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 Keeper Andrea Gillies 2009 British English
17150 Fishing In Utopia Andrew Brown 2008 Unknown English
17150 Palestinian Walks Raja Shehadeh 2008 Palestinian English
17150 Having It So Good Peter Hennessy 2006 British English
17150 Moses, Citizen And Me Delia Jarrett-Macauley 2005 British English
17150 The Likes Of Us Michael Collins 2004 British English
17150 The Breaking Of Nations Robert Cooper 2003 British English
17150 Hoo Hahs And Passing Frenzies Francis Wheen 2002 British English
17150 Virtual War Michael Ignatieff 2000 Canadian English
17150 The Case Of Stephen Lawrence Brian Cathcart 1999 British English
17150 Alexander Solzhenitsyn D. M. Thomas 1998 Unknown English
17150 Jennie Lee Patricia Hollis 1997 British English
17150 Season Of Blood Fergal Keane 1996 British English
17150 In Search Of A State Fionnuala O'Connor 1993 Unknown English
17150 The Baltic Revolution Anatol Lieven 1993 British English
17150 The Immortals Of Meluha Amish Tripathi 2010 Indian English
17150 The Art Of Seduction Robert Greene 2001 American English
17150 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17150 Nigeria Culture Smart! Diane Lemieux 2012 Unknown English
17150 Sky Above, Great Wind Ryōkan 1996 Japanese Japanese
17150 Endure Alex Hutchinson 2018 Canadian English
17150 The Good Life Robert Waldinger 2023 Unknown English
17150 Secret Wars Jonathan Hickman 2015 American English
17150 The Soul Of An Octopus Sy Montgomery 2015 American English
17150 The Sandman, Vol. 7 Neil Gaiman 1994 British English
17150 Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman Matt Wagner 2005 American English
17150 New X Men, Vol. 1 Grant Morrison 2001 British English
17150 Runaways, Vol. 1 Brian K. Vaughan 2003 American English
17150 The Sandman, Vol. 10 Neil Gaiman 1997 British English
17150 The Sandman, Vol. 9 Neil Gaiman 1996 British English
17150 The 33 Strategies Of War New Edition By Robert Greene Paperback Robert Greene 2006 American English
17150 The Bedwetter Sarah Silverman 2010 American English
17150 Miracle At St. Anna James McBride 2002 American English
17150 Deadwood Pete Dexter 1997 American English
17150 Hope Shalom Auslander 2012 American English
17150 Dear Lupin Roger Mortimer, Charlie Mortimer 2011 British English
17150 Stuart Alexander Masters 2005 British English
17150 The Flaneur Edmund White 2001 American English
17150 Mountains Of The Mind Robert Macfarlane 2003 British English
17150 I Too Had A Love Story Ravinder Singh 2007 Indian Hindi
17150 The Idea Of India Sunil Khilnani 1997 Indian English
17150 Tamil David Dean Shulman 2016 Unknown English
17150 Cuckold Kiran Nagarkar 1999 Indian English
17150 The Spirit Of Indian Painting B. N. Goswamy 2014 Indian English
17150 India Unbound Gurcharan Das 2000 Indian English
17150 Event, Metaphor, Memory Shahid Amin 1995 Unknown English
17150 The Country Without A Post Office Agha Shahid Ali 1997 Indian English
17150 Indian Food K. T. Achaya 1994 Indian English
17150 Everybody Loves A Good Drought Palagummi Sainath 1996 Indian English
17150 Jungle And Backyard M. Krishnan 1993 Unknown English
17150 Don't Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight Rujuta Diwekar 2009 Indian English
17150 Women Writing In India Susie Tharu, K. Lalita 1993 Unknown English
17150 The Flaming Feet And Other Essays D. R. Nagaraj 2011 Indian English
17150 Five Point Someone Chetan Bhagat 2004 Indian English
17150 Recasting Women Kumkum Sangari, Sudesh Vaid 1990 Unknown English
17150 The Republic Of Thieves Scott Lynch 2013 American English
17150 King, Warrior, Magician, Lover C. L. Moore 1990 Unknown English
17150 419 Will Ferguson 2012 Canadian English
17150 A Sunday At The Pool In Kigali Gil Courtemanche, Patricia Claxton 2000 Canadian French
