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 Delighting In The Trinity Michael Reeves 2012 British English
17172 The Ragamuffin Gospel Brennan Manning 1990 American English
17172 The Dangers Of Smoking In Bed Mariana Enríquez 2009 Argentinian Spanish
17172 Lie With Me Philippe Besson 2017 French French
17172 Babysitter Joyce Carol Oates 2022 American English
17172 Cleopatra And Frankenstein Coco Mellors 2022 Unknown English
17172 Doppler Erlend Loe 2004 Norwegian Norwegian
17172 Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Bryan Lee O'Malley 2004 Canadian English
17172 We Both Laughed In Pleasure Lou Sullivan 2019 American English
17172 Girl, Interrupted Susanna Kaysen 1993 American English
17172 Margaret Thatcher Charles Moore 2013 British English
17172 Harold Wilson Ben Pimlott 1992 British English
17172 Churchill Roy Jenkins 2001 British English
17172 Jeremy Thorpe Michael Bloch 2006 British English
17172 A View From The Foothills Chris Mullin 2009 British English
17172 House Music Oona King 2008 Unknown Korean
17172 The State We're In Will Hutton 1995 British English
17172 Political Recruitment Pippa Norris 1997 British English
17172 Unjust Rewards Polly Toynbee, David Walker 2008 British English
17172 The End Of The Party Andrew Rawnsley 2010 British English
17172 After The Coalition Kwasi Kwarteng 2011 British English
17172 Islam And The West Bernard Lewis 1993 British English
17172 From The Ruins Of Empire Pankaj Mishra 2012 Indian English
17172 The Endtimes Of Human Rights Stephen Hopgood 2013 British English
17172 The Black Atlantic Paul Gilroy 1993 British English
17172 The History Of White People Nell Irvin Painter 2010 American English
17172 All Out War Tim Shipman 2016 British English
17172 Revolt On The Right Robert Ford, Matthew Goodwin 2014 British English
17172 The Road To Somewhere David Goodhart 2017 British English
17172 Corbyn Richard Seymour 2016 British English
17172 The Magician's Land Lev Grossman 2014 American English
17172 La Belle Sauvage Philip Pullman 2017 British English
17172 I Found Puppets Living In My Apartment Walls Ben Farthing 2021 Unknown English
17172 Coup De Grâce Sofia Ajram 2024 Unknown Unknown
17172 American Rapture C.J. Leede 2024 Unknown Unknown
17172 House Of Bone And Rain Gabino Iglesias 2024 Unknown Unknown
17172 Sacrificial Animals Kailee Pedersen 2024 Unknown Unknown
17172 Fever House Keith Rosson 2023 Unknown English
17172 Natural Beauty Ling Ling Huang 2023 Unknown English
17172 Bad Cree Jessica Johns 2023 Unknown English
17172 White Horse Erika T. Wurth 2022 Unknown English
17172 Our Wives Under The Sea Julia Armfield 2022 British English
17172 To Rouse Leviathan Matt Cardin 2019 American English
17172 Philosophy Of Science Samir Okasha 2002 British English
17172 A Closed And Common Orbit Becky Chambers 2016 American English
17172 Bonk Mary Roach 2008 American English
17172 Dark Archives Megan Rosenbloom 2020 Unknown English
17172 Kings Of The Wyld Nicholas Eames 2017 Canadian English
17172 The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires Grady Hendrix 2020 American English
17172 The Return Rachel Harrison 2020 Unknown English
17172 Vicious V. E. Schwab 2013 American English
17172 The Woman In Me Britney Spears 2023 American English
17172 Fool Moon Jim Butcher 2001 American English
17172 On Bullshit Harry G. Frankfurt 2005 American English
17172 The Mysterious Flame Of Queen Loana Umberto Eco 2004 Italian Italian
17172 The Last Days Of Jack Sparks Jason Arnopp 2016 British English
17172 Red Seas Under Red Skies Scott Lynch 2007 American English
17172 Lexicon Max Barry 2013 Australian English
17172 Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls David Sedaris 2013 American English
17172 Eleanor & Park Rainbow Rowell 2012 American English
17172 The Weird And The Eerie Mark Fisher 2016 British English
