| Best Novels of 2000 |
| 1 | William T. Vollmann | The Royal Family | 
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| 2 | Peter Carey | True History of the Kelly Gang | 
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| 3 | Richard Powers | Plowing the Dark | 
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| 4 | Dave Eggers | A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius | 
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| 5 | Michael Chabon | The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay | 
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| 6 | Arthur Nersesian | Dogrun | 
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| 7 | Arthur Nersesian | Manhattan Loverboy | 
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| 8 | J G Ballard | Super-Cannes | 
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| 9 | Lawrence Norfolk | In the Shape of a Boar | 
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| 10 | John Ed Bradley | My Juliet | 
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| 11 | Wang Shuo | Please Don't Call Me Human | 
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| 12 | Eleanor Bailey | Idioglossia | 
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| Best Novels of 1999 | Best Novels of 2001 |
