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 Scale Geoffrey B. West 2017 American English
17150 The Sculptor Scott McCloud 2015 American English
17150 Silêncio Na Era Do Ruído Erling Kagge 2016 Norwegian Norwegian
17150 Diego & Frida J. M. G. Le Clezio 1993 French French
17150 Rosalie Lightning Tom Hart 2016 American English
17150 The Underground Girls Of Kabul Jenny Nordberg 2014 Unknown English
17150 Social Matthew D. Lieberman 2013 American English
17150 Pay It Forward Catherine Ryan Hyde 1999 American English
17150 Shrek! William Steig 1990 American English
17150 Curious Ian Leslie 2014 British English
17150 Nexus Ramez Naam 2012 American English
17150 Morgon Og Kveld Jon Fosse 2000 Norwegian Norwegian
17150 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17150 Last Boat Out Of Shanghai Zia, Helen 2019 Unknown English
17150 The Loneliest Americans Jay Caspian Kang 2021 American English
17150 Wanting Tom Burgis 2021 Unknown English
17150 Heavenly Participation Boersma, Hans 2011 Canadian English
17150 What Tech Calls Thinking Daub, Adrian 2020 Unknown English
17150 Barlaam And Josaphat Gui de Cambrai 2014 French Old french
17150 The Gospel According To The New World Maryse Condé, Richard Philcox 2021 French French
17150 Girl In Pieces Kathleen Glasgow 2016 American English
17150 The Golden Spruce John Vaillant 2005 Canadian English
17150 The Call Of Cthulhu And Other Weird Stories H. P. Lovecraft 1999 American English
17150 Autobiography Of A Corpse Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky 2013 Russian Russian
17150 Outsmart Your Brain Daniel T. Willingham 2023 American English
17150 Same As Ever Morgan Housel 2023 American English
17150 The 12 Week Year Brian P. Moran 2013 American English
17150 Reality Transurfing Steps I V Vadim Zeland 2004 Russian Russian
17150 Limitless Jim Kwik 2020 American English
17150 The Silk Road Valerie Hansen 2012 Unknown English
17150 Savarkar Vikram Sampath 2019 Indian English
17150 Good Reasons For Bad Feelings Randolph M. Nesse 2019 American English
17150 Bark, George Jules Feiffer 1999 American English
17150 Big Red Lollipop Rukhsana Khan 2010 Canadian English
17150 The Bossy Gallito El Gallo De Bodas Lucía M. González 1994 Unknown English
17150 Chains Laurie Halse Anderson 2008 American English
17150 Chato’s Kitchen Gary Soto 1995 American English
17150 Grandfather’s Journey Allen Say 1993 American English
17150 Just A Minute Yuyi Morales 2003 Unknown English
17150 Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse Kevin Henkes 1996 American English
17150 Locomotion Jacqueline Woodson 2003 American English
17150 Pink And Say Patricia Polacco 1994 American English
17150 Rickshaw Girl Mitali Perkins 2007 American English
17150 A Sick Day For Amos Mc Gee Philip Stead 2010 American English
17150 Starry River Of The Sky Grace Lin 2012 American English
17150 The Lion And The Lily Ira Mukhoty 2023 Unknown English
17150 Big Fiction Dan Sinykin 2023 Unknown English
17150 Yellow Book Amitava Kumar 2023 Unknown English
17150 Zpověď Maxe Tivoliho Andrew Sean Greer 2004 American English
17150 Of Women And Salt Gabriela Garcia 2021 Unknown English
17150 Svolení Vanessa Springora 2020 French French
17150 The Broken String Neil Bennun 2004 Unknown English
17150 The Rise & Fall Of The Zulu Nation John Laband 1995 Unknown English
17150 Marrying Winterborne Lisa Kleypas 2016 American English
17150 Binding 13 Chloe Walsh 2018 Unknown English
17150 We Believe The Children Richard Beck 2015 Unknown English
17150 Cursed Fates Caroline Peckham 2022 Unknown English
17150 Gold Raven Kennedy 2020 Unknown English
17150 The Ballad Of Never After Stephanie Garber 2022 American English
