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
9655 The Memory Chalet Tony Judt 2010 British English
9656 The Dinner Herman Koch 2009 Dutch Dutch
9657 The People's Republic Of Amnesia Louisa Lim 2014 Unknown English
9658 Terror Y Utopía Karl Schlögel 2018 German German
9659 Rachel, Monique… Sophie Calle 2012 French French
9661 F Letter Galina Rymbu, Eugene Ostashevsky, Ainsley Morse 2021 Russian Russian
9661 The King Of The Rattling Spirits Miha Mazzini 2021 Slovenian Slovenian
9674 Frozen Moment Camilla Ceder 2010 Swedish Swedish
9674 Blue Lightning Ann Cleeves 2010 British English
9674 Strange Shores Arnaldur Indriðason 2010 Icelandic Icelandic
9674 Heartstone C. J. Sansom 2010 British English
9661 Brehm's Life Of Animals Alfred Edmund Brehm 2015 German German
9661 The Silk Road Sven Hedin 2012 Swedish Swedish
9661 The Messiah Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock 2012 German German
9661 Schubumkehr Robert Menasse 2013 Austrian German
9661 De Architectura Vitruvius 2016 Roman Latin
9678 Easy Reading Cristina Morales 2018 Spanish Spanish
9681 Gone Baby Gone Dennis Lehane 1998 American English
9682 Ordesa Manuel Vilas 2018 Spanish Spanish
9686 The Englishwoman's Diary Harriet Blodgett 1994 American English
9686 The Oxford Book Of Comic Verse John Gross 1994 British English
9686 Broken Glass Arthur Miller 1994 American English
9689 Leftover Women Leta Hong Fincher 2014 Unknown English
9691 Development As Freedom Amartya Sen 1999 Indian English
9691 The Code Book Simon Singh 1999 British English
9691 In Siberia Colin Thubron 1999 British English
9697 The Wordhord Hana Videen 2021 Unknown English
9698 When Red Is Black Qiu Xiaolong 2004 Chinese English
9700 The Beautiful Country And The Middle Kingdom John Pomfret 2016 American English
9701 The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes Langston Hughes 1994 American English
9705 Extra Lives Tom Bissell 2010 American English
9701 The Information James Gleick 2011 American English
9703 Beasts Made Of Night Tochi Onyebuchi 2017 American English
9703 The Black Tides Of Heaven Neon Yang 2017 Singaporean English
9706 Astonishing the Gods Ben Okri 1995 Nigerian English
9713 Hell Divers Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2016 American English
9713 The Dispatcher John Scalzi 2016 American English
9713 Katherine Of Aragon Alison Weir 2016 British English
9713 Cake J. Bengtsson 2016 Unknown English
9717 Eros Is More Juan Antonio González Iglesias 2018 Spanish Spanish
9722 Tales of H. P. Lovecraft H. P. Lovecraft 1997 American English
9724 The Terminal Experiment Robert J. Sawyer 1995 Canadian English
9724 The Moon and the Sun Vonda N. McIntyre 1997 American English
9728 Outlaw Culture bell hooks 1994 American English
9724 Someone You Can Build A Nest In John Wiswell 2024 Unknown English
9721 Inside Kenneth J. Harvey 2006 Canadian English
9730 The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle David Wroblewski 2008 American English
9729 실격당한 자들을 위한 변론 김원영 2018 Korean Korean
9731 Gagner La Guerre Jean-Philippe Jaworski 2009 French French
9732 Wait Five Minutes Shelley Ingram, Willow G. Mullins 2019 Unknown English
9734 The Hard Way Lee Child 2006 British English
9733 Una Novela China César Aira 2001 Argentinian Spanish
9735 Europe Central William T. Vollmann 2005 American English
9743 Crime Ferdinand Von Schirach 2009 German German
9744 The Fire Starters Jan Carson 2019 Irish English
9745 June Rain Jabbour Douaihy 2006 Lebanese Arabic
9755 Talking From 9 To 5 Deborah Tannen 1994 American English
9756 Darkness Spoken Ingeborg Bachmann 2006 Austrian German
9758 Annals of the Former World John McPhee 1998 American English
