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
17172 My Father, My Monster McIntosh Polela 2011 Unknown English
17172 Eight Days In September Frank Chikane 2012 South African English
17172 Endings & Beginnings Redi Tlhabi 2012 South African English
17172 Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman 2017 British English
17172 The Golden Key Melanie Rawn 1996 American English
17172 The Nurture Assumption Judith Rich Harris 1998 American English
17172 36 Arguments For The Existence Of God Rebecca Goldstein 2010 American English
17172 Atrocities Matthew White 2011 Unknown English
17172 Clear And Simple As The Truth Francis-Noël Thomas 1996 Unknown English
17172 Whole Earth Discipline Stewart Brand 2009 American English
17172 The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant Eric Jorgenson 2020 American English
17172 Company Of One Paul Jarvis 2019 Canadian English
17172 The 4 Hour Work Week Timothy Ferriss 2007 American English
17172 Quicksilver Callie Hart 2023 Unknown English
17172 Vengeful V. E. Schwab 2018 American English
17172 The Family Experiment John Marrs 2023 British English
17172 The Stillwater Girls Minka Kent 2019 American English
17172 Artificial Condition Martha Wells 2018 American English
17172 Life And Death Are Wearing Me Out Yan Mo 2006 Chinese Chinese
17172 Delirium Lauren Oliver 2011 American English
17172 'I' Wolfgang Hilbig 1993 German German
17172 Animal Triste Monika Maron 1996 German German
17172 Midsummer Night Uwe Timm 1997 German German
17172 Agnes Peter Stamm 1998 Swiss German
17172 Lost Hans-Ulrich Treichel 1998 German German
17172 The Tortoises Veza Canetti 1999 Unknown German
17172 The Shadow Boxing Woman Inka Parei 1999 German German
17172 Mrs Sartoris Elke Schmitter 2001 German German
17172 The Architects Stefan Heym 2000 German German
17172 Berlin Blues Sven Regener 2001 German German
17172 The Swimmer Zsuzsa Bánk 2002 German German
17172 Young Light Ralf Rothmann 2004 German German
17172 How The Soldier Repairs The Gramophone Saša Stanišić 2006 German German
17172 Babylon Berlin Volker Kutscher 2008 German German
17172 Broken Glass Park Alina Bronsky 2008 German German
17172 A Minute's Silence Siegfried Lenz 2008 German German
17172 The Method Juli Zeh 2009 German German
17172 An Exclusive Love Johanna Adorján 2009 German German
17172 Apostoloff Sibylle Lewitscharoff 2009 German German
17172 Summer Resort Esther Kinsky 2011 German German
17172 In Times Of Fading Light Eugen Ruge 2011 German German
17172 The Giraffe's Neck Judith Schalansky 2011 German German
17172 Atlas Of An Anxious Man Christoph Ransmayr 2016 Austrian German
17172 Bricks And Mortar Clemens Meyer 2006 German German
17172 A Whole Life Robert Seethaler 2014 Austrian German
17172 This House Is Mine Dörte Hansen 2015 German German
17172 Hooligan Philipp Winkler 2016 German German
17172 Blood And Thunder Hampton Sides 2006 American English
17172 The One Device Brian Merchant 2017 American English
17172 Tales From Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin 2001 American English
17172 The Monk Of Mokha Dave Eggers 2018 American English
17172 Don't Waste Your Life John Piper 2003 American English
17172 The Stranger In The Woods Michael Finkel 2017 American English
17172 Colonel Roosevelt Edmund Morris 2010 American English
17172 To The Last Man Jeff Shaara 2004 American English
17172 Gone For Soldiers Jeff Shaara 2000 American English
17172 The Miracle Of Castel Di Sangro Joe McGinniss 1999 American English
17172 Give Unto Others Donna Leon 2022 American English
17172 Uniform Justice Donna Leon 2003 American English
17172 The Man In The Red Coat Julian Barnes 2019 British English
