20 Best Books Of 2010S (2023 Update)

Usa today bestseller#1 globe and mail historical fiction bestsellerreese witherspoon book club summer reading pick! one of amazon's best books of june! one of goodreads' best books of june! a summer book pick from good housekeeping, parade, library journal, goodreads, liz and lisa, and bookbubin an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author kate quinn, two women–a female spy recruited to the real-life alice network in france during world war i and an unconventional american socialite searching for her cousin in 1947–are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption. 1947. in the chaotic aftermath of world war ii, american college girl charlie st. clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. she's also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin rose, who disappeared in nazi-occupied france during the war, might still be alive. so when charlie's parents banish her to europe to have her "little problem" taken care of, charlie breaks free and heads to london, determined to find out what happened to the cousin she loves like a sister.1915. a year into the great war, eve gardiner burns to join the fight against the germans and unexpectedly gets her chance when she's recruited to work as a spy. sent into enemy-occupied france, she's trained by the mesmerizing lili, the "queen of spies," who manages a vast network of secret agents right under the enemy's nose. thirty years later, haunted by the betrayal that ultimately tore apart the alice network, eve spends her days drunk and secluded in her crumbling london house. until a young american barges in uttering a name eve hasn't heard in decades, and launches them both on a mission to find the truth…no matter where it leads." both funny and heartbreaking, this epic journey of two courageous women is an unforgettable tale of little-known wartime glory and sacrifice. quinn knocks it out of the park with this spectacular book!"–stephanie dray, new york times bestselling author of america's first daughter

An instant national bestseller! an indie next pick! a most anticipated in 2021 pick for oprah magazine | usa today | buzzfeed | greatist | book – page | pop – sugar | bustle | the nerd daily | goodreads | literary hub | ms. magazine | library journal | culturess | book riot | parade magazine | kirkus | the week | book bub | over – drive | the portalist | publishers weekly – a best of summer pick for time magazine | cnn | book riot | the daily beast | lambda literary | the milwaukee journal sentinel | goodreads | bustle | veranda magazine | the week | bookish | st. louis post-dispatch | den of geek | lgbtq reads | pittsburgh city paper | bookstr | tatler hka best of 2021 pick for npr“a vibrant and queer reinvention of f. scott fitzgerald's jazz age classic. . . . i was captivated from the first sentence.”—npr“a sumptuous, decadent read.”—the new york times“vo has crafted a retelling that, in many ways, surpasses the original.”—kirkus reviews, starred review – immigrant. socialite. magician. – jordan baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s american society—she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the jazz age. she’s also queer and asian, a vietnamese adoptee treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her. – but the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. in all paper is fire, and jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. she just has to learn how. – nghi vo’s debut novel, the chosen and the beautiful, reinvents this classic of the american canon as a coming-of-age story full of magic, mystery, and glittering excess, and introduces a major new literary voice.

Shortlisted for the 2022 booker prize "a hypnotic and electrifying irish tale that transcends country, transcends time." –lily king, new york times bestselling author of writers & lovers small things like these is award-winning author claire keegan's landmark new novel, a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family it is 1985 in a small irish town. during the weeks leading up to christmas, bill furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church. already an international bestseller, small things like these is a deeply affecting story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy from one of our most critically lauded and iconic writers.

A new york times bestseller a new york times notable book of the year "a spectacular novel that only this legend can pull off." -ibram x. kendi, #1 new york times-bestselling author of how to be an antiracist, in the atlantic "an exquisite tale of family legacy…. the power and poetry of woodson’s writing conjures up toni morrison." – people "in less than 200 sparsely filled pages, this book manages to encompass issues of class, education, ambition, racial prejudice, sexual desire and orientation, identity, mother-daughter relationships, parenthood and loss…. with red at the bone, jacqueline woodson has indeed risen — even further into the ranks of great literature." – npr "this poignant tale of choices and their aftermath, history and legacy, will resonate with mothers and daughters." –tayari jones, bestselling author of an american marriage, in o magazine an unexpected teenage pregnancy pulls together two families from different social classes and explores their histories – reaching back to the tulsa race massacre of 1921 — and exposes the private hopes, disappointments, and longings that can bind or divide us from each other, from the new york times-bestselling and national book award-winning author of another brooklyn and brown girl dreaming. moving forward and backward in time, jacqueline woodson's taut and powerful new novel uncovers the role that history and community have played in the experiences, decisions, and relationships of these families, and in the life of the new child. as the book opens in 2001, it is the evening of sixteen-year-old melody's coming of age ceremony in her grandparents' brooklyn brownstone. watched lovingly by her relatives and friends, making her entrance to the music of prince, she wears a special custom-made dress. but the event is not without poignancy. sixteen years earlier, that very dress was measured and sewn for a different wearer: melody's mother, for her own ceremony– a celebration that ultimately never took place. unfurling the history of melody's family – reaching back to the tulsa race massacre in 1921 — to show how they all arrived at this moment, woodson considers not just their ambitions and successes but also the costs, the tolls they've paid for striving to overcome expectations and escape the pull of history. as it explores sexual desire and identity, ambition, gentrification, education, class and status, and the life-altering facts of parenthood, red at the bone most strikingly looks at the ways in which young people must so often make long-lasting decisions about their lives–even before they have begun to figure out who they are and what they want to be.

