Favourite Novel of the Last Decade

[CaptainCanada]

The title's pretty self-explanatory; what book published since 1999 would you call your favourite?

My choice is Michael Chabon's 2000 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. I'm a big fan of comics, so I get a lot of enjoyment out of Chabon's insider look at the early Golden Age publishing scene, but it's just a phenomenal book. It touches on all Chabon's signature themes (being Jewish in America, the Holocaust, being gay in America), and functions as a really stirring tribute to the creative impulse behind the old pulp fiction. Admittedly, I think the second half, after Pearl Harbour, isn't up to the earlier parts, but it's still an amazing package.

 

[ialfan]

The Good That Men Do

 

[DanTheGrey]

Well favourite in the sense that I've re-read it the most...

Fiction - Republic Commando - Triple Zero by Karen Traviss
Non-Fiction - The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Comic - 1602 by Neil Gaiman

 

[Kirby]

Old Man's War by John Scalzi

 

[TheBrew]

World War Z.

 

[Twilight]

I hate to be cliche since it's so popular, but:

The Road - Cormac McCarthy


there's a reason it's popular.


Runner up: Say You're One of Them, by Uwem Akpan



And can I just go OT for a sec and remark how unbelievable it is that '99 was a decade ago?

 

[The Evil Dead]

Star Trek - Destiny...

What can I say, I love sci-fi, action, horror and Star Trek and this had all of 'em.

 

[Kira's Mom]

I think Atonement by Ian McEwan is my favorite.

 

[Barbados Slim]

The Time Traveler's Wife.

 

[Mistral]

Forever by Peter Hamill. IMO, its on a par with Jack Finney and Rewind. Simply wonderful.

 

[T'Baio]

Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk.

 

[Starbreaker]

Jeff Long - The Descent

 

[Captaindemotion]

The Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

 

[aladinsane]

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Hosseini. That book, in equal parts, mesmerized and scarred me.

 

[HighteeHeller]

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Hosseini. That book, in equal parts, mesmerized and scarred me.

No doubt, me too! What a book. I also liked The Kite Runner.

I don't know if you are familiar with Rohinton Mistry, but he wrote some very good books along the same lines as Hosseini's(different country, same idea) . His are a little more feel good, but A Fine Balance is a fantastic book too.

I've read on average 2-3 books a week over the last decade and there's no way in hell i would be able to narrow it down to even ten....well, maybe ten, but thats pushing it.

 

[Trippy]

I think Atonement by Ian McEwan is my favorite.

The Time Traveler's Wife.

Both on top of my list too.

 

[M'Sharak]

Villa Incognito (2003) - Tom Robbins

 

[DeafPoet]

Originally posted by T'Baio:

Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk.

I'll see your Survivor and raise you Choke.

Awesome isn't the right word. But it's the first word that comes to mind.

 

[The Great Meech]

Life of Pi. I am strangely unconcerned by Yann Martel's plagiarism of it.

 

[Thrall]

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.