17150 A Dowry Of Blood S.T. Gibson 2021 Unknown English
17150 Rouge Mona Awad 2023 Canadian English
17150 A Heart Of Blood And Ashes Milla Vane 2020 Unknown English
17150 A Fate Inked In Blood Danielle L. Jensen 2023 Unknown English
17150 Masters Of Death Olivie Blake 2023 Unknown English
17150 A Curse For True Love Stephanie Garber 2023 American English
17150 The Captain Will Wight 2023 Unknown English
17150 Dyscalculia Camonghne Felix 2023 Unknown English
17150 River Sing Me Home Eleanor Shearer 2023 Unknown English
17150 Sirens & Muses Antonia Angress 2022 Unknown English
17150 The Cat Who Saved Books Sōsuke Natsukawa 2017 Japanese Japanese
17150 Broken Bonds J. Bree 2021 Unknown English
17150 A Day Of Fallen Night Samantha Shannon 2023 British English
17150 Twisted Lies Ana Huang 2022 Unknown English
17150 Let Me Tell You What I Mean Joan Didion 2021 American English
17150 The Phone Booth At The Edge Of The World Laura Imai Messina 2020 Italian Italian
17150 Him Sarina Bowen 2015 Unknown English
17150 All We Can Save Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2020 Unknown English
17150 A History Of Wild Places Shea Ernshaw 2021 American English
17150 Black Girl, Call Home Jasmine Mans 2021 American English
17150 This Woven Kingdom Tahereh Mafi 2022 American English
17150 Dog Songs Mary Oliver 2013 American English
17150 Velvet Was The Night Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2021 Mexican English
17150 I Want To Eat Your Pancreas Yoru Sumino 2015 Japanese Japanese
17150 Birthday Girl Penelope Douglas 2018 American English
17150 Almond Sohn Won-Pyung 2017 Korean Korean
17150 House Of Hollow Krystal Sutherland 2021 Australian English
17150 If Cats Disappeared From The World Genki Kawamura 2012 Japanese Japanese
17150 Wordslut Amanda Montell 2023 American English
17150 The Queen Of The Tearling Erika Johansen 2014 American English
17150 The Beautiful Struggle Ta-Nehisi Coates 2008 American English
17150 All The Tides Of Fate Adalyn Grace 2021 American English
17150 Time's Convert Deborah Harkness 2018 American English
17150 Lord Of The Mysteries Volume 1 Ai Qianshui de Wuzei 2018 Chinese Chinese
17150 Reverend Insanity Gu Zhen Re 2015 Chinese Chinese
17150 To Calais In Ordinary Time James Meek 2019 British English
17150 Time Song Julia Blackburn 2019 British English
17150 Inventario Di Alcune Cose Perdute Judith Schalansky 2018 German German
17150 Tutti I Nomi José Saramago 1997 Portuguese Italian
17150 Q Luther Blissett 1999 Italian Italian
17150 The Oxford Book Of American Short Stories Joyce Carol Oates 1992 American English
17150 The Seducer Jan Kjærstad 1993 Norwegian Norwegian
17150 The Five Gates Of Hell Rupert Thomson 1991 British English
17150 Communion Town Sam Thompson 2012 British English
17150 The Kills Patrick House 2013 Unknown English
17150 The Year Of The Ladybird Graham Joyce 2013 British English
17150 Wolves Simon Ings 2014 British English
17150 The Race Nina Allan 2014 British English
17150 Katherine Carlyle Rupert Thomson 2015 British English
17150 The Ecliptic Benjamin Wood 2015 British English
17150 I Swear I'll Make It Up To You Mishka Shubaly 2016 American English
17150 Universal Harvester John Darnielle 2017 American English
17150 Threshold Rob Doyle 2020 Irish English
17150 Let My People Go Surfing Carolyn Chouinard 2005 Unknown English
17150 The First Bad Man Miranda July 2015 American English
17150 Europe In Autumn Dave Hutchinson 2014 British English
17150 The Wake Paul Kingsnorth 2014 British English
17150 Cave & Julia M. John Harrison 2014 British English
17150 Our Ecstatic Days Steve Erickson 2005 American English
17150 Angelmaker Nick Harkaway 2012 British English
17150 Appeasement Tim Bouverie 2019 British English