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
7679 The Netanyahus Joshua Cohen 2021 American English
7680 Master Slave Husband Wife Ilyon Woo 2023 Unknown English
7682 Left Behind Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins 1995 American English
7683 Sophie Calle Sophie Calle 1994 French French
7684 Looking for Alaska John Green 2005 American English
7685 Among Others Jo Walton 2011 British English
7685 A Master of Djinn P. Djèlí Clark 2021 American English
7688 The Rest is Noise Alex Ross 2007 American English
7690 Birnam Wood Eleanor Catton 2023 New Zealand English
7692 Quiet Flows The Una Faruk Šehić 2011 Bosnian Bosnian
7692 Heroes Like Us Thomas Brussig 1995 German German
7692 Opernball Josef Haslinger 1995 Austrian German
7692 Nikolaikirche Erich Loest 1995 German German
7692 Das Superweib Hera Lind 1995 German German
7698 The Ruins Scott Smith 2006 American English
7697 It Happened One Autumn Lisa Kleypas 2005 American English
7701 Tirza Arnon Grunberg 2006 Dutch Dutch
7702 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones 2025 American English
7703 Beatlebone Kevin Barry 2015 Irish English
7706 Poverty, By America Matthew Desmond 2023 American English
7709 Moral Hazard Kate Jennings 2002 Australian English
7710 Mono Kuu Hitobito Yō Henmi 1994 Japanese Unknown
7714 We Were Not The Savages Daniel N. Paul 1993 Canadian English
7715 The Desert And Its Seed Jorge Barón Biza 1998 Argentine Spanish
7722 Pig Tales Marie Darrieussecq 1996 French French
7723 Unnatural Selection Mara Hvistendahl 2011 American English
7726 A Worldly Country John Ashbery 2007 American English
7726 Stupidity Rafael Spregelburd 2007 Argentinian Spanish
7730 Verzameld Werk: Gedichten Martinus Nijhoff 1990 Dutch Dutch
7732 Ready Player One Ernest Cline 2011 American English
7735 Stag Dance Torrey Peters 2025 American English
7737 The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel Amy Hempel 2006 American English
7738 Becoming Madame Mao Anchee Min 2000 American English
7739 No Turning Back Rania Abouzeid 2018 Unknown English
7741 The Ice Princess Camilla Läckberg 2003 Swedish Swedish
7740 Klíč Je Pod Rohožkou Vlastimil Třešňák 1995 Czech Czech
7743 Flesh David Szalay 2025 British English
7747 Lifted Bill Manhire 2006 New Zealand English
7751 Critical Mass Philip Ball 2004 British English
7752 The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Shoshana Zuboff 2019 American English
7755 Infidel Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2007 Dutch English
7754 Mr. Fox Helen Oyeyemi 2011 British English
7757 Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart 2020 Scottish English
7761 Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James 2019 Jamaican English
7760 Tatty Christine Dwyer Hickey 2004 Irish English
7762 Butterfly Swords Jeannie Lin 2010 Unknown English
7764 Too Much Happiness Alice Munro 2009 Canadian English
7766 As If I Am Not There Slavenka Drakulic 1999 Croatian English
7766 Pavel's Letters Monika Maron 1999 German German
7766 In Search of Klingsor Jorge Volpi Escalante 1999 Mexican Spanish
7779 The Cold Moon Jeffrey Deaver 2006 American English
7766 Mating In Captivity Esther Perel 2006 Belgian English
7766 This Is Your Brain On Music Daniel J. Levitin 2006 Canadian English
7766 Underground Haruki Murakami 2006 Japanese Japanese
7781 The Pairing Casey McQuiston 2024 Unknown English
7784 My Friends Hisham Matar 2024 British Unknown
7785 Close To The Machine Ellen Ullman 1997 American English
7787 Lessons In Chemistry Bonnie Garmus 2022 American English
7788 Cold Enough For Snow Jessica Au 2022 Australian English
