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 All Played Out Pete Davies 1995 British English
17150 On Bullfighting AL Kennedy 1999 British English
17150 The Austerity Olympics Janie Hamilton 2009 Unknown English
17150 Damnation Spring Ash Davidson 2021 American English
17150 All The Horses Of Iceland Sarah Tolmie 2022 Unknown English
17150 Mass Effect Drew Karpyshyn 2010 Canadian English
17150 Raising Men Davis, Eric, Santorelli, Dina 2016 Unknown English
17150 Lost In Time A.G. Riddle 2022 American English
17150 Worlds Of Exile And Illusion Ursula K. Le Guin 1996 American English
17150 North America's Forgotten Past Series Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear 1990 American English
17150 Daughter Of The Red Dear Joan Wolf 1991 American English
17150 The Horsemasters Joan Wolf 1993 American English
17150 The Reindeer Hunters Joan Wolf 1994 Unknown English
17150 Lady Of The Reeds Pauline Gedge 1994 Canadian English
17150 Pillar Of Fire Judith Tarr 1995 American English
17150 King And Goddess Judith Tarr 1996 American English
17150 Hannibal Ross Leckie 1995 British English
17150 Tiberius Allan Massie 1991 British English
17150 Caesar Allan Massie 1993 British English
17150 The Son Of Laughter Frederick Buechner 1993 American English
17150 The Prince And The Pilgrim Mary Stewart 1995 British English
17150 The Singing Sword Jack Whyte 1994 Canadian English
17150 The Edge Of Light Joan Wolf 1990 American English
17150 The Reckoning Sharon Kay Penman 1991 American English
17150 Duchess Of Milan Michael Ennis 1992 American English
17150 The Firedrake's Eye Patricia Finney 1992 British English
17150 I, Elizabeth Rosalind Miles 1993 British English
17150 Nicholas Cooke Stephanie Cowell 1993 Unknown English
17150 The Physician Of London Stephanie Cowell 1995 Unknown English
17150 Rasero Francisco Rebolledo 1995 Mexican Spanish
17150 Vindication Frances Sherwood 1993 Unknown English
17150 The End Of The Hunt Thomas Flanagan 1994 American English
17150 A Durable Fire Virginia Bernhard 1990 Unknown English
17150 The First Rebel Neil Swanson 2009 American English
17150 The Falling Hills Perry Lentz 1994 American English
17150 A Road We Do Not Know Frederick J. Chiaventone 1996 Unknown English
17150 The Whales Of Lake Tanganyika Lennart Hagerfors 1992 Swedish Swedish
17150 Deception Eleanor Cooney, Daniel Altieri 1993 Unknown English
17150 Ming Robert B. Oxnam 1995 Unknown English
17150 Tokaido Road Lucia St. Clair Robson 1991 American English
17150 The Signore Kunio Tsuji 1990 Japanese Japanese
17150 The Dreaming Barbara Wood 1991 American English
17150 All Soul's Rising Madison Smartt Bell 1995 American English
17150 The Incas Daniel Peters 1991 Unknown English
17150 Eleni Or Nobody Rhea Galanaki 1998 Greek Greek
17150 The Literature Express Lasha Bugadze 2009 Georgian Georgian
17150 Requiem For The Living Alan Cherchesov 2005 Unknown Russian
17150 The Orphan Sky Ella Leya 2015 Unknown English
17150 Dagny, Or A Love Feast Zurab Karumidze 2014 Georgian English
17150 Solar Plexus Rustam Ibragimbekov 1996 Azerbaijani English
17150 The Legacy Of Lost Things Aida Zilalian 2016 Unknown English
17150 The Fourth Man Robert Baer 2022 American English
17150 Sea Power Admiral James Stavridis 2017 American English
17150 Inside The Cia Ronald Kessler 1992 American English
17150 Thanks A Thousand A. J. Jacobs 2018 American English
17150 True Believer Jack Carr 2019 American English
17150 Code Red Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills 2023 American English
17150 The Old Lion Jeff Shaara 2023 American English
17150 Spies In The Family Eva Dillon 2017 Unknown English
17150 The Spy In Moscow Station Eric Haseltine 2019 Unknown English
17150 Blind Man's Bluff Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew, Annette Drew 1998 American English
17150 Stalking The Red Bear Peter Sasgen 2009 Unknown English
17150 Moshi Moshi Banana Yoshimoto 2010 Japanese Japanese
17150 The River Has Roots Amal El Mohtar 2025 Unknown Unknown
17150 Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, Vol. 1 Singshong 2018 Korean Korean
17150 Crier's War Francisco J. Varela 2019 Unknown English
17150 The Simple Path To Wealth J.L. Collins 2016 American English
17150 Beauty Sheri S. Tepper 1991 American English
17150 The Abstainer Ian McGuire 2020 British English
17150 The Last Language Jennifer duBois 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Upstairs Delicatessen Dwight Garner 2023 American English
17150 Menewood Nicola Griffith 2023 British English
17150 The Heaven And Earth Grocery Store James McBride 2023 American English
17150 This Is Salvaged Vauhini Vara 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Things We Make Bill Hammack 2023 Unknown English
17150 Worn Sofi Thanhauser 2022 Unknown English
17150 Body Neutral Jessi Kneeland 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Rascal King Jack Beatty 1992 American English
17150 The Anatomy Of Genres John Truby 2022 American English
17150 Dilla Time Dan Charnas 2022 Unknown English
17150 Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus Nabeel Qureshi 2014 American English
17150 Eight Bears Gloria Dickie 2023 Unknown English
17150 Perfectly Good Food Irene Li, Margaret Li 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Man From The Future Ananyo Bhattacharya 2021 Unknown English
17150 Period Kate Clancy 2023 Unknown English
17150 Our Fragile Moment Michael Mann 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Patriarchs Angela Saini 2023 British English
17150 The Warped Side Of Our Universe Kip S. Thorne, Lia Halloran 2023 American English
17150 Grace In All Simplicity Chris Quigg, Robert Cahn 2023 Unknown English
17150 Girlfriend On Mars Deborah Willis 2023 Canadian English
17150 Archangel Andrea Barrett 2013 American English
17150 The Terraformers Annalee Newitz 2023 American English
17150 The Nature Book Tom Comitta 2023 Unknown English
17150 For Blood And Money Nathan Vardi 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Darkness Manifesto Johan Eklöf, Elizabeth DeNoma 2020 Unknown Swedish
17150 Elixir Theresa Levitt 2023 Unknown English
17150 In The Herbarium Maura C. Flannery 2023 Unknown English
17150 On Earth As It Is On Television Emily Jane 2023 Unknown English
17150 A Second Chance For Yesterday RA Sinn 2023 Unknown English
17150 Alfie & Me Carl Safina 2023 Unknown English
17150 Eat, Poop, Die Joe Roman 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Mind Of A Bee Lