The best book of the millennium

To commemorate the close of the first decade of the 00’s, last week The Millions blog ran an ongoing feature counting down the best books of the millennium (so far). Judged by a distinguished panel of writers, critics, and editors, Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections emerged in the top spot as the best new title of the last decade. As a follow up to the series, the blog posted a great piece listing the top 20 books chosen by the panel of experts, versus the top 20 books chosen by their readers. Despite the expected overlaps, it was fascinating to see the clashing tastes of both groups. One book that made it onto the reader’s list that didn’t figure into the expert’s was Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s much loved novel, Half of a Yellow Sun.

So what do you think…is Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections the best book of the Millenium?