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
17151 The Doll People Ann M. Martin 2000 American English
17151 Lyra's Oxford Philip Pullman 2003 British English
17151 A Game Of Thrones / A Clash Of Kings George R. R. Martin 1996 American English
17151 A Song Of Ice And Fire George R. R. Martin 2011 American English
17151 Ms. Hempel Chronicles Sarah Shun-lien Bynum 2008 American English
17151 A Girl Named Zippy Haven Kimmel 2001 American English
17151 What Is All This? Stephen Dixon 2010 American English
17151 My Bright Abyss Christian Wiman 2013 American English
17151 Kingdom Animalia Aracelis Girmay 2011 American English
17151 Elegy On Toy Piano Dean Young 2005 American English
17151 And Tango Makes Three Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell 2005 American English
17151 Dr Seuss's Beginner Book Collection Dr. Seuss 2009 American English
17151 Guess How Much I Love You Sam McBratney 2007 British English
17151 Llama Llama Red Pajama Anna Dewdney 2005 American English
17151 Owen Kevin Henkes 1993 American English
17151 Ankomst Gøhril Gabrielsen 2017 Norwegian Norwegian
17151 The Bird Tribunal Agnes Ravatn 2013 Norwegian Norwegian
17151 Zero Gine Cornelia Pedersen 2013 Norwegian Norwegian
17151 Will And Testament Vigdis Hjorth 2016 Norwegian Norwegian
17151 A Modern Family Helga Flatland 2017 Norwegian Norwegian
17151 Loop Brenda Lozano 2014 Mexican Spanish
17151 Ramifications Daniel Saldaña París 2018 Mexican Spanish
17151 The Secret Life Of Insects Bernardo Esquinca 2023 Unknown English
17151 Season Of The Swamp Yuri Herrera 2022 Unknown English
17151 Umami Laia Jufresa 2015 Mexican Spanish
17151 On Lighthouses Jazmina Barrera 2017 Mexican Spanish
17151 Rizal In Saga Nick Joaquin 1996 Philippine English
17151 Memories Of Philippine Kitchens Amy Besa, Romy Dorotan 2006 Philippine English
17151 The House On Calle Sombra Marga Ortigas 2021 Philippine English
17151 Smaller And Smaller Circles FH Batacan 2002 Philippine English
17151 Hansen’s Children Ognjen Spahić 2004 Montenegrin Montenegrin
17151 Three Elegies For Kosovo Ismail Kadare 1998 Albanian Albanian
17151 The Walnut Mansion Miljenko Jergović 2003 Croatian Croatian
17151 Stork Mountain Miroslav Penkov 2016 Bulgarian English
17151 Dry Season Gabriela Babnik 2012 Unknown Slovene
17151 The Russian Window Dragan Velikić 2007 Unknown Serbian
17151 Border State Tõnu Õnnepalu 1993 Estonian Estonian
17151 The Cavemen Chronicle Mihkel Mutt 2012 Estonian Estonian
17151 The Saviour Of Lasnamäe Mari Saat 2009 Estonian Estonian
17151 Flesh Coloured Dominoes Zigmunds Skujiņš 1999 Latvian Latvian
17151 Breathing Into Marble Laura Sintija 2009 Unknown Lithuanian
17151 Those Whom I Would Like To Meet Again Giedra Radvilavičiūtė 2013 Lithuanian Lithuanian
17151 Tūla Jurgis Kunčinas 1993 Lithuanian Lithuanian
17151 American Sniper Chris Kyle 2012 American English
17151 Great Italian Stories Jhumpa Lahiri 2023 Unknown Italian
17151 Great Spanish Stories Margaret Jull Costa 2014 Unknown Spanish
17151 Bluebeard’s First Wife Ha Seong-nan 2002 Korean Korean
17151 Mina Kim Sagwa 2008 Korean Korean
17151 Blood Sisters Kim Yideum 2019 Korean Korean
17151 The Disaster Tourist Yun Ko-eun 2013 Korean Korean
17151 Thud! Terry Pratchett 2005 British English
17151 Carpe Jugulum Terry Pratchett 1998 British English
17151 The Last Continent Terry Pratchett 1998 British English
17151 Monstrous Regiment Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
17151 The Galaxy, And The Ground Within Becky Chambers 2021 American English
17151 Record Of A Spaceborn Few Becky Chambers 2018 American English
17151 Provenance Ann Leckie 2017 American English
17151 The Confusion Neal Stephenson 2004 American English
