Best Books of the Decade- 2000-09

Year 2000 saw the beginning of the new millennium, and 2000-09 was the first decade. Of the thousands of books published in this decade, the top 10 books that are highly recommended and can be read at any time are as follows.

This collection is based upon people’s choice and it begins as follows.

1. ‘The Kite Runner’ by Khaled Hosseini

This book helped millions of  people around the world understand the afghan people. released in 2003, was a gift in a decade when coalition of troops from around the world spent much of the decade fighting a  war in the country. Thr kite runner is a page turner with complex characters and situations that will make you think hard about friendship, good and evil, betrayal, and redemption. It is intense and contains some graphic scenes; however, it is not gratuitous. And a great book by many measures.

2. ‘The thirteen tale’ by diane setterfield

This book is a rich story about secrets, ghosts, winter, books and family. It can be called as book lover’s book, with much of action taking place in libraries and book stores, and the line between fact and fiction constantly blurred. It is hard to believe this is setterfield’s debut novel(released in 2006), for she makes the words come  to life with such a skill that some passages even gave everyone chills.

3. ‘Water for Elephants’ by Sara Gruen

The pages of the book burst with rich descriptions and actions. You will be drawn into the world of ringmasters, elephants and sideshows. You will also experience the world of nursing homes and old age. you will not want to put the book down, and when it is over, you will want more. It was released in 2006.

4. ‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society’ by M. Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Every once in a while we come across a book that we love, a book that we could read again and again, a book that we want everyone we know to read. This book is one of those books. By far the book of 2008, and is delightful piece of historical fiction that will make you laugh, cry and remember the transformational power of literature and words.

5. ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ by Audrey Niffenegger

This book by Audrey Niffenegger was released in year 2004, but had a resurgance in popularity in 2009 when the movie version of the book was released. If you read this book you may wonder whether it is science fiction or romance. It is neither. Henry’s time travel drives the story, but is not really what the story is about.

6. ‘The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy

In 2006 Corman McCarthy added another novel to his growing list of masterpieces. What separated The Road from his other works was McCarthy’s ability to capture moments of lyrical and emotional beauty in a father and son’s haunted relationship even as a silent cloud of death covers the world in darkness. It won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2007.

7. ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’ by Mark Haddon

The book was released in 2003, and is unlike any other book. That’s because the narrator is a teenager with a developmental disability who is a mathematical genius but cannot understand human emotions. the novel is written as if Christopher is writing it for a class assignment. In fact, you hear a lot about  what Christopher likes and doesn’t like in the pages of this mystery.

8. ‘Middlesex’ by Jeffrey Eugenides

This book is told by Cal, a hermaphrodite who was raised as a girl until adolescence. Cal tells the story of his family of Greek immigrants over three generations, weaving a tale of mythic quality that is at the same time as down-to-earth as the motor city in which they live. Like Cal, Middlesex defies classification. It is more than a sex/gender story, more than a coming of age tale. With a superb writing and well developed characters create a novel that is large, engrossing and enjoyable.

9. ‘What is the What’ by Dave Eggers

This book is astonishingly, eye-opening, and heartbreaking book that defies classification. Once you’ve read it, the story of Valentino Achak Deng refuses to leave the mind. Even if you’re not familiar with the Lost Boys and their struggle to escape from the war-torn Sudan, you’ll be drawn into the pseudo-autobiography.this book was published in 2006

10. ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ by J.K. Rowling

in some ways, it was the decade of Harry Potter. Books four, five, six and seven in the series were all released in 2000-2007. But the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is the best among the all.