The Greatest Books Since 1990

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
7130 Beauty Is A Wound Eka Kurniawan 2002 Indonesian Indonesian
7129 Knife Salman Rushdie 2024 British English
7134 Slow Man J. M. Coetzee 2005 South African English
7135 To All The Boys I've Loved Before Jenny Han 2014 American English
7137 Bury Your Dead Louise Penny 2010 Canadian English
7137 The Plotters Un-su Kim 2010 Korean Korean
7136 Chronicler Of The Winds Henning Mankell 1995 Swedish Swedish
7139 The Kitchen God's Wife Amy Tan 1991 American English
7141 Jade City Fonda Lee 2017 Chinese English
7143 Black Hole Charles Burns 1995 American English
7142 Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano 2023 American English
7146 Dead Lagoon Michael Dibdin 1994 British English
7144 Putování Za švestkovou Vůní Ludvík Aškenazy 1992 Czech Czech
7144 Báječná Léta Pod Psa Michal Viewegh 1992 Czech Czech
7148 Atomic Habits James Clear 2018 American English
7149 Magic In The Wind Christine Feehan 2003 American English
7149 Tempting The Beast Lora Leigh 2003 American English
7154 The Loneliness Of Sonia And Sunny Kiran Desai 2025 Unknown English
7157 La Horde Du Contrevent Alain Damasio 2004 French French
7158 The Wager David Grann 2023 American English
7160 The Poems Of Manolis Anagnostakis Manolis Anagnostakis 2001 Greek Greek
7159 Midnight Sun Ramsey Campbell 1990 British English
7161 All The Names José Saramago 1997 Portuguese Portuguese
7164 A Million Little Pieces James Frey 2003 American English
7165 Beijing Comrades Bei Tong 1998 Chinese English
7167 The Places In Between Rory Stewart 2004 British English
7168 Timeline Michael Crichton 1999 American English
7175 Wild Cheryl Strayed 2012 American English
7176 Out Of Sheer Rage Geoff Dyer 1997 British English
7177 The Asylum Seeker Arnon Grunberg 2003 Dutch Dutch
7178 The Last Harmattan Of Alusine Dunbar Syl Cheney-Choker 1990 Sierra Leonean English
7179 A Book of Luminous Things Czesław Miłosz 1996 Polish English
7181 Retold African American Folktales David Haynes 1996 American Unknown
7180 The Blue Tango Eoin McNamee 2001 Irish English
7184 The Perils Of Pleasure Julie Anne Long 2008 American English
7184 The Winter Rose Jennifer Donnelly 2008 American English
7189 Pet Akwaeke Emezi 2019 American English
7190 Close To The Knives David Wojnarowicz 1991 American English
7192 Heartstopper Alice Oseman 2018 British English
7194 Jasper Jones Craig Silvey 2009 Australian English
7198 Hide And Seek Ian Rankin 1991 British English
7203 Gb84 David Peace 2004 British English
7204 The Surgeon Tess Gerritsen 2001 American English
7205 Hounded Kevin Hearne 2011 American English
7206 Voroshilovgrad Serhiy Zhadan 2010 Ukrainian Ukrainian
7206 Flight From The Ussr Dato Turashvili 2010 Georgian Georgian
7206 Animalinside László Krasznahorkai, Max Neumann 2010 Hungarian Hungarian
7206 The Shape Of Water Andrea Camilleri 1994 Italian Italian
7206 Het Meesterstuk Anna Enquist 1994 Dutch Dutch
7206 The Pharmacist Ingrid Noll 1994 German German
7212 Boy Swallows Universe Trent Dalton 2018 Australian English
7214 Prophet Song Paul Lynch 2023 Irish English
7213 Question 7 Richard Flanagan 2023 Unknown English
7216 Znamení Moci Jan Zahradníček 1993 Czech Czech
7563 Compass Mathias Enard 2015 French French
7564 Enter Ghost Isabella Hammad 2023 British English
7566 There's Always This Year Hanif Abdurraqib 2024 American English
7567 Red Scarf Girl Ji-li Jiang 1997 Chinese English
7570 Brain On Fire Susannah Cahalan 2012 American English
7570 Mortality Christopher Hitchens 2012 British English
