NYTimes is letting readers create their own top 10 lists of the best books of the 21st century here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/vote-books-century.html
Here is what I put on my list (based on objective merit, despite the fact that I am unhappy with the moral stances or failings of at least one of these authors):
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
World Without End by Ken Follett
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
by Djeter998