Now available in a gorgeous, limited leatherbound edition, harper lee’s landmark #1 new york times bestselling novel set two decades after her beloved pulitzer prize–winning masterpiece, to kill a mockingbird.maycomb, alabama. twenty-six-year-old jean louise finch—“scout”—returns home from new york city to visit her aging father, atticus. set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the south, jean louise’s homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to her. memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. featuring many of the iconic characters from to kill a mockingbird, go set a watchman perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past—a journey that can only be guided by one’s own conscience.written in the mid-1950s, go set a watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of harper lee. here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor, and effortless precision—a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. it not only confirms the enduring brilliance of to kill a mockingbird, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context, and new meaning to an american classic.

National bestseller * new york times book review editors' choice * roxane gay's audacious book club pick * finalist for the ursula k. le guin prize "moving and thought-provoking . . . offering psychological insights in lyrical prose while seriously exploring speculative conceits." — new york times book review "haunting and luminous . . . beautiful and lucid science fiction. an astonishing debut." — alan moore, creator of watchmen and v for vendetta recommended by new york times book review * los angeles times * npr * washington post * wall street journal * entertainment weekly * esquire * good housekeeping * nbc news * buzzfeed * goodreads * the millions * the philadelphia inquirer * minneapolis star-tribune * san francisco chronicle * the guardian * and many more! for fans of cloud atlas and station eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague–a daring and deeply heartfelt work of mind-bending imagination from a singular new voice. in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the arctic circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter at the batagaika crater, where researchers are studying long-buried secrets now revealed in melting permafrost, including the perfectly preserved remains of a girl who appears to have died of an ancient virus. once unleashed, the arctic plague will reshape life on earth for generations to come, quickly traversing the globe, forcing humanity to devise a myriad of moving and inventive ways to embrace possibility in the face of tragedy. in a theme park designed for terminally ill children, a cynical employee falls in love with a mother desperate to hold on to her infected son. a heartbroken scientist searching for a cure finds a second chance at fatherhood when one of his test subjects–a pig–develops the capacity for human speech. a widowed painter and her teenaged granddaughter embark on a cosmic quest to locate a new home planet. from funerary skyscrapers to hotels for the dead to interstellar starships, sequoia nagamatsu takes readers on a wildly original and compassionate journey, spanning continents, centuries, and even celestial bodies to tell a story about the resilience of the human spirit, our infinite capacity to dream, and the connective threads that tie us all together in the universe.

A misanthropic matriarch leaves her eccentric family in crisis when she mysteriously disappears in this whip-smart and "divinely funny" novel that inspired the movie starring cate blanchett (new york times). bernadette fox is notorious. to her microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect; and to 15-year-old bee, she is her best friend and, simply, mom.then bernadette vanishes. it all began when bee aced her report card and claimed her promised reward: a family trip to antarctica. but bernadette's intensifying allergy to seattle–and people in general–has made her so agoraphobic that a virtual assistant in india now runs her most basic errands. a trip to the end of the earth is problematic.to find her mother, bee compiles email messages, official documents, and secret correspondence–creating a compulsively readable and surprisingly touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's role in an absurd world.