17151 The System Of The World Neal Stephenson 2004 American English
17151 Wintersmith Terry Pratchett 2006 British English
17151 Robopocalypse Daniel H. Wilson 2011 American English
17151 The Little Bandits Michael Henry 2025 Australian English
17151 Living Untethered Michael A. Singer 2022 American English
17151 Worm Wildbow 2011 Canadian English
17151 We Were Dreamers Marjorie Liu 2022 Unknown English
17151 The Christmas Pig J. K. Rowling 2021 British English
17151 The Hate You Give Angie Thomas 2017 American English
17151 Quit Porn Effortlessly! The Easy Peasy Method Hackauthor² 2020 Unknown English
17151 Dopamine Detox Thibaut Meurisse 2020 Unknown English
17151 The Eyes And The Impossible Dave Eggers 2023 American English
17151 The Day The World Came To Town Jim DeFede 2002 American English
17151 Kurashi At Home Marie Kondo 2022 Japanese Japanese
17151 Gallant V. E. Schwab 2022 American English
17151 Dear Edward Ann Napolitano 2020 American English
17151 The Unseen World Liz Moore 2016 American English
17151 Son Lois Lowry 2012 American English
17151 Messenger Lois Lowry 2004 American English
17151 The Midwife's Apprentice Karen Cushman 1995 American English
17151 The Selection Kiera Cass 2012 American English
17151 Believing Christ Stephen E. Robinson 1992 American English
17151 Twisted Love Ana Huang 2021 Unknown English
17151 Honeybee Craig Silvey 2020 Australian English
17151 Gould's Book Of Fish Richard Flanagan 2001 Australian English
17151 Ancient Light John Banville 2012 Irish English
17151 The Wonder Emma Donoghue 2023 Irish English
17151 Anam Cara John O'Donohue 1997 Irish English
17151 The Sovereign Individual James West Davidson 1997 Unknown English
17151 Why Liberalism Failed Patrick J. Deneen 2018 American English
17151 Bronze Age Mindset Bronze Age Pervert 2018 Unknown English
17151 The Power Of Meaning Emily Esfahani Smith 2017 American English
17151 Psychopolitics Byung-Chul Han 2017 German German
17151 The Thirst For Annihilation Nick Land 1992 British English
17151 Yoga Emmanuel Carrère 2020 French French
17151 The Closing Of The Western Mind Charles Freeman 2002 British English
17151 Conversations With David Foster Wallace David Foster Wallace 2012 American English
17151 The Fifth Sacred Thing Starhawk 1993 American English
17151 The Red Book C.G. Jung 2009 Swiss German
17151 Red Plenty Francis Spufford 2010 British English
17151 Silo 1 Hugh Howey 2012 American English
17151 The Molecule Of More Daniel E. Lieberman 2018 American English
17151 The Beatles Anthology The Beatles 2000 British English
17151 Eleven Minutes Paulo Coelho 2003 Brazilian Portuguese
17151 Historia De Una Gaviota Y Del Gato Que Le Enseñó A Volar Luis Sepúlveda 1996 Chilean Spanish
17151 How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'N' Roll Elijah Wald 2009 American English
17151 Saltatempo Stefano Benni 2001 Italian Italian
17151 The Book Of Life Deborah Harkness 2014 American English
17151 The Wishing Spell Chris Colfer 2012 American English
17151 The Magician Michael Scott 2008 Irish English
17151 Blue Lily, Lily Blue Maggie Stiefvater 2014 American English
17151 Hoot Carl Hiaasen 2002 American English
17151 Carry On Rainbow Rowell 2015 American English
17151 Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Seth Grahame-Smith 2009 American English
17151 Fablehaven Brandon Mull 2006 American English
17151 Darkfever Karen Marie Moning 2006 American English
17151 The Hunger Games Kate Egan 2008 Unknown English
17151 For One More Day Mitch Albom 2006 American English
17151 Bleach, Vol. 1 Tite Kubo 2001 Japanese Japanese
17151 Unravel Me Tahereh Mafi 2013 American English
17151 The Twelve Justin Cronin 2012 American English
17151 The English Understand Wool Helen DeWitt 2022 Unknown English