17172 The Measure Nikki Erlick 2022 Unknown English
17172 The Paris Wife Paula McLain 2011 American English
17172 Where They Last Saw Her Marcie R. Rendon 2024 Unknown Unknown
17172 The Sequel Jean Hanff Korelitz 2024 American English
17172 Munich Robert Harris 2017 British English
17172 Death At The Sign Of The Rook Kate Atkinson 2024 Unknown Unknown
17172 The Marriage Portrait Maggie O'Farrell 2022 British English
17172 Anita De Monte Laughs Last Xóchitl González 2024 Unknown Unknown
17172 Things We Lost To The Water Eric Nguyen 2021 Unknown English
17172 Turn Right At Machu Picchu Mark Adams 2011 American English
17172 The Great Escape Saket Soni 2023 Unknown English
17172 Not Even The Dead Juan Gómez Bárcena 2023 Spanish Spanish
17172 Bright Young Women Jessica Knoll 2023 Unknown English
17172 Between Two Kingdoms Suleika Jaouad 2021 Unknown English
17172 Funny Girl Nick Hornby 2014 British English
17172 We Are The Middle Of Forever Dahr Jamail 2022 Unknown English
17172 The Lost Journals Of Sacajewea Debra Magpie Earling 2023 Unknown English
17172 The Climate Book Greta Thunberg 2022 Swedish English
17172 An Uneasy Inheritance Polly Toynbee 2023 British English
17172 Wandering Souls Cecile Pin 2023 Unknown English
17172 A House For Alice Diana Evans 2023 British English
17172 In An Antique Land Amitav Ghosh 1992 Indian English
17172 Our Missing Hearts Celeste Ng 2022 American English
17172 How To Stop Time Matt Haig 2017 British English
17172 The Patron Saint Of Liars Ann Patchett 1992 American English
17172 Harlem Shuffle Colson Whitehead 2021 American English
17172 When The Stars Go Dark Paula McLain 2021 American English
17172 The Secret Place Tana French 2014 Irish English
17172 The Wych Elm Tana French 2018 Irish English
17172 The Searcher Tana French 2020 Irish English
17172 Broken Harbor Tana French 2012 Irish English
17172 Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird Christopher Sergel 1990 American English
17172 Still Alice Lisa Genova 2007 American English
17172 The Boy Tami Hoag 2018 American English
17172 Bad Luck And Trouble Lee Child 2007 British English
17172 Memory Man David Baldacci 2015 American English
17172 The Perfume Collector Kathleen Tessaro 2013 Unknown English
17172 Secret Daughter Shilpi Somaya Gowda 2010 Unknown English
17172 What Alice Forgot Liane Moriarty 2009 Australian English
17172 Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008 British English
17172 The Book Of Lost Things John Connolly 2006 Irish English
17172 The Diving Bell And The Butterfly Jean-Dominique Bauby 1997 French French
17172 About A Boy Nick Hornby 1998 British English
17172 Gone Michael Grant 2008 American English
17172 Rachel's Holiday Marian Keyes 1997 Irish English
17172 Horus Rising Dan Abnett 2006 British English
17172 Das Flüstern Der Feigenbäume Elif Shafak 2023 Turkish German
17172 Amygdalatropolis B.R. Yeager 2016 Unknown English
17172 Im Wasser Sind Wir Schwerelos Tomasz Jedrowski 2020 Unknown German
17172 Three Days Of Happiness Sugaru Miaki 2013 Japanese Japanese
17172 Hellboy, Vol. 1 Mike Mignola 1994 American English
17172 The Words That Remain Stênio Gardel 2020 Brazilian Portuguese
17172 Love Is A Mix Tape Rob Sheffield 2007 American English
17172 Marina Carlos Ruiz Zafon 1999 Spanish Spanish
17172 Hppy Nicola Barker 2017 British English
17172 The Factory Hiroko Oyamada 2013 Japanese Japanese
17172 Into The Forest Jean Hegland 1996 American English
17172 The Way We Never Were Stephanie Countz 1992 Unknown English
17172 Peaceland Séverine Autesserre 2014 Unknown English
17172 Against Everything Mark Greif 2016 American English