The decade in books
Published on 17 January 2020
Well, almost. But here's some of the best books in our collection - a diverse, intriguing, and brilliant range of fiction and non-fiction.
2010
Encircled lands : Te Urewera, 1820-1921, Judith Binney
All Blacks don’t cry: a story of hope, John Kirwan
2011
Open city, Teju Cole
State of Wonder, Ann Patchett
2012
Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
The fault in our stars, John Green
2013
Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The goldfinch, Donna Tartt
2014
All the light we cannot see, Anthony Doerr
The life-changing magic of tidying, Marie Kondō
The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton
2015
The sellout, Paul Beatty
The fifth season, N. K. Jemisin
The girl on the train, Paula Hawkins
2016
When breath becomes air, Paul Kalanithi
Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood, Trevor Noah
Hillbilly elegy : a memoir of a family and culture in crisis, J.D Vance
2017
Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders
Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine, Gail Honeyman
Exit west, Mohsin Hamid
2018
Becoming, Michelle Obama
Milkman, Anna Burns
Normal People, Sally Rooney
2019
Black leopard, red wolf, Marlon James
The uninhabitable earth: a story of the future, David Wallace-Wells
Know my name: a memoir, Chantel Miller