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
5411 Captain Alatriste Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1996 Spanish Spanish
5413 Bad Science Ben Goldacre 2008 British English
5413 Nineteen Seventy Four David Peace 1999 British English
5416 The Brodeck Report Philippe Claudel 2007 French French
5417 A Dictionary Of Maqiao Han Shaogong 1996 Chinese Chinese
5421 What The Dead Know Laura Lippman 2007 American English
5425 Glorious Exploits Ferdia Lennon 2024 Irish English
5426 At Night All Blood Is Black David Diop 2018 French French
5435 The Office J.J. Voskuil 1996 Dutch Dutch
5438 The Black Echo Michael Connelly 1992 American English
5446 The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson 2010 American English
5447 The Moscoviad Yuri Andrukhovych 1993 Ukrainian Ukrainian
5447 Imperium Ryszard Kapuscinski 1993 Polish Polish
5457 Mercy Among The Children David Adams Richards 2000 Canadian English
5458 Forgotten Ally Rana Mitter 2013 British English
5460 The Yellow House Sarah M. Broom 2019 American English
5461 Giving up the Ghost Hilary Mantel 2003 British English
5462 The Animals In That Country Laura Jean McKay 2020 Australian English
5465 Child 44 Tom Rob Smith 2008 Russian English
5469 The Birthday Boys Beryl Bainbridge 1991 British English
5480 The Ministry For the Future Kim Stanley Robinson 2020 American English
5484 The Ants E. O. Wilson, Bert Hölldobler 1990 American English
5485 Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty 2014 Australian English
5490 The Slap Christos Tsiolkas 2008 Australian English
5491 Along Came A Spider James Patterson 1993 American English
5492 The Lost Daniel Mendelsohn 2006 American English
5493 Royally Screwed Emma Chase 2016 American English
5501 The Crowned Wanderer Rahim Esenov 1994 Turkmen Unknown
5507 Seven Days In June Tia Williams 2021 American English
5509 Dreams And Stones Magdalena Tulli 1995 Polish Polish
5517 Dolores Claiborne Stephen King 1992 American English
5528 The Rise And Fall Of The Third Chimpanzee Jared Diamond 1991 American English
5529 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride 2023 American English
5568 Everything I Never Told You Celeste Ng 2014 American English
5572 Stranger Things Happen Kelly Link 2001 American English
5573 Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser 2001 American English
5578 The Puttermesser Papers Cynthia Ozick 1997 American English
5581 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
5585 One For The Money Janet Evanovich 1994 American English
5586 Brother Of Sleep Robert Schneider 1992 Austrian German
5588 Caste Isabel Wilkerson 2020 American English
5589 The Chimera Sebastiano Vassalli 1990 Italian Italian
5594 World War Z Max Brooks 2006 American English
5595 Poetry And Truth From My Own Life Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 2004 German English
5596 The Sound Of Things Falling Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2011 Colombian Spanish
5597 The Lazarus Project Aleksandar Hemon 2008 Bosnian English
5598 Bloodlands Timothy Snyder 2010 American English
5599 Changing My Mind Zadie Smith 2009 British English
5599 The Lost City of Z David Grann 2009 American English
5602 Jar City Arnaldur Indriðason 2000 Icelandic Icelandic
5603 Canada Richard Ford 2012 American English
5605 Krakatoa Simon Winchester 2003 Krakatoa English
5605 Sex, Drugs, And Cocoa Puffs Chuck Klosterman 2003 American English
5611 The Righteous Mind Jonathan Haidt 2012 American English
5612 Zuleikha Guzel Yakhina 2015 Russian Russian
5614 The Mushroom At The End Of The World Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing 2015 American English
5618 Our Share of Night Mariana Enríquez 2019 Argentinian Spanish
