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 Strange The Dreamer Laini Taylor 2017 American English
17150 Killer Instinct Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2014 American English
17150 The Benevolent Society Of Ill Mannered Ladies Alison Goodman 2023 Unknown English
17150 One For My Enemy Olivie Blake 2022 Unknown English
17150 Heartless Marissa Meyer 2016 American English
17150 白夜行 [Byakuyakō] Keigo Higashino 1999 Japanese Japanese
17150 The Shaman's Mind Jonathan Hammond 2020 Unknown English
17150 Library Lion Michelle Knudsen 2006 American English
17150 Dan Brown Omnibus Dan Brown 2004 American English
17150 Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre David Lodge 1997 Unknown English
17150 The Art Of The Lord Of The Rings By J.R.R. Tolkien Wayne G. Hammond 2015 British English
17150 Heavier Than Heaven Charles R. Cross 2001 American English
17150 I Am Ozzy Ozzy Osbourne 2009 British English
17150 Born Standing Up Steve Martin 2007 American English
17150 Combee Edda L. Fields-Black 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Right To Oblivion Lowry Pressly 2024 Unknown English
17150 Naples 1925 Martin Mittelmeier 2024 Unknown German
17150 Life As No One Knows It Sara Imari Walker 2024 Unknown English
17150 Four Points Of The Compass Jerry Brotton 2024 Unknown English
17150 Savings And Trust Justene Hill Edwards 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Roads To Rome Catherine Fletcher 2024 Unknown English
17150 Cosmic Connections Charles Taylor 2024 Unknown English
17150 Stranger Than We Can Imagine John Higgs 2015 British English
17150 Klf John Higgs 2012 British English
17150 Plato At The Googleplex Rebecca Goldstein 2014 American English
17150 Piranesi Jonathan Scott 2020 Unknown English
17150 The Salmon Of Doubt Douglas Adams 2002 British English
17150 The Pleasures Of The Imagination John Brewer 1997 British English
17150 On Fire Naomi Klein 2019 Canadian English
17150 The Angelical Language, Volume I Aaron Leitch 2010 Unknown English
17150 The Unfolding Of Language Guy Deutscher 2005 British English
17150 Maurice And Maralyn Sophie Elmhirst 2024 Unknown English
17150 Blitzed Norman Ohler 2015 German German
17150 The Art Of Fiction David Lodge 1992 British English
17150 Hue 1968 Mark Bowden 2017 American English
17150 Fanged Noumena Nick Land 2011 British English
17150 State Of Exception Giorgio Agamben 2003 Italian Italian
17150 Diary Of A Void Emi Yagi 2020 Japanese Japanese
17150 Ripe Sarah Rose Etter 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Great Movies Roger Ebert 2003 American English
17150 Better Never To Have Been David Benatar 2006 South African English
17150 Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern World Jack Weatherford 2004 American English
17150 Aliens & Anorexia Chris Kraus 2000 American English
17150 Mayakovsky's Revolver Matthew Dickman 2012 American English
17150 I Was Told There'd Be Cake Sloane Crosley 2008 American English
17150 Zen In The Art Of Writing Ray Bradbury 1990 American English
17150 I Am, I Am, I Am Maggie O'Farrell 2017 British English
17150 All The Names They Used For God Anjali Sachdeva 2018 American English
17150 In The Country Mia Alvar 2015 Unknown English
17150 Congo David Van Reybrouck 2010 Belgian Dutch
17150 War Sebastian Junger 2010 American English
17150 The Bang Bang Club Greg Marinovich 2000 South African English
17150 Dear Church lenny duncan 2019 American English
17150 Practical Demonkeeping Christopher Moore 1992 American English
17150 An Intimate History Of Humanity Theodore Zeldin 1994 British English
17150 Numbers In The Dark And Other Stories Italo Calvino 1995 Italian Italian
17150 Dancing On The Edge Han Nolan 1997 American English
17150 The Canning Season Polly Horvath 2003 Canadian English
17150 Godless Pete Hautman 2004 American English
17150 Claudette Colvin Phillip Hoose 2009 American English
17150 Goblin Secrets William Alexander 2012 American English
