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''See also:'' 21st century in poetry, 20th century in literature, list of years in literature. The 21st century in literature refers to world literature in prose produced during the 21st century. The range of years is, for the purpose of this article, literature written from (roughly) the year 2001 to the present. ==2000s== The 2000s saw a steep increase in the acceptability of literature of all types, inspired by the coming-of-age of millions of people who enjoyed the works of writers such as C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien in their youths. Neil Gaiman, for instance, one of the decade's most popular writers of speculative fiction, cites Tolkien, Lewis, and G. K. Chesterton as his three biggest influences growing up. J. K. Rowling admits to being heavily influenced by Lewis as well. Philip Pullman's gritty and controversial young adult ''His Dark Materials'' trilogy, written and published in the late 1990s, increased in popularity and was more widely read during the 2000s. The popularity of Lewis, Tolkien, Pullman, and Rowling was spurred on by movies which proved to be some of the biggest of the 2000s. : The 2000s also saw the popularization of manga, or Japanese comics, among international audiences, particularly in English-speaking nations. Many famous books like Harry Potter series were converted into movies. Books on wars, guides for exams, myths, etc. were frequent sellers in this decade. Some books were written in simple English and works of old writers were translated into language that was easier to understand. Mythology was converted into graphic novel form to build interest among young readers. * 2001 - ''The Corrections'' by Jonathan Franzen; ''Seabiscuit: An American Legend'' by Laura Hillenbrand; ''Life of Pi'' by Yann Martel; Nobel Prize: Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul * 2002 - ''Atonement'' by Ian McEwan; ''Middlesex'' by Jeffrey Eugenides; ''Everything is Illuminated'' by Jonathan Safran Foer; Nobel Prize: Imre Kertész * 2003 - ''Roman Triptych (Meditation)''; Nobel Prize: J. M. Coetzee * 2004 - ''Free Culture'' by Lawrence Lessig; Nobel Prize: Elfriede Jelinek * 2005 - Nobel Prize: Harold Pinter * 2006 - ''The Road'' by Cormac McCarthy; ''Les Bienveillantes'' by Jonathan Littell; ''Against the Day'' by Thomas Pynchon; Nobel Prize: Orhan Pamuk * 2007 - ''The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao'' by Junot Díaz; ''A Thousand Splendid Suns'' by Khaled Hosseini; ''On Chesil Beach'' by Ian McEwan; Nobel Prize: Doris Lessing * 2008 - ''2666: A Novel'' by Roberto Bolaño; ''Feuchtgebiete'' by Charlotte Roche; Nobel Prize: J. M. G. Le Clézio * 2009 - ''The Humbling'' by Philip Roth; ''Wolf Hall'' by Hilary Mantel; Nobel Prize: Herta Müller 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「21st century in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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