7573 The House of Morgan Ron Chernow 1990 American English
7575 I Have Lived a Thousand Years Livia Bitton-Jackson 1997 Hungarian English
7577 The Innovator's Dilemma Clayton M. Christensen 1997 American English
7577 The Racial Contract Charles W. Mills 1997 American English
7581 The Midnight Hour Brenda Jackson 2004 American English
7582 Feed Seanan McGuire 2010 American English
7584 Orbital Samantha Harvey 2024 Unknown Unknown
7585 Verity Colleen Hoover 2018 American English
7586 After Sappho Selby Wynn Schwartz 2023 Unknown English
7588 Commonwealth Ann Patchett 2016 American English
7589 Memoirs Of A Gnostic Dwarf David Madsen 1995 British English
7589 Moo Jane Smiley 1995 American English
7589 Enigma Robert Harris 1995 British English
7592 The Women Kristin Hannah 2024 American English
7595 The Reformatory Tananarive Due 2023 American English
7596 Wealth And Power Orville Schell, John Delury 2013 Chinese English
7594 For Those Who Hunt The Wounded Down David Adams Richards 1993 Canadian English
7602 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein 2012 British English
7603 The Beginning Of Infinity David Deutsch 2011 British English
7605 Mourir M'enrhume Eric Chevillard 1993 French French
7606 L'interruption Dominique Noguez 1993 French French
7606 Les Praticiens De L'infernal Pierre La Police 1993 French French
7606 Writing Marguerite Duras 1993 French French
7616 Crossfire Miyuki Miyabe 1998 Japanese Japanese
7616 The Heretic Miguel Delibes 1998 Spanish Spanish
7616 Dirty Havana Trilogy Pedro Juan Gutierrez 1998 Cuban Spanish
7616 Don't Get Too Comfortable David Rakoff 2005 Canadian English
7616 Everything Bad Is Good For You Steven Johnson 2005 American English
7622 Dropbear Evelyn Araluen 2021 Australian English
7623 The Little Red Chairs Edna O'Brien 2015 Irish English
7626 Caietul Albastru Nicolae Balotă 2007 Romanian Romanian
7627 Whale Cheon Myeong-kwan 2004 Korean Korean
7629 The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
7630 Marks No Yama Kaoru Takamura 1993 Japanese Japanese
7632 Telephone Percival Everett 2020 American English
7633 When The Clock Broke John Ganz 2024 Unknown English
7634 The Golden Road William Dalrymple 2024 Unknown English
7635 The Big Music Kirsty Gunn 2012 New Zealander English
7637 Angels' Blood Nalini Singh 2009 New Zealander English
7637 Soulless Gail Carriger 2009 American English
7640 The Sermon On The Fall Of Rome Jerome Ferrari 2012 French French
7644 The Hungry Tide Amitav Ghosh 2004 Indian English
7646 All About Love bell hooks 2000 American English
7647 Living, Loving And Lying Awake At Night Sindiwe Magona 1991 South African English
7648 Hitch 22 Christopher Hitchens 2010 British English
7650 Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr 2021 American English
7651 Angels In America Tony Kushner 1991 American English
7652 The Republic Of Nothing Lesley Choyce 1994 Canadian English
7653 Wave Suzy Lee 2008 Unknown English
7667 The Age Of Wonder Richard Holmes 2008 British English
7666 Victory City Salman Rushdie 2023 British English
7668 The Wild Places Robert Macfarlane 2007 British English
7670 Julián Is A Mermaid Jessica Love 2018 American English
7669 Soldier Sailor Claire Kilroy 2024 Irish Unknown
7672 The One And Only Ivan Katherine Applegate 2012 American English
7672 Shadow And Bone Leigh Bardugo 2012 American English
7672 14 Peter Clines 2012 American English
7672 Cinder Marissa Meyer 2012 American English
7672 The Raven Boys Maggie Stiefvater 2012 American English
7678 Darwin's Black Box Michael J. Behe 1996 American English