Before the Decade Ends, Here Are the Best Novels of the 21st Century

1Q84 by Haruki Marukami (2009)

A woman named Aomame assassinates a guest as a luxurious hotel, but faces a serious reality check when she ends up in a dystopian Tokyo called 1Q84. This epic tale is three separate volumes, each following her account of a fictionalized 1984 parallel with the supposedly “real” one.

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