#1 new york times bestseller – over two million copies sold! it is phenomenal.”—elizabeth gilbert, author of city of girls and eat pray lovethis is how you find yourself.there is a voice of longing inside each woman. instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. for many years, glennon doyle denied her own discontent. then, while speaking at a conference, she looked at a woman across the room and fell instantly in love. three words flooded her mind: there she is. at first, glennon assumed these words came to her from on high. but she soon realized they had come to her from within. this was her own voice—the one she had buried beneath decades of numbing addictions, cultural conditioning, and institutional allegiances. this was the voice of the girl she had been before the world told her who to be. glennon decided to quit abandoning herself and to instead abandon the world’s expectations of her. she quit being good so she could be free. she quit pleasing and started living. soulful and uproarious, forceful and tender, untamed is both an intimate memoir and a galvanizing wake-up call. it is the story of how one woman learned that a responsible mother is not one who slowly dies for her children, but one who shows them how to fully live. it is the story of navigating divorce, forming a new blended family, and discovering that the brokenness or wholeness of a family depends not on its structure but on each member’s ability to bring her full self to the table. untamed shows us how to be brave.

A new york times bestseller a usa today bestseller nominated as one of america’s best-loved novels by pbs’s the great american read “50 most impactful black books of the last 50 years” —essence renowned hip-hop artist, political activist, and bestselling author of life after death brings the streets of new york to life in a powerful and utterly unforgettable first novel.i came busting into the world during one of new york's worst snowstorms, so my mother named me winter. ghetto-born, winter is the young, wealthy daughter of a prominent brooklyn drug-dealing family. quick-witted, sexy, and business-minded, she knows and loves the streets like the curves of her own body. but when a cold winter wind blows her life in a direction she doesn't want to go, her street smarts and seductive skills are put to the test of a lifetime. unwilling to lose, this ghetto girl will do anything to stay on top. featuring a special collector’s edition reader’s guide—including an author q&a, detailed character analyses, and the author’s own remarks about the meaning of her story.

#1 new york times bestseller – in the propulsive debut novel from the host of the #1 true crime podcast crime junkie, a journalist uncovers her hometown’s dark secrets when she becomes obsessed with the unsolved murder of her childhood neighbor—and the disappearance of another girl twenty years later. – one of the best books of the year: pop – sugar you can’t ever know for sure what happens behind closed doors. – everyone from wakarusa, indiana, remembers the infamous case of january jacobs, who was discovered in a ditch hours after her family awoke to find her gone. margot davies was six at the time, the same age as january—and they were next-door neighbors. in the twenty years since, margot has grown up, moved away, and become a big-city journalist. but she’s always been haunted by the feeling that it could’ve been her. and the worst part is, january’s killer has never been brought to justice. – when margot returns home to help care for her uncle after he is diagnosed with early-onset dementia, she feels like she’s walked into a time capsule. wakarusa is exactly how she remembers—genial, stifled, secretive. then news breaks about five-year-old natalie clark from the next town over, who’s gone missing under circumstances eerily similar to january’s. with all the old feelings rushing back, margot vows to find natalie and to solve january’s murder once and for all. – but the police, natalie’s family, the townspeople—they all seem to be hiding something. and the deeper margot digs into natalie’s disappearance, the more resistance she encounters, and the colder january’s case feels. could january’s killer still be out there? is it the same person who took natalie? and what will it cost to finally discover what truly happened that night twenty years ago? twisty, chilling, and intense, all good people here is a searing tale that asks: what are your neighbors capable of when they think no one is watching?

#1 new york times bestseller – winner of the man booker prizethe “devastatingly moving” (people) first novel from the author of tenth of december: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than abraham lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and inventednamed one of paste’s best novels of the decade – named one of the ten best books of the year by the washington post, usa today, and maureen corrigan, npr – one of time’s ten best novels of the year – a new york times notable book – one of o: the oprah magazine’s best books of the year february 1862. the civil war is less than one year old. the fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. meanwhile, president lincoln’s beloved eleven-year-old son, willie, lies upstairs in the white house, gravely ill. in a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, willie dies and is laid to rest in a georgetown cemetery. “my poor boy, he was too good for this earth,” the president says at the time. “god has called him home.” newspapers report that a grief-stricken lincoln returns, alone, to the crypt several times to hold his boy’s body.from that seed of historical truth, george saunders spins an unforgettable story of familial love and loss that breaks free of its realistic, historical framework into a supernatural realm both hilarious and terrifying. willie lincoln finds himself in a strange purgatory where ghosts mingle, gripe, commiserate, quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance. within this transitional state—called, in the tibetan tradition, the bardo—a monumental struggle erupts over young willie’s soul.lincoln in the bardo is an astonishing feat of imagination and a bold step forward from one of the most important and influential writers of his generation. formally daring, generous in spirit, deeply concerned with matters of the heart, it is a testament to fiction’s ability to speak honestly and powerfully to the things that really matter to us. a luminous feat of generosity and humanism.”—colson whitehead, the new york times book review “a masterpiece.”—zadie smith