5619 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney 2007 American English
5621 The Thing About December Donal Ryan 2013 Irish English
5623 Biography Of X Catherine Lacey 2023 American English
5624 Wave Sonali Deraniyagala 2013 Sri Lankan English
5628 Mindfulness In Plain English Henepola Gunaratana 1994 American English
5634 A Life's Work Rachel Cusk 2001 British English
5633 Sabrina Nick Drnaso 2018 American English
5635 Pictures From Home Larry Sultan 1992 American English
5636 Book Lovers Emily Henry 2021 American English
5638 Diary Of Happiness Nicolae Steinhardt 1991 Romanian Romanian
5638 Închisoarea Noastră Cea De Toate Zilele Ion Ioanid 1991 Romanian Romanian
5640 Was Geoff Ryman 1992 British English
5642 Enlightenment Now Steven Pinker 2018 American English
5642 These Truths Jill Lepore 2018 American English
5644 Naked In Death J.D. Robb 1995 American English
5647 The Prize Julie Garwood 1991 American English
5651 Nothing To See Here Kevin Wilson 2019 American English
5661 Bluebird, Bluebird Attica Locke 2017 American English
5667 A Wake For The Living Radmila Lazić 1996 Serbian Serbian
5667 Medea And Her Children Lyudmila Ulitskaya 1996 Russian Russian
5679 The Covenant Of Water Abraham Verghese 2023 American English
5685 Big Blondes Jean Echenoz 1995 French French
5686 The Constant Gardener John le Carré 2001 British English
5687 The Saint Of Bright Doors Vajra Chandrasekera 2023 Unknown English
5689 Life Begins On Friday Ioana Pârvulescu 2009 Romanian Romanian
5692 Period Dennis Cooper 1994 American English
5693 Night Boat To Tangier Kevin Barry 2019 Irish English
5700 Fear And Trembling Amélie Nothomb 1999 Belgian French
5701 Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie 2013 American English
5702 A Place of Greater Safety Hilary Mantel 1992 British English
5705 Mondscheintarif Ildikò von Kürthy 1999 German German
5706 The Sum Of Us Heather McGhee 2021 American English
5707 Kafka Was The Rage Anatole Broyard 1993 American English
5708 Sertarul Cu Aplauze Ana Blandiana 1992 Romanian Romanian
5715 The Twin Gerbrand Bakker 2006 Dutch Dutch
5719 Manhood For Amateurs Michael Chabon 2009 American English
5721 Youth J. M. Coetzee 2002 South African English
5720 Warlight Michael Ondaatje 2018 Canadian English
5726 Simple Passion Annie Ernaux 1991 French French
5728 My Kind of Place Susan Orlean 2004 American English
5729 I, The Divine Rabih Alameddine 2001 Lebanese English
5731 In The Presence Of Absence Mahmoud Darwish 2006 Palestinian Arabic
5732 At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O'Neill 2001 Irish English
5735 Vernon God Little DBC Pierre 2003 British English
5736 Redemption Songs Judith Binney 1995 New Zealand English
5737 The Ghost Road Pat Barker 1995 British English
5738 Only Forward Michael Marshall Smith 1994 British English
5739 Anil's Ghost Michael Ondaatje 2000 Canadian English
5740 One Of Us Asne Seierstad 2013 Norwegian Norwegian
5742 Diaries Alan Clark 1993 British English
5743 Can You Keep A Secret? Sophie Kinsella 2003 British English
5748 Open Secrets Alice Munro 1994 Canadian English
5751 Angus, Thongs And Full Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison 1999 British English
5750 The Insult Rupert Thomson 1996 British English
5752 Shadows On The Tundra Dalia Grinkevičiutė 1997 Lithuanian Lithuanian
5757 Brown Girl In The Ring Nalo Hopkinson 1998 Canadian English
5758 Come Closer Sara Gran 2003 American English
5761 The Scar China Miéville 2002 British English
5774 Jurnalul Unui Jurnalist Fără Jurnal Ion D. Sîrbu 1993 Romanian Romanian
5780 Entangled Life Merlin Sheldrake 2020 British English
5801 The Beak of the Finch Jonathan Weiner 1994 American English
5802 Kruso Lutz Seiler 2014 German German
5804 Martyr! Kaveh Akbar 2024 American English