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
7897 Dangerous Laughter Steven Millhauser 2008 American English
7898 The Night Watch Sarah Waters 2006 British English
7900 Spreadeagle Kevin Killian 2012 American English
7900 The Gentrification of the Mind Sarah Schulman 2012 American English
7900 Capital John Lanchester 2012 British English
7903 The House in the Cerulean Sea Tj Klune 2020 American English
7899 The Great Alone Kristin Hannah 2018 American English
7904 Locking Up Our Own James Forman 2017 American English
7909 The Lincoln Lawyer Michael Connelly 2005 American English
7908 That Deadman Dance Kim Scott 2010 Australian English
7915 Spring Flowers, Spring Frost Ismail Kadare 2000 Albanian Albanian
7915 The Devil and Miss Prym Paulo Coelho 2000 Brazilian Portuguese
7915 Musicophilia Oliver Sacks 2007 British English
7915 The Braindead Megaphone George Saunders 2007 American English
7915 How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read Pierre Bayard 2007 French French
7910 Bad Day In Blackrock Kevin Power 2008 Irish English
7920 Red Rising Pierce Brown 2014 American English
7920 Mr. Mercedes Stephen King 2014 American English
7923 Uprooted Naomi Novik 2015 American English
7922 Small Mercies Dennis Lehane 2023 American English
7928 Autobiographie De Mon Pere Pierre Pachet 1997 French French
7932 The Judas Child Carol O'Connell 1998 American English
7930 Winterwood Patrick McCabe 2006 Irish English
7929 Abundance Ezra Klein 2025 American English
7934 Mr. China Tim Clissold 2004 British English
7935 Fever And Spear Javier Marias 2002 Spanish Spanish
7937 Absolute Power David Baldacci 1996 American English
7937 Acqua Alta Donna Leon 1996 Italian English
7937 The Keys To The Street Ruth Rendell 1996 British English
7942 Phantom Pain Wings Kim Hye-soon 2019 Korean Korean
7945 Death In Summer William Trevor 1998 Irish English
7945 The Hanging Garden Ian Rankin 1998 British English
7948 The Kingdom, The Power, And The Glory Tim Alberta 2024 Unknown English
7952 The Wide Wide Sea Hampton Sides 2024 Unknown English
7949 George & Rue George Elliott Clarke 2005 Canadian English
7957 The House Gun Nadine Gordimer 1997 South African English
7957 Das Frühstücksei. Gesammelte Dramatische Geschichten Loriot 1997 German German
7959 La Casa De La Fuerza Angélica Liddell 2009 Spanish Spanish
7961 The Starr Report Kenneth W. Starr 1998 American English
7964 Nothing Is True And Everything Is Possible Peter Pomerantsev 2014 British English
7962 Tenderwire Claire Kilroy 2006 Irish English
7976 Kayang And Me Kim Scott 2005 Australian English
7977 Trust Exercise Susan Choi 2019 American English
7979 Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 2018 American English
7980 Berta Isla Javier Marias 2017 Spanish Spanish
7981 The Man Who Loved Only Numbers Paul Hoffman 1998 American English
7982 Ruahine Ngahuia Te Awekotuku 2003 Unknown English
7984 The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman 2013 British English
7983 The Rocky Shore Jenny Bornholdt 2009 New Zealand English
7985 B. Proudew Irena Dousková 1998 Czech Czech
7988 The Poet Michael Connelly 1996 American English
7990 Vie Secrète Pascal Quignard 1998 French French
7991 Greta And Valdin Rebecca K Reilly 2021 Unknown English
7994 A Relative Stranger Charles Baxter 1990 American English
7997 Amiable With Big Teeth Claude McKay 2017 American English
7998 Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz 2016 British English
7999 Journey To Diaspora Seo Kyung-sik 2006 Unknown Korean
7999 The Great Transformation Karen Armstrong 2006 British English
8001 Fragmentos De Un Libro Futuro José Ángel Valente 2000 Spanish Spanish
