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
17150 The Antagonist Lynn Coady 2011 Canadian English
17150 Neither Here Nor There Bill Bryson 1992 American English
17150 Mad Ship Robin Hobb 1999 American English
17150 Girls In White Dresses Jennifer Close 2011 American English
17150 The Expats Chris Pavone 2012 American English
17150 Trans Atlantic Colum McCann 2013 Irish English
17150 When You Are Engulfed In Flames David Sedaris 2008 American English
17150 Sputnik Sweetheart Haruki Murakami 2001 Japanese Japanese
17150 Run Ann Patchett 2007 American English
17150 Skinny Dip Carl Hiaasen 2004 American English
17150 Helen Of Troy Margaret George 2006 American English
17150 My Year Of Meat Ruth Ozeki 1998 American English
17150 The Stupidest Angel Christopher Moore 2004 American English
17150 The Penultimate Peril Lemony Snicket 2005 American English
17150 Royal Assassin Robin Hobb 1997 American English
17150 The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists Gideon Defoe 2004 British English
17150 Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles Margaret George 1992 American English
17150 Politics On The Edge Rory Stewart 2023 British English
17150 The Secret Public Jon Savage 2024 Unknown English
17150 I Was There Alan Edwards 2024 Unknown English
17150 On Leadership Tony Blair 2024 British English
17150 There And Back: Diaries 1999 2009 Michael Palin 2024 British English
17150 Island Book Of Records Volume 2: 1969 1970 Neil Storey 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 The Library Mouse Frances Tosdevin 2024 Unknown English
17150 A Riddle For A King Mark Forsyth 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 Goethe, His Faustian Life AN Wilson 2024 British English
17150 Café Cecilia Cookbook Max Rocha, Diana Henry 2024 Unknown English
17150 Aphex Twin — A Disco Pogo Tribute Jim Butler 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 Revolutionary Acts Jason Okundaye 2024 Unknown English
17150 Becoming Bulletproof Evy Poumpouras 2020 Unknown English
17150 1177 B.C. Eric H. Cline 2014 American English
17150 The Myth Of Normal Gabor Maté 2023 Canadian English
17150 Mukiwa Peter Godwin 1996 British English
17150 Lessons Ian McEwan 2022 British English
17150 Down From The Mountain Bryce Andrews 2019 American English
17150 The Joy Of Movement Kelly McGonigal 2019 American English
17150 Empire Of The Summer Moon S.C. Gwynne 2010 American English
17150 The Last White Man Mohsin Hamid 2022 Pakistani English
17150 Circling The Sun Paula McLain 2015 American English
17150 The Pearl That Broke Its Shell Nadia Hashimi 2014 American English
17150 A Primate's Memoir Robert Sapolsky 2001 American English
17150 Teacher Man Frank McCourt 2005 American English
17150 Mornings In Jenin Susan Abulhawa 2010 American English
17150 The Comfort Crisis Michael Easter 2021 American English
17150 Alone With You In The Ether Olivie Blake 2022 Unknown English
17150 The Shell Collector Anthony Doerr 2002 American English
17150 Bittersweet Susan Cain 2022 American English
17150 Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman 1995 American English
17150 Inner Engineering Sadhguru 2016 Indian English
17150 Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010 American English
17150 The Yacoubian Building علاء الأسواني 2002 Egyptian Arabic
17150 The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter Hazel Gaynor 2018 British English
17150 The Last Days Of The Incas Kim MacQuarrie 2007 Unknown English
17150 The Oregon Trail Rinker Buck 2015 American English
17150 The Unthinkable Amanda Ripley 2008 American English
17150 Mastery George Leonard 1991 American English
17150 Astoria Peter Stark 2014 American English
17150 The Last Lecture Randy Pausch 2008 American English
17150 Sea Of Glory Nathaniel Philbrick 2003 American English
