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
8144 Simple Stories Ingo Schulze 1998 German German
8144 Vor Uns Die Sintflut Urs Widmer 1998 Swiss German
8156 Crush Richard Siken 2005 American English
8159 Out Of Mao’s Shadow Philip P. Pan 2008 Unknown English
8162 Born Confused Tanuja Desai Hidier 2002 American English
8163 The Girl Who Played With Fire Stieg Larsson 2006 Swedish Swedish
8164 Loving A Lost Lord Mary Jo Putney 2009 American English
8164 To Catch A Bride Anne Gracie 2009 Australian English
8167 In A State Of Memory Tununa Mercado 1990 Argentinian Spanish
8169 One Day In December Josie Silver 2018 British English
8168 Returning To Reims Didier Eribon 2009 French French
8171 A Long Way Down Nick Hornby 2005 British English
8170 The Truth Commissioner David Park 2008 Irish English
8173 Ladrón De Lunas Isaac Montero 1990 Spanish Spanish
8172 The Double José Saramago 2002 Portuguese
8174 Life Keith Richards 2010 British English
8177 Cuando Ya No Importe Juan Carlos Onetti 1993 Uruguayan Spanish
8184 Alberta empfängt einen Liebhaber Birgit Vanderbeke 2023 German German
8183 Dead Time Eleanor Taylor Bland 1992 American English
8185 Blacklands Belinda Bauer 2010 British English
8186 One Step Behind Henning Mankell 1997 Swedish Swedish
8188 Questions Of Travel Michelle de Kretser 2012 Australian English
8191 The Fisherman John Langan 2016 American English
8192 Temblor Rosa Montero 1990 Spanish Spanish
8193 The Order Of Time Carlo Rovelli 2017 Italian Italian
8195 Ghosts César Aira 1990 Argentinian Spanish
8197 Against The Inquisition Marco Aguinis 1991 Argentine Spanish
8196 The Living Beach Silver Donald Cameron 1998 Canadian English
8200 Ploile Amare Alexandru Vlad 2011 Romanian Romanian
8200 Acasă, pe Cîmpia Armaghedonului Marta Petreu 2011 Romanian Romanian
8202 Suikoden Series Kenzo Kitakata 2000 Japanese Japanese
8203 4.48 Psychosis Sarah Kane 2000 British English
8203 Insomnia Drawings Louise Bourgeois 2000 Unknown English
8203 The Day I Wasn't There Hélène Cixous 2000 French French
8206 Waking the Moon Elizabeth Hand, Elisabeth Hand 1994 American English
8207 My Life Bill Clinton 2004 American English
8210 The Thirteenth Tale Diane Setterfield 2006 British English
8211 China Shakes The World James Kynge 2006 British English
8212 Dark Emu Bruce Pascoe 2014 Australian English
8213 Landscape Of Farewell Alex Miller 2007 Australian English
8216 Green Mars Kim Stanley Robinson 1993 American English
8217 Rum River Raymond Fraser 1997 Canadian English
8219 Rok Perel Zuzana Brabcová 2000 Czech Czech
8221 The Heart In Winter Kevin Barry 2024 Irish English
8222 Tombstone Yang Jisheng 2008 Chinese Chinese
8223 Island Alistair MacLeod 2000 Canadian English
8224 Ordinary Human Failings Megan Nolan 2024 Irish English
8225 The Lincoln Highway Amor Towles 2021 American English
8226 The Best Minds Jonathan Rosen 2023 Unknown English
8227 We Are Legion Dennis E. Taylor 2016 Unknown English
8227 Unsouled Will Wight 2016 American English
8229 The Rose Of Time Bei Dao 2005 Chinese Chinese
8231 Frankenstein In Baghdad Ahmed Saadawi 2013 Iraqi Arabic
8230 Solito Javier Zamora 2022 Unknown English
8232 China Susan Shirk 2007 Unknown English
8233 The Unabomber Manifesto Theodore Kaczynski 1995 American English
8234 The Promised Land Nicholas Lemann 1991 American English
8234 U and I Nicholson Baker 1991 American English
8234 Beyond The Mask, Race, Gender And Identity Amina Mama 1995 British English
8237 Strange Heaven Lynn Coady 1998 Canadian English
8239 Beach Read Emily Henry 2020 American English
8240 Nineteen Seventy Seven David Peace 2000 British English
8240 How The Dead Live Will Self 2000 British English
