The Staff Recommends: Home. Top 10 Best Novels of the Last 20 Years - StumbleUpon. Books The ten novels on this list all substantiate the belief that books are the most elastic, introspective, human and entertaining form of media that exist. Not movies, not music, not art, not the theatre. A famous author once said that novels are the best way for two human beings to connect with each other. I believe this, and I believe that people who do not find pleasure in words have never had the opportunity to read one of the great novels. The first introductions students often have to literature are stale century-old books that do not translate well to this new modern era. Frankly they are boring, and a lot of kids drift into the living room and turn on the television and stay glued for the rest of their lives.
So, here I will present the ten greatest novels of the last twenty years, without apologies. Music for Torching by A.M. As the only woman on the list, A. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (1996) Of course, Palahniuk had to be on this list. House of Leaves The house is alive. Best Utopian and Dystopian Fiction. Audience Picks: 100 Best Beach Books Ever.