Books · 2001
A Watershed Year for Myths, Memory, and Masterpieces
The literary landscape of 2001 blurred genre boundaries and grappled with memory, producing monumental works that redefined contemporary fiction. From mythological epics to intimate domestic dramas, authors across the globe captured a world on the threshold of profound cultural shift.
- Neil Gaiman · Fantasy · Fantasy Classic
American Gods
An ex-convict named Shadow becomes embroiled in an apocalyptic conflict between ancient mythological gods and modern deities of technology and media.
- Yann Martel · Fiction · Literary Classic
Life of Pi
A young Indian boy named Pi Patel survives 227 days adrift in the Pacific Ocean aboard a lifeboat shared with a fearsome Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
- J. Franzen · Fiction · Award-Winning
The Corrections
A sprawling saga chronicling the dysfunctions and desires of the Midwestern Lambert family as they attempt to gather for one final tragicomic Christmas.
- Ian McEwan · Fiction · Literary Classic
Atonement
A young girl's tragic misinterpretation of a romantic encounter alters the lives of her family members across decades and through the horrors of World War II.
- C. Ruiz Zafón · Fiction · Bestseller
La sombra del viento
Set in postwar Barcelona, a young boy discovers a forgotten book that draws him into a dark labyrinthine mystery of love, obsession, and doomed authors.
- Eoin Colfer · YA Fantasy · Bestseller
Artemis Fowl
Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl kidnaps a fairy officer for gold, triggering a high-tech battle with an underground magical civilization.
- W.G. Sebald · Fiction · Award-Winning
Austerlitz
A haunting masterpiece exploring memory and identity as an architectural historian uncovers his forgotten childhood as a Jewish refugee during the Holocaust.
- Ann Patchett · Fiction · Award-Winning
Bel Canto
An opera singer, an array of international dignitaries, and their captors form unexpected emotional bonds during a prolonged hostage crisis in South America.
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