The National Book Award for Fiction winners of the 2000s
The top 3 according to 161 votes from people: In America — Susan Sontag · The Corrections — Jonathan Franzen · Three Junes — Julia Glass. (Updated Feb 22, 2024.)
The ten books that won the US National Book Award for Fiction from 2000 to 2009.
Top 10
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1
In America — Susan Sontag
2000. A Polish actress emigrates to California in the 1870s.
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2
The Corrections — Jonathan Franzen
2001. The Lamberts gather for one last Christmas in the Midwest.
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3
Three Junes — Julia Glass
2002. A Scottish family across three summers.
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4
The Great Fire — Shirley Hazzard
2003. Love among the ruins of post-war Japan.
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5
Europe Central — William T. Vollmann
2005. Germany and the Soviet Union in the 20th century, through Shostakovich and others.
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6
The News from Paraguay — Lily Tuck
2004. Eliza Lynch and the dictator Francisco Solano López.
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7
Let the Great World Spin — Colum McCann
2009. New York in 1974, the day Philippe Petit walked between the Twin Towers.
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8
The Echo Maker — Richard Powers
2006. A man who no longer recognises his sister after an accident.
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9
Tree of Smoke — Denis Johnson
2007. A CIA operation in the Vietnam War.
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10
Shadow Country — Peter Matthiessen
2008. The legend of a Florida Everglades planter.
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Comments (2)
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson, a masterpiece.
The Corrections, Franzen's best.