21st century in

literature

The 21st century in literature refers to

world literature produced during the 21st
century. The measure of years is, for the
purpose of this article, literature written
from (roughly) the year 2001 to the
present.

2001 – The Corrections by Jonathan

Franzen;[1] Seabiscuit: An American
Legend by Laura Hillenbrand;[2] Life of
Pi by Yann Martel;[3]
   Nobel Prize: Vidiadhar Surajprasad
Naipaul[4]
2002 – Atonement by Ian McEwan;[5]
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides;[6]
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan
Safran Foer;[7]
   Nobel Prize: Imre Kertész[4]
2003 – The Da Vinci Code by Dan
Brown;[8] Roman Triptych
(Meditation);[9]
   Nobel Prize: J. M. Coetzee[4]
2004 –
   Nobel Prize: Elfriede Jelinek[4]
2005 –
   Nobel Prize: Harold Pinter[4]
2006 – The Road by Cormac
McCarthy;[10] Les Bienveillantes by
Jonathan Littell;[11] Against the Day by
Thomas Pynchon;[12]
   Nobel Prize: Orhan Pamuk[4]
2007 – The Brief Wondrous Life of
Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz;[13] A
Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled
Hosseini;[14] On Chesil Beach by Ian
McEwan;[15]
   Nobel Prize: Doris Lessing[4]
2008 –
   Nobel Prize: J. M. G. Le Clézio[4]
2009 – The Humbling by Philip
Roth;[16] Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel;[17]
   Nobel Prize: Herta Müller[4]
 List of years in (table)
literature

… 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 ·

2009
· 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 ·
2016
· 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 ·
2023 …

Art · Archaeology · Architecture · Literature ·

Music · Philosophy · Science
+...

2010s
 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019

Nobel laureates: List of Nobel laureates

in Literature

See also
2000s in books
21st century#Literature
Electronic literature

References
1. Gates, David (9 September 2001).
"American Gothic" (https://www.nytimes.
com/2001/09/09/books/american-gothi
c.html) . The New York Times. Retrieved
4 December 2022.
2. "In praise of older books: 'Seabiscuit' by
Laura Hillenbrand (2001)" (https://www.i
rishtimes.com/culture/books/in-praise-o
f-older-books-seabiscuit-by-laura-hillenbr
and-2001-1.3519140) . The Irish Times.
Retrieved 4 December 2022.
3. "Life of Pi (novel) | Description & Facts |
Britannica" (https://www.britannica.com/
topic/Life-of-Pi-by-Martel) .
www.britannica.com. Retrieved
4 December 2022.
4. "All Nobel Prizes in Literature" (https://w
ww.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/all-nobel-
prizes-in-literature/) . NobelPrize.org.
Retrieved 4 December 2022.
5. "Interview transcript: Ian McEwan" (http
s://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/j
an/03/fiction.ianmcewan) . the
Guardian. 3 January 2002. Retrieved
4 December 2022.
6. "Interview: Jeffrey Eugenides" (https://w
ww.theguardian.com/books/2002/oct/0
6/fiction.impacprize) . the Guardian. 6
October 2002. Retrieved 4 December
2022.
7. "Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan
Safran Foer" (https://www.theguardian.c
om/books/2002/nov/26/guardianfirstbo
okaward2002.gurardianfirstbookaward)
. the Guardian. 26 November 2002.
Retrieved 4 December 2022.
 8. "Dan Brown | Biography, Books, & Facts |
Britannica" (https://www.britannica.com/
biography/Dan-Brown#ref1025471) .
www.britannica.com. Retrieved
4 December 2022.
9. "CNN.com - Pope goes from bard to
verse - Mar. 6, 2003" (http://edition.cnn.c
om/2003/WORLD/europe/03/06/vatica
n.poetry/index.html) . edition.cnn.com.
Retrieved 4 December 2022.
10. "Review: The Road by Cormac McCarthy"
(https://www.theguardian.com/books/2
006/nov/04/featuresreviews.guardianre
view4) . the Guardian. 4 November
2006. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
11. Hutton, Margaret-Anne (1 February
2010). "Jonathan Littell's Les
Bienveillantes: Ethics, Aesthetics and the
Subject of Judgment" (https://www.tand
fonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09639480
903504193) . Modern & Contemporary
France. 18 (1): 1–15.
doi:10.1080/09639480903504193 (http
s://doi.org/10.1080%2F096394809035
04193) . ISSN 0963-9489 (https://www.
worldcat.org/issn/0963-9489) .
S2CID 144894684 (https://api.semantics
cholar.org/CorpusID:144894684) .
12. Schillinger, Liesl (26 November 2006).
"Dream Maps" (https://www.nytimes.co
m/2006/11/26/books/review/Schillinge
r.t.html) . The New York Times.
Retrieved 4 December 2022.
13. "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
declared 21st century's best novel so
far" (https://www.theguardian.com/book
s/2015/jan/20/brief-wondrous-life-of-os
car-wao-novel-21st-century-best-junot-d
iaz) . the Guardian. 20 January 2015.
Retrieved 4 December 2022.
14. "Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns by
Khaled Hosseini" (https://www.theguardi
an.com/books/2007/may/19/featuresre
views.guardianreview21) . the Guardian.
18 May 2007. Retrieved 4 December
2022.
15. "Review: On Chesil Beach by Ian
McEwan" (https://www.theguardian.co
m/books/2007/mar/25/fiction.ianmce
wan) . the Guardian. 25 March 2007.
Retrieved 4 December 2022.
 16. "The Humbling by Philip Roth | Book
review" (https://www.theguardian.com/b
ooks/2009/oct/25/the-humbling-philip-r
oth-skidelsky) . the Guardian. 24
October 2009. Retrieved 4 December
2022.
17. "Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel – review" (htt
ps://www.theguardian.com/books/200
9/may/02/wolf-hall-hilary-mantel) . the
Guardian. 1 May 2009. Retrieved
4 December 2022.

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