17150 The Thing About Luck Cynthia Kadohata 2013 American English
17150 What I Saw And How I Lied Judy Blundell 2008 American English
17150 Inside Out & Back Again Thanhhà Lại 2011 American English
17150 Pulp Charles Bukowski 1994 American English
17150 Don't Call Us Dead Danez Smith 2017 American English
17150 A Night In The Lonesome October Roger Zelazny 1993 American English
17150 All Our Names Dinaw Mengestu 2014 American English
17150 Cyclonopedia Reza Negarestani 2008 Unknown English
17150 St. Lucy's Home For Girls Raised By Wolves Karen Russell 2024 American English
17150 August Blue Deborah Levy 2023 British English
17150 Mindhunter John E. Douglas 1995 American English
17150 China Room Sunjeev Sahota 2021 British English
17150 Trick Domenico Starnone 2016 Italian Italian
17150 The Gate Of The Feral Gods Matt Dinniman 2022 American English
17150 The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook Matt Dinniman 2020 Unknown English
17150 Carl's Doomsday Scenario Matt Dinniman 2023 Unknown English
17150 Okay For Now Gary D. Schmidt 2011 American English
17150 Food Fight! Carol Diggory Shields 2002 Unknown English
17150 The Day My Bum Went Psycho Andy Griffiths 2001 Australian English
17150 Honus & Me Dan Gutman 1997 American English
17150 The Beast Walter Dean Myers 2003 American English
17150 Judy Moody Megan McDonald 2000 American English
17150 Junie B. Jones And The Stupid Smelly Bus A.K.A. Junie B. Jones Is On Her Way! Barbara Park 1992 American English
17150 Sammy Keyes And The Hotel Thief Wendelin Van Draanen 1998 American English
17150 Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining Anne Mazer 2000 American English
17150 Dead Street Mickey Spillane 2007 American English
17150 End Games Michael Dibdin 2007 British English
17150 I Can't Accept Not Trying Michael Jordan 1994 American English
17150 The Marriage Of Sense And Soul Ken Wilber 1998 American English
17150 The Book Of Virtues William Bennett 1993 American English
17150 The Great American Bathroom Book Stevens W. Anderson 2007 American English
17150 The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook Joshua Piven 2001 American English
17150 In The Checklist Of Life Lynn McPhelimy 1997 Unknown English
17150 Having Our Say Amy Hill Hearth, Annie Elizabeth Delany, Sarah Louise Delany 1993 American English
17150 The Idiot Brain Dean Burnett 2016 British English
17150 The Extinction Of Experience Christine Rosen 2004 Unknown English
17150 This Thing Of Darkness Harry Thompson 2005 British English
17150 Soviet Milk Nora Ikstena 2015 Latvian Latvian
17150 Revolutionary Spring Christopher Clark 2023 British English
17150 The Bright Book Of Life Harold Bloom 2020 American English
17150 The Book Amaranth Borsuk 2018 Unknown English
17150 I Love Russia Elena Kostyuchenko 2023 Russian Russian
17150 Caminhar Frédéric Gros 2009 French French
17150 The Identity Trap Yascha Mounk 2023 Unknown English
17150 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2022 British English
17150 A Stranger In Your Own City Ghaith Abdul-Ahad 2023 Unknown English
17150 Your Brain On Art Susan Magsamen 2023 Unknown English
17150 Under Alien Skies Philip Plait 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Middle Kingdoms Martyn Rady 2023 Unknown English
17150 Migrations Charlotte McConaghy 2020 Australian English
17150 Surfaces And Essences Douglas Hofstadter 2013 American English
17150 Un Monde à Portée De Main Maylis de Kerangal 2018 French French
17150 Out Of Mesopotamia Salar Abdoh 2020 Iranian English
17150 Morrer Na Primavera Ralf Rothmann 2015 German German
17150 Censoring An Iranian Love Story Shahriar Mandanipour 2009 Iranian Persian
17150 Be Water, My Friend Shannon Lee 2020 Unknown English
17150 My Heart Hemmed In Marie NDiaye 2007 French French
17150 The Sea Came In At Midnight Steve Erickson 1999 American English
17150 Inés Da Minha Alma Isabel Allende 2006 Chilean Spanish