A #1 new york times bestseller, wall street journal best book of the year, and soon to be a major motion picture, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation. – france, 1939 – in the quiet village of carriveau, vianne mauriac says goodbye to her husband, antoine, as he heads for the front. she doesn't believe that the nazis will invade france … but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. when a german captain requisitions vianne's home, she and her daughter must live with the enemy or lose everything. without food or money or hope, as danger escalates all around them, she is forced to make one impossible choice after another to keep her family alive. – vianne's sister, isabelle, is a rebellious eighteen-year-old girl, searching for purpose with all the reckless passion of youth. while thousands of parisians march into the unknown terrors of war, she meets gäetan, a partisan who believes the french can fight the nazis from within france, and she falls in love as only the young can … completely. but when he betrays her, isabelle joins the resistance and never looks back, risking her life time and again to save others. – with courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author kristin hannah captures the epic panorama of world war ii and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women's war. the nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in german-occupied, war-torn france—a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. it is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime. – goodreads best historical novel of the year – people's choice favorite fiction winner – #1 indie next selection – a buzzfeed and the week best book of the year praise for the nightingale:"haunting, action-packed, and compelling." —christina baker kline, #1 new york times bestselling author"absolutely riveting!… read this book." —dr. miriam klein kassenoff, director of the university of miami holocaust teacher institute"beautifully written and richly evocative." —sara gruen, #1 new york times bestselling author“a hauntingly rich wwii novel about courage, brutality, love, survival—and the essence of what makes us human.” —family circle“a heart-pounding story.” —usa today"an enormous story. richly satisfying. i loved it." —anne rice"a respectful and absorbing page-turner." —kirkus reviews"tender, compelling…a satisfying slice of life in nazi-occupied france." —jewish book council“expect to devour the nightingale in as few sittings as possible; the high-stakes plot and lovable characters won’t allow any rest until all of their fates are known.” —shelf awareness"i loved the nightingale." —lisa see, #1 new york times bestselling author"powerful…an unforgettable portrait of love and war." —people

*winner of the pulitzer prize* a new york times book review top ten book* a national book award finalist* from anthony doerr, the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning author of cloud cuckoo land, the beautiful, stunningly ambitious instant new york times bestseller about a blind french girl and a german boy whose paths collide in occupied france as both try to survive the devastation of world war ii. *soon to be a netflix limited series from the producers of stranger things*marie-laure lives in paris near the museum of natural history, where her father works. when she is twelve, the nazis occupy paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of saint-malo, where marie-laure’s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. with them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel. in a mining town in germany, werner pfennig, an orphan, grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find that brings them news and stories from places they have never seen or imagined. werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments and is enlisted to use his talent to track down the resistance. deftly interweaving the lives of marie-laure and werner, doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. doerr’s “stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” (san francisco chronicle) are dazzling.

#1 new york times bestseller“go set a watchman is such an important book, perhaps the most important novel on race to come out of the white south in decades… — new york times (opinion pages)a landmark novel by harper lee, set two decades after her beloved pulitzer prize–winning masterpiece, to kill a mockingbird.twenty-six-year-old jean louise finch—“scout”—returns home to maycomb, alabama from new york city to visit her aging father, atticus. set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the south, jean louise’s homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to her. memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. featuring many of the iconic characters from to kill a mockingbird, go set a watchman perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past—a journey that can only be guided by one’s own conscience.written in the mid-1950s, go set a watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of the late harper lee. here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor, and effortless precision—a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. it not only confirms the enduring brilliance of to kill a mockingbird, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context, and new meaning to an american classic.