8002 La Visita En El Tiempo Arturo Uslar Pietri 1990 Venezuelan Spanish
8004 Play Their Hearts Out George Dohrmann 2010 American English
8005 There Are Little Kingdoms Kevin Barry 2007 Irish English
8006 On The Move Oliver Sacks 2015 British English
8021 The Rise And Fall Of American Growth Robert J. Gordon 2016 American English
8019 Mirrors Eduardo Galeano 2008 Uruguayan Spanish
8020 The Story Of A Heart Rachel Clarke 2024 Unknown English
8022 Loved And Missed Susie Boyt 2023 British English
8025 Gender Outlaw Kate Bornstein 1994 American English
8026 The Dew Breaker Edwidge Danticat 2004 American English
8029 The Vagina Monologues Eve Ensler 1996 American English
8030 Falling Man Don DeLillo 2007 American English
8031 Walk The Blue Fields Claire Keegan 2007 Irish English
8049 The 10pm Question Kate De Goldi 2008 New Zealand English
8050 Red Queen Victoria Aveyard 2015 American English
8051 Rita Angus Jill Trevelyan 2008 New Zealand English
8053 Neon Gods Katee Robert 2021 American English
8057 Cutting The Rose Efua Doorkenoo 1994 Ghanaian English
8059 The Dragon Republic R. F. Kuang 2019 American English
8060 Maniac Benjamin Labatut 2023 Chilean Spanish
8063 The Future Is History Masha Gessen 2017 Russian English
8062 Santo Oficio De La Memoria Mempo Giardinelli 1991 Argentinian Spanish
8061 The Anarchy William Dalrymple 2019 British English
8065 Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt 2022 American English
8064 A Paradise Built In Hell Rebecca Solnit 2009 American English
8067 Bunny Mona Awad 2019 Canadian English
8068 All That She Carried Tiya Miles 2021 American English
8071 Gaff Topsails Patrick Kavanagh 1996 Canadian English
8069 Minor Angels Antoine Volodine 1999 French French
8072 Taipei Tao Lin 2013 American English
8073 How To Do Nothing Jenny Odell 2019 American English
8074 Chronic City Jonathan Lethem 2009 American English
8076 The Mighty Walzer Howard Jacobson 1999 British English
8076 My New York Diary Julie Doucet 1999 Canadian English
8076 The Blackwater Lightship Colm Toibin 1999 Irish English
8076 The Map Of Love Ahdaf Soueif 1999 Egyptian English
8076 The Seven Churches Miloš Urban 1999 Czech Czech
8076 The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead David Shields 2008 American English
8076 Nurture Shock Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman 2008 American English
8076 The Great Derangement Matt Taibbi 2008 American English
8091 Paris Nocturne Patrick Modiano 2003 French French
8090 Approaching The End Gerard Reve 1993 Dutch Dutch
8094 Nixon And Mao Margaret MacMillan 2005 Canadian English
8095 The Dictionary Of Lost Words Pip Williams 2020 Australian English
8097 The Invisible Woman Claire Tomalin 1990 British English
8096 Molly Fox’s Birthday Deirdre Madden 2008 Irish English
8099 Day A. L. Kennedy 2007 British English
8101 How Not To Die Michael Greger, Gene Stone 2015 American English
8101 The Gates Of Europe Serhii Plokhy 2015 Ukrainian English
8104 A Salt-flowered Tree Kim Jin-sook 2007 Korean Korean
8105 Northern Girls Sheng Keyi 2004 Chinese Chinese
8106 O Miki Liukkonen 2017 Finnish Finnish
8144 Carbide Andriy Lyubka 2014 Ukrainian Ukrainian
8144 Walker On Water Kristiina Ehin 2014 Estonian Estonian
8144 Night Circus And Other Stories Ursula Kovalyk 2014 Slovak Unknown
8144 Alindarka’s Children Alhierld Bakharevich 2014 Belarusian Belarusian
8144 Jerusalem Commands Michael Moorcock 1992 British English
8144 Down Girl Kate Manne 2017 American English
8144 Suspicious River Laura Kasischke 1999 American English
8144 Secrets Nuruddin Farah 1998 Somali English
8144 Society Without The Father Unknown 1998 Unknown German