8242 Bronze And Sunflower Cao Wenxuan 2005 Chinese English
8243 19 Knives Mark Anthony Jarman 1997 Canadian English
8244 Bully For Brontosaurus Stephen Jay Gould 1991 American English
8246 The Man Awakened From Dreams Henrietta Harrison 2005 Unknown English
8249 Always Unreliable Clive James 2001 British English
8250 Funny in Farsi Firoozeh Dumas 2003 Iranian English
8252 Serve The People! Yan Lianke 2005 Chinese Chinese
8254 Ghost Light Joseph O'Connor 2010 Irish English
8255 In The Country Of Men Hisham Matar 2006 British English
8256 The Kraken King Meljean Brook 2014 American English
8257 Someone Knows My Name Lawrence Hill 2007 Canadian English
8258 Strangers In Their Own Land Arlie Russell Hochschild 2016 American English
8260 Trespasses Louise Kennedy 2022 Irish English
8261 Diccionario Sánscrito Español Oscar Pujol 2011 Spanish Spanish
8261 The Poetry Of Thought George Steiner 2011 British English
8268 A Caribbean Heiress In Paris Adriana Herrera 2022 American English
8268 Before I Let Go Kennedy Ryan 2022 American English
8268 Honey And Spice Bolu Babalola 2022 British English
8268 The Dead Romantics Ashley Poston 2022 American English
8268 That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon Kimberly Lemming 2022 American English
8268 You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty Akwaeke Emezi 2022 Nigerian English
8268 The Bodyguard Katherine Center 2022 American English
8264 Rosie Carpe & Hilda Marie NDiaye 2001 French French
8277 Love And Summer William Trevor 2009 Irish English
8279 The Authoritarian Dynamic Karen Stenner 2005 American English
8278 Solace Belinda McKeon 2011 Irish English
8285 Nowhere Man Aleksandar Hemon 2002 Bosnian English
8285 The Other Side Of Desire Daniel Bergner 2009 American English
8287 The Last Days Of Old Beijing Michael Meyer 2008 Unknown English
8291 Feminism Is For Everybody bell hooks 2000 American English
8292 Crónica De Un Iniciado Abelardo Castillo 1991 Argentinian Spanish
8290 They Will Drown In Their Mother’s Tears Johannes Anyuru 2017 Swedish Swedish
8293 Fredman's Epistles Carl Michael Bellman 1999 Swedish Swedish
8293 Die Gesellschaft Der Gesellschaft Niklas Luhmann 1999 German German
8293 The Author Of Himself Marcel Reich-Ranicki 1999 German German
8296 La Guerra De Galio Héctor Aguilar Camín 1991 Mexican Spanish
8297 Alec: The Years Have Pants Eddie Campbell 2008 British English
8299 Empire Of Pain Patrick Radden Keefe 2021 American English
8300 Khwabnama Akhtaruzzaman Elias 1996 Bangladeshi Bengali
8298 Kokuhaku Kō Machida 2005 Japanese Japanese
8301 Lizard Tails Juan Marsé 2004 Spanish Spanish
8303 The Secret Life Of Bees Sue Monk Kidd 2001 American English
8304 Celý život Jan Zábrana 2001 Czech Czech
8305 The Ghost Riders Of Ordebec Fred Vargas 2011 French French
8306 When Death Comes Stealing Valerie Wilson Wesley 1994 American English
8308 A Life In The Twentieth Century Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr 2000 American English
8309 How The Light Gets In M. J. Hyland 2003 Australian English
8311 Nixonland Rick Perlstein 2008 American English
8312 A Marriage At Sea Sophie Elmhirst 2024 British English
8314 Vigilia Del Almirante Augusto Roa Bastos 1992 Paraguayan Spanish
8317 Subterranean James Rollins 1999 American English
8315 The Bottoms Joe R. Lansdale 2000 American English
8315 Last Seen In Massilia Steven Saylor 2000 American English
8318 Moon Called Patricia Briggs 2006 Unknown English
8319 The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart 2007 American English
8322 The Truth Terry Pratchett 2000 British English
8320 A Brief History Of Everything Ken Wilber 1996 American English