17150 Always Looking Up Michael J. Fox 2009 American English
17150 First Things First Stephen R. Covey 1994 American English
17150 Into Africa Martin Dugard 2003 American English
17150 The Lost Boy Dave Pelzer 1997 American English
17150 The Other Olympians Michael Waters 2024 Unknown English
17150 How To Live Free In A Dangerous World Shayla Lawson 2024 Unknown English
17150 Blue Light Hours Bruna Dantas Lobato 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Eighth Moon Jennifer Kabat 2024 Unknown English
17150 The West Passage Jared Pechaček 2024 Unknown English
17150 We Refuse Kellie Carter Jackson 2024 Unknown English
17150 Flowers From The Void Gianni Washington 2024 Unknown English
17150 Village Weavers Myriam J.A. Chancy 2024 Unknown English
17150 My Heavenly Favorite Lucas Rijneveld 2020 Unknown English
17150 What's Not Mine Nora Decter 2024 Unknown English
17150 Thanks For This Riot Janelle Bassett 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Fetishist Katherine Min 2024 Unknown English
17150 This Great Hemisphere Mateo Askaripour 2024 Unknown English
17150 Housemates Emma Copley Eisenberg 2024 Unknown English
17150 My Parents’ Marriage Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 Obligations To The Wounded Mubanga Kalimamukwento 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Road To The Country Chigozie Obioma 2024 Unknown English
17150 A Thousand Times Before Asha Thanki 2024 Unknown English
17150 Untethered Angela Jackson-Brown 2024 Unknown English
17150 Us Fools Nora Lange 2024 Argentinian English
17150 Who Will Bury You? Chido Muchemwa 2024 Unknown English
17150 American Scary Jeremy Dauber 2024 Unknown English
17150 Briefly Perfectly Human Alua Arthur 2024 Unknown English
17150 God And The Devil Peter Cowie 2024 Unknown English
17150 Imagination Ruja Benjamin 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 I’m Laughing Because I’m Crying Youngmi Mayer 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 Missing Persons Clair Wills 2024 Unknown English
17150 Shakespeare’s Sisters Ramie Targoff 2024 Unknown English
17150 Stranger Than Fiction Edwin Frank 2024 Unknown English
17150 A Termination Honor Moore 2024 Unknown English
17150 The World She Edited Amy Reading 2024 Unknown English
17150 Private Rites Julia Armfield 2024 Unknown English
17150 The House Of Broken Bricks Fiona Williams 2024 Unknown English
17150 This Is How You Remember It Catherine Prasifka 2024 Unknown English
17150 Green Dot Madeleine Gray 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 Think Again Jacqueline Wilson 2024 Unknown English
17150 My Favourite Mistake Marian Keyes 2024 Irish Unknown
17150 I’m F*Cking Amazing Anoushka Warden 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 Not Quite A Husband Sherry Thomas 2009 American English
17150 The Magpie Lord K.J. Charles 2013 British English
17150 Whiteout Adriana Anders 2020 Unknown English
17150 Act Your Age, Eve Brown Talia Hibbert 2021 British English
17150 Slightly Married Mary Balogh 2003 British English
17150 Bet Me Jennifer Crusie 2004 American English
17150 Wicked Intentions Elizabeth Hoyt 2010 American English
17150 A Week To Be Wicked Tessa Dare 2012 American English
17150 Burn For Me Ilona Andrews 2014 American English
17150 For Real Alexis Hall 2015 British English
17150 Luck Of The Draw Kate Clayborn 2018 Unknown English
17150 Westwind Ian Rankin 1990 British English
17150 Antarctica Claire Keegan 1999 Irish English
17150 Roman Year André Aciman 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 The Freaks Came Out To Write Tricia Romano 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Hot Zone Richard Preston 1994 American English
17150 Its So Easy And Other Lies Duff McKagan 2011 American English
17150 The Nix Nathan Hill 2016 American English
17150 Look Back Tatsuki Fujimoto 2021 Japanese Japanese