The 21st century had already won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Here are some of the awards from the 21st century: 1 "The Stranger" and "The Plague" by Albert Camus. 2 Thomas Hardy's "tess of the d'Urbervilles" and "The Moon and Sixpence." 3 John Keats 'Ode to a Nightingale and The Dream of the Rood. 4 William Somerset Maugham's The Moon and Sixpence and The Murder of the Red Herring. 5 The Gone with The Wind by Margaret Atwood. 6. The Great Gatsby and Guns, Germs, and Steel by Raymond chandler (The Germs and Steel: The Future Evolution of Humanity). 7 "Ulysses," by James Joyce. 8 Margaret Atwood's "The Great Gatsby in English." 9. The Razor's Edge and City Lights by Raymond chandler. 10 Thomas Pynchon's "Avalanche"(Selena) and "La Haine." These works were considered one of the greatest literary works of the 21st century.