17150 Annabel Kathleen Winter 2010 Canadian English
17150 Bone And Bread Saleema Nawaz 2013 Canadian English
17150 Cereus Blooms At Night Shani Mootoo 1996 Canadian English
17150 Certainty Madeleine Thien 2006 Canadian English
17150 Come, Thou Tortoise Jessica Grant 2009 Canadian English
17150 Creation Katherine Govier 2002 Canadian English
17150 Elizabeth And After Matt Cohen 1999 Canadian English
17150 February Lisa Moore 2009 Canadian English
17150 Forty Words For Sorrow Giles Blunt 2000 Canadian English
17150 Galore Michael Crummey 2009 Canadian English
17150 Green Grass, Running Water Thomas King 1993 Canadian English
17150 Half Blood Blues Esi Edugyan 2011 Canadian English
17150 Holding Still For As Long As Possible Zoe Whittall 2009 Canadian English
17150 Kiss Of The Fur Queen Tomson Highway 1998 Canadian English
17150 Late Nights On Air Elizabeth Hay 2007 Canadian English
17150 Lives Of The Saints Nino Ricci 1990 Canadian English
17150 Lost Girls Andrew Pyper 2000 Canadian English
17150 Six Metres Of Pavement Farzana Doctor 2011 Canadian English
17150 Skim Mariko Tamaki 2008 Canadian English
17150 Sweetness In The Belly Camilla Gibb 2005 Canadian English
17150 The Amazing Absorbing Boy Rabindranath Maharaj 2010 Canadian English
17150 The Best Laid Plans Terry Fallis 2007 Canadian English
17150 The Bishop's Man Linden MacIntyre 2009 Canadian English
17150 The Book Of Secrets M.G. Vassanji 1994 Canadian English
17150 The Cure For Death By Lightning Gail Anderson-Dargatz 1996 Canadian English
17150 The Hero's Walk Anita Rau Badami 2000 Canadian English
17150 The Lesser Blessed Richard Van Camp 1996 Canadian English
17150 The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond Of Matches Gaétan Soucy 1998 Canadian French
17150 The Mistress Of Nothing Kate Pullinger 2009 Canadian English
17150 The Orenda Joseph Boyden 2013 Canadian English
17150 The Polished Hoe Austin Clarke 2002 Barbadian English
17150 The Romantic Barbara Gowdy 2003 Canadian English
17150 The Time In Between David Bergen 2005 Canadian English
17150 The Wives Of Bath Susan Swan 1993 Canadian English
17150 What The Body Remembers Shauna Singh Baldwin 1999 Canadian English
17150 Cinnamon Gardens Shyam Selvadurai 1998 Sri Lankan English
17150 The Beautiful Ones Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2017 Mexican English
17150 People Person Candace CartyWilliams 2022 British English
17150 Thornhedge T. Kingfisher 2023 Unknown English
17150 Failing Forward John C. Maxwell 2000 American English
17150 Theft Of Fire Devon Eriksen 2023 American English
17150 Myst Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, David Wingrove 1996 American English
17150 Latro In The Mist Gene Wolfe 2003 American English
17150 Once And Forever Kenji Miyazawa 1994 Japanese Japanese
17150 The Drowned Life Jeffrey Ford 2008 American English
17150 What Should Be Wild Julia Fine 2018 American English
17150 Tales Of Falling And Flying Ben Loory 2017 American English
17150 The Unfinished World Amber Sparks 2016 American English
17150 The Sorcerer Of The Wildeeps Kai Ashante Wilson 2015 American English
17150 The Other City Michal Ajvaz 1993 Czech Czech
17150 Ring Shout P. Djèlí Clark 2020 American English
17150 Slow Horses Mick Herron 2010 British English
17150 Notes On An Execution Danya Kukafka 2024 American English
17150 The Nutmeg's Curse Amitav Ghosh 2021 Indian English
17150 Deadly Quiet City Murong Xuecun 2021 Chinese Chinese
17150 Serotonin Michel Houellebecq 2019 French French
17150 Three Daughters Of Eve Elif Shafak 2016 Turkish English
17150 Bestiario Julio Cortazar 1994 Argentinian Spanish
17150 Relatos Edgar Allan Poe 1996 American English
17150 Kroz Carstvo Nauka Milutin Milanković 2004 Serbian Serbian
17150 Kroz Vasionu I Vekove Milutin Milanković 2002 Serbian Serbian