7789 Chatham School Affair Thomas Cook 1996 American English
7791 Sandstorms Peter Theroux 1990 American English
7796 Sleepwalking Land Mia Couto 1992 Mozambican Portuguese
7796 In My Father's House Anthony Appiah 1992 Ghanaian English
7799 The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi 2009 American English
7799 Network Effect Martha Wells 2020 American English
7802 Another Brooklyn Jacqueline Woodson 2016 American English
7804 Anno Dracula Kim Newman 1992 British English
7805 Havoc, In Its Third Year Ronan Bennett 2004 Irish English
7806 First They Killed My Father Loung Ung 2000 Cambodian English
7807 Lick Kylie Scott 2013 Australian English
7809 Twilight of the Superheroes Deborah Eisenberg 2006 American English
7812 The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery 2006 French French
7812 The Blind Side of the Heart Julia Franck 2007 German German
7812 Cain José Saramago 2009 Portuguese Portuguese
7812 The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides 2011 American English
7811 The Song Of The Dodo David Quammen 1996 American English
7812 Shrill Lindy West 2016 American English
7817 In My Hands Irene Opdyke 1999 American English
7818 Ties That Bind, Ties That Break Lensey Namioka 1999 American English
7828 Noci, Po Nichž Nepřichází Ráno J. H. Krchovský 1996 Czech Czech
7828 Mezi Oknem, Stolem A Postelí Petr Borkovec 1996 Czech Czech
7830 Purple America Rick Moody 1997 American English
7832 A Spare Life Lidija Dimkovksa 2012 Macedonian Macedonian
7832 Elling Ingvar Ambjørnsen 1996 Norwegian Norwegian
7832 La Larga Marcha Rafael Chirbes 1996 Spanish Spanish
7832 Ein Mann Im Haus Ulla Hahn 1996 German German
7836 Funny Boy Shyam Selvadurai 1994 Sri Lankan English
7837 The Midnight Library Matt Haig 2020 British English
7838 Sag Harbor Colson Whitehead 2009 American English
7839 The Invisible Life Of Addie La Rue V. E. Schwab 2020 American English
7843 Black And Blue Ian Rankin 1997 British English
7844 If Only It Were True Marc Levy 1999 French French
7845 The Accidental Ali Smith 2005 British English
7846 Kingdom Cons Yuri Herrera 2008 Mexican Spanish
7850 The Birth House Ami McKay 2006 Canadian English
7851 Paula Spencer Roddy Doyle 2006 Irish English
7852 Thinking In Pictures Temple Grandin 1995 American English
7853 L'organisation Jean Rolin 1996 French French
7853 La Sorcière Marie NDiaye 1996 French French
7855 Heart, Be At Peace Donal Ryan 2024 Unknown English
7856 Salvation on Sand Mountain Dennis Covington 1995 American English
7857 Autobiography Of Red Anne Carson 1998 Canadian English
7859 Phantom Evil Heather Graham Pozzessere 2011 American English
7859 The Scorpio Races Maggie Stiefvater 2011 American English
7870 The Life Changing Magic Of Numbers Bobby Seagull 2019 British English
7872 The Book Of Whispers Varujan Vosganian 2009 Romanian Romanian
7877 Baumgartner Paul Auster 2023 American English
7878 Forever Peace Joe Haldeman 1997 American English
7878 Blackout/All Clear Connie Willis 2010 American English
7881 Safe Area Joe Sacco 2000 American English
7881 13 Hours Deon Meyer 2008 South African Afrikaans
7883 Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020 Mexican English
7886 Wifedom Anna Funder 2023 Unknown English
7890 The Dog Star Agneta Pleijel 2023 Swedish Swedish
7888 The Courtesan's Daughter Claudia Dain 2007 American English
7888 The Vampire Queen's Servant Joey W. Hill 2007 American English
7891 Love Toni Morrison 2003 American English
7892 Shutter Island Dennis Lehane 2003 American English
7893 Playing God Glenn Colquhoun 2002 New Zealand English
7895 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English