Michel Houellebecq (1958): "Les Particules Elementaires/ Elementary Particles" (2004) Mikhail Shishkin (Russia, 1961): "Venerin Volos/ Maidenhair" (2005) Mircea Cartarescu (1956): "Orbitor/ Blinding" (2007) Javier Marias (Spain, 1951): "Tu Rostro Manana/ Your Face Tomorrow" (2007) Han Kang (Korea, 1970): "The Vegetarian" (2007) Paolo Giordano (1982): "La Solitudine dei Numeri Primi" (2008) Hilary Mantel (Britain, 1952): "Wolf Hall" (2008) Ludmilla Petrushevskaya (Russia, 1938): "There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby" (2009) Maylis de Kerangal (1967): "Naissance d'un Pont Birth of a Bridge" (2010) Karl-Ove Knausgard (Norway, 1968): "Min Kamp/ My Struggle" (2011) Jennifer Egan (USA, 1952): "A Visit from the Goon Squad" (2011) Juan Vasquez (Colombia, 1973): "El Ruido de las Cosas al Caer/ The Sound of Things Falling" (2011) Louise Erdrich (USA, 1954): "The Round House" (2012) Donna Tartt (USA, 1964): "The Goldfinch" (2013) Kamel Daoud (1970): "Meursault contre-enquete/ The Meursault Investigation" (2013) Rafael Chirbes (Spain, 1949): "En la Orilla/ On the Edge" (2013) Elena Ferrante (1943): "L'Amica Geniale/ My Brilliant Friend" (2014) Olga Tokarczuk (1962): "Ksiegi Jakubowe/ The Books of Jacob" (2014) Jenny Erpenbeck (1967): "Gehen Ging Gegangen/ Go Went Gone" (2015) |