* instant national bestseller *"visceral and haunting" (new york times book review) · "hopeful" (washington post) · "powerful" (los angeles times) · "thrilling" (time) · "tantalizingly beautiful" (elle) · "suspenseful, atmospheric" (vogue) · "aching and poignant" (guardian) · "gripping" (the economist)franny stone has always been the kind of woman who is able to love but unable to stay. leaving behind everything but her research gear, she arrives in greenland with a singular purpose: to follow the last arctic terns in the world on what might be their final migration to antarctica. franny talks her way onto a fishing boat, and she and the crew set sail, traveling ever further from shore and safety. but as franny’s history begins to unspool—a passionate love affair, an absent family, a devastating crime—it becomes clear that she is chasing more than just the birds. when franny's dark secrets catch up with her, how much is she willing to risk for one more chance at redemption? epic and intimate, heartbreaking and galvanizing, charlotte mcconaghy's migrations is an ode to a disappearing world and a breathtaking page-turner about the possibility of hope against all odds.

Most anticipated by usa today, w magazine, new york post, parade, bustle, buzzfeed, reader's digest, and popsugar and named one of the best historical fiction books of the year by cosmopolitan! "a beautifully rendered portrait of a young woman finding her courage and her voice."–lisa wingate, #1 new york times bestselling author north carolina, 1946. one woman. a discovery that could rewrite history. maddie sykes is a burgeoning seamstress who's just arrived in bright leaf, north carolina–the tobacco capital of the south–where her aunt has a thriving sewing business. after years of war rations and shortages, bright leaf is a prosperous wonderland in full technicolor bloom, and maddie is dazzled by the bustle of the crisply uniformed female factory workers, the palatial homes, and, most of all, her aunt's glossiest clientele: the wives of the powerful tobacco executives. but she soon learns that bright leaf isn't quite the carefree paradise that it seems. a trail of misfortune follows many of the women, including substantial health problems, and although maddie is quick to believe that this is a coincidence, she inadvertently uncovers evidence that suggests otherwise. maddie wants to report what she knows, but in a town where everyone depends on big tobacco to survive, she doesn't know who she can trust–and fears that exposing the truth may destroy the lives of the proud, strong women with whom she has forged strong bonds. shedding light on the hidden history of women's activism during the post-war period, at its heart, the tobacco wives is a deeply human, emotionally satisfying, and dramatic novel about the power of female connection and the importance of seeking truth. "this is a story of courage, of women willing to take a stand in the face of corporate greed, and most definitely a tale for our times." –fiona davis, new york times bestselling author

Most anticipated by usa today, w magazine, new york post, parade, bustle, buzzfeed, reader's digest, and popsugar and named one of the best historical fiction books of the year by cosmopolitan! "a beautifully rendered portrait of a young woman finding her courage and her voice."–lisa wingate, #1 new york times bestselling author north carolina, 1946. one woman. a discovery that could rewrite history. maddie sykes is a burgeoning seamstress who's just arrived in bright leaf, north carolina–the tobacco capital of the south–where her aunt has a thriving sewing business. after years of war rations and shortages, bright leaf is a prosperous wonderland in full technicolor bloom, and maddie is dazzled by the bustle of the crisply uniformed female factory workers, the palatial homes, and, most of all, her aunt's glossiest clientele: the wives of the powerful tobacco executives. but she soon learns that bright leaf isn't quite the carefree paradise that it seems. a trail of misfortune follows many of the women, including substantial health problems, and although maddie is quick to believe that this is a coincidence, she inadvertently uncovers evidence that suggests otherwise. maddie wants to report what she knows, but in a town where everyone depends on big tobacco to survive, she doesn't know who she can trust–and fears that exposing the truth may destroy the lives of the proud, strong women with whom she has forged strong bonds. shedding light on the hidden history of women's activism during the post-war period, at its heart, the tobacco wives is a deeply human, emotionally satisfying, and dramatic novel about the power of female connection and the importance of seeking truth. "this is a story of courage, of women willing to take a stand in the face of corporate greed, and most definitely a tale for our times." –fiona davis, new york times bestselling author

Title at their doorstep, the street fairs of paris & their carnival folk in stories & photographic postcards, 1900s publisher charlotte perret binding hardcover. no dust jacket illustrated black and white photographs subject(s) postcards; photographs, paris scenes author(s) charlotte perret | french

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New taschen 100 movies of the 2010s book. the 2010s saw netflix take on hollywood, indie movies make history, and star wars strike back. here is the best in film capturing the spirit of the decade. in this book, stills, detailed synopses and trivia guide us across the marvel universe and into projects such as boyhood, get out, and parasite. a must-have for any film fan. hardcover 7.7 x 100” 6.10 lb 880 pages minor shelf wear to jacket cover. otherwise like new.