17172 The Diviners Libba Bray 2012 American English
17172 Blindsight Peter Watts 2006 Canadian English
17172 The Labyrinth Of The Spirits Carlos Ruiz Zafon 2016 Spanish Spanish
17172 North American Lake Monsters Nathan Ballingrud 2013 American English
17172 This Book Is Full Of Spiders David Wong 2012 American English
17172 The Conspiracy Against The Human Race Thomas Ligotti 2010 American English
17172 Johannes Cabal The Necromancer Jonathan L. Howard 2009 British English
17172 The Non Designer's Design Book Robin P. Williams 1994 American English
17172 Learned Optimism Martin E.P. Seligman 1990 American English
17172 Spook Mary Roach 2005 American English
17172 Chocolat Joanne Harris 1999 British English
17172 Five Quarters Of The Orange Joanne Harris 2001 British English
17172 Summerwater Sarah Moss 2020 British English
17172 Made In America Bill Bryson 1994 American English
17172 The Good Man Jesus And The Scoundrel Christ Philip Pullman 2010 British English
17172 Sacré Bleu Christopher Moore 2012 American English
17172 In The Name Of The Family Sarah Dunant 2017 British English
17172 Galveston Nic Pizzolatto 2010 American English
17172 The Dante Club Matthew Pearl 2003 American English
17172 An Unquiet Mind Kay Redfield Jamison 1995 American English
17172 Aurora Kim Stanley Robinson 2015 American English
17172 Ajin Gamon Sakurai, Tsuina Miura 2012 Japanese Japanese
17172 Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage 村上春樹 2013 Japanese Japanese
17172 A Girl Is A Body Of Water Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi 2020 Ugandan English
17172 Willful Child Steven Erikson 2014 Canadian English
17172 Black Snake Katherine Wiltenburg Todrys 2021 Unknown English
17172 Sharks In The Rivers Ada Limón 2010 American English
17172 The Carrying Ada Limón 2018 American English
17172 Radicalized Cory Doctorow 2019 Canadian English
17172 The Actual Star Monica Byrne 2021 American English
17172 Memorial Alice Oswald 2011 British English
17172 Fox 8 George Saunders 2013 American English
17172 Ishmael Daniel Quinn 1992 American English
17172 Art And Fear David Bayles 1993 American English
17172 Give My Regards To Eighth Street Morton Feldman 2000 American English
17172 Hell Followed With Us Paperback 6 Copy Pre Pack Andrew Joseph White 2022 Unknown English
17172 The Wandering Earth Cixin Liu 2013 Chinese Chinese
17172 Dear Evan Hansen : The Novel Free Preview Edition Justin Paul, Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek, Val Emmich 2018 American English
17172 To The Hoop Ira Berkow 1997 American English
17172 The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin 2018 American English
17172 The Serpent Of Venice Christopher Moore 2014 American English
17172 My Friend Dahmer Derf Backderf 2012 American English
17172 The Story Of A New Name Elena Ferrante 2012 Italian Italian
17172 Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage Haruki Murakami 2013 Japanese Japanese
17172 The Creative Act Rick Rubin 2023 American English
17172 These Precious Days Ann Patchett 2021 American English
17172 Drawdown Paul Hawken 2017 American English
17172 When Nietzsche Wept Irvin D. Yalom 1992 American English
17172 The Joy Of X Steven H. Strogatz 2012 American English
17172 Algorithms To Live By Brian Christian 2016 American English
17172 The Course Of Love Alain de Botton 2016 British English
17172 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17172 The Life You Can Save Peter Singer 2009 Australian English
17172 $2.00 A Day Kathryn J. Edin 2015 American English
17172 The Comfort Book Matt Haig 2021 British English
17172 The Dream Machine M. Mitchell Waldrop 2001 Unknown English
17172 The Morning Star Karl Ove Knausgård 2020 Norwegian Norwegian
17172 Cold Crematorium József Debreczeni 2024 Unknown English
17172 I Heard Her Call My Name Lucy Sante 2024 Unknown English