9758 Carry Me Home Diane McWhorter 2001 American English
9758 The Years of Extermination Saul Friedlander 2007 Israeli English
9758 The Dead Hand David Hoffman 2009 American English
9764 The Armies Evelio Rosero 2007 Colombian Spanish
9765 Show Them A Good Time Nicole Flattery 2019 Irish English
9767 Shadowplay Joseph O'Connor 2019 Irish English
9766 When The Earth Was Flat Raymond Fraser 2007 Canadian English
9770 Un Attieké Pour Elgass Tierno Monenembo 2021 French French
9771 The Narrow Land Christine Dwyer Hickey 2019 Irish English
9773 Animal Money Michael Cisco 2015 American English
9772 Blackwater Kerstin Ekman 1993 Swedish Swedish
9774 The Night Bookmobile Audrey Niffenegger 2010 American English
9774 In A Strange Room Damon Galgut 2010 South African English
9776 Democracy For Realists Christopher H. Achen, Larry Bartels 2016 American English
9776 Racial Realignment Eric Schickler 2016 American English
9778 Women Talking Miriam Toews 2018 Canadian English
9782 A Ghost In The Throat Doireann Ní Ghríofa 2020 Irish English
9784 Seeing José Saramago 2004 Portuguese Portuguese
9785 The Romantic Agenda Claire Kann 2022 Unknown English
9785 Kiss Her Once For Me Alison Cochrun 2022 Unknown English
9785 Partners In Crime Alisha Rai 2022 Unknown English
9785 Chef’s Kiss TJ Alexander 2022 Unknown English
9785 Next To You Hannah Bonam-Young 2022 Unknown English
9785 Dead Collections Isaac Fellman 2022 Unknown English
9785 D'vaughn And Kris Plan A Wedding Chencia C. Higgins 2022 Unknown English
9785 The Undertaking Of Hart And Mercy Megan Bannen 2022 Unknown English
9793 The Friends Of Meager Fortune David Adams Richards 2006 Canadian English
9797 We Pierce Andrew Huebner 2002 American English
9800 Minion L. A. Banks 2003 American English
9803 No Friend But The Mountains Behrouz Boochani 2018 Unknown Persian
9803 Blak Work Alison Whittaker 2018 Australian English
9803 Axiomatic Maria Tumarkin 2018 Australian English
9803 The Shepherd's Hut Tim Winton 2018 Australian English
9807 Long Way Down Jason Reynolds 2017 American English
9807 Dear Martin Nic Stone 2017 American English
9809 The Obelisk Gate N. K. Jemisin 2016 American English
9810 America, América Greg Grandin 2009 Unknown English
9811 The Childhood Of Jesus J. M. Coetzee 2013 South African English
9811 Journal Julie Delporte 2013 Unknown French
9814 In The Country Of Country Nicholas Dawidoff 1997 American English
9814 No Mercy Redmond O'Hanlon 1997 British English
9814 Skating To Antarctica Jenny Diski 1997 British English
9813 The Custodian Of Paradise Wayne Johnston 2006 Canadian English
9817 Possible Worlds Of The Fantastic Nancy H. Trail 1995 American Unknown
9817 The Supernatural Index Mike Ashley 1995 British English
9817 The Panic Hand Jonathan Carroll 1995 American English
9817 The Well Jack Cady 1995 American English
9821 The Forty Rules of Love Elif Shafak 2009 Turkish Turkish
9822 The Way To Paradise Mario Vargas Llosa 2003 Peruvian Spanish
9823 The Precipice Toby Ord 2020 British English
9825 Alex Pierre Lemaitre 2011 French French
9825 The Frozen Dead Bernard Minier 2011 French French
9825 The Collini Case Ferdinand Von Schirach 2011 German German
9824 Mean Boy Lynn Coady 2006 Canadian English
9828 City Of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009 American English
9829 The Opposite Of A Person Lieke Marsman 2017 Dutch Dutch
9830 Tristano Dies Antonio Tabucchi 2004 Italian Italian
9833 Country Girl Edna O'Brien 2012 Irish English
9834 Sea of Poppies Amitav Ghosh 2008 Indian English
9835 Barney's Version Mordecai Richler 1997 Canadian English
9836 The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley Hannah Tinti 2017 American English