Theresa Trieu

56 experts decided which books are the best this year. As a result, they chose the best books that are worthy of your attention.

1. Jeffrey Eugenides "Middle Sex"

2. Juno Diaz "The Short and Wonderful Life of Oscar Wo"

3. Roberto Bolagno "2666"

4. David Mitchell "Cloud Atlas"

5. Cormac McCarthy "The Road"

6. Ian McEwan "Atonement"

7 Michael Chabon "The Adventures of Cavalier and Clay"

8. Jonathan Franzen "Corrections"

9. Zadie Smith "White Teeth"

10. Haruki Murakami "Kafka on the Beach"

11. Khaled Hosseini "The Kite Runner"

12. Kazuo Ishiguro "Don't Let Me Go »

13. W. G. Sebald "Austerlitz"

14. Ngozi Adich Chimamanda "Half of a Yellow Sun"

15. Jhumpa Lairi "An Unusual Earth"

16. Susanna Clarke "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell"