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21st Century Novels You May Know

Most famous novels were written before the 21st century. See if you can name these famous novels from the past 25 years.
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2001
Stranded at sea with a tiger, faith and storytelling collide.
Yann Martel
Life of Pi
2002
A murdered girl watches from heaven as her family and killer’s life unfold.
Alice Sebold
The Lovely Bones
2003
A boy’s betrayal in 1970s Kabul casts a lifelong shadow.
Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner
2003
A symbologist uncovers hidden secrets tied to Christian history and art.
Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Code
2003
A U.S. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a patient from a mental hospital on a remote island.
Dennis Lehane
Shutter Island
2004
Stories interlock over centuries, spanning multiple genres, as souls echo across time.
David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas
2005
A journalist and a hacker investigate a decades-old disappearance in Sweden.
Stieg Larsson
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2005
Students at a boarding school discover their dark, predetermined purpose.
Kazuo Ishiguro
Never Let Me Go
2005
A teenage girl falls in love with a vampire in a small Pacific Northwest town.
Stephenie Meyer
Twilight
2006
A father and son traverse a post‑apocalyptic America in search of safety.
Cormac McCarthy
The Road
2006
A young vet marries into a traveling circus and faces danger, love, and survival.
Sara Gruen
Water for Elephants
2006
A global oral history of humanity’s struggle against the zombie apocalypse
Max Brooks
World War Z
2008
In a dystopian society, teens fight to the death in a televised spectacle.
Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games
2009
In 1960s Mississippi, black maids and a white writer expose racial injustice.
Kathryn Stockett
The Help
2009
Psychedelic noir that follows a stoner detective unraveling a paranoid mystery in 1970s California
Thomas Pynchon
Inherent Vice
2010
Told from the perspective of a young boy being held captive in a small room along with his mother
Emma Donoghue
Room
2011
The continuing adventures of Starks and Lannisters and others...many others
George R.R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
2011
An astronaut stranded on Mars must use science and ingenuity to survive.
Andy Weir
The Martian
2011
A romance with erotic undertones that became a publishing phenomenon
E. L. James
50 Shades of Grey
2012
A husband becomes prime suspect when his wife disappears on their anniversary.
Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl
2012
Two teens with cancer fall in love and face mortality with wit and hope.
John Green
The Fault in Our Stars
2012
A boy with facial differences begins attending mainstream school.
R. J. Palacio
Wonder
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3 Comments
interopia
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Level 90
Oct 9, 2025
What other 21st novels should be included? Are there any novels that are well known NOT from a movie or TV series?
SpartanLlama
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Level 79
Oct 9, 2025
Accept A Song of Ice and Fire, very few people get Dances With Dragons
interopia
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Level 90
Oct 9, 2025
OK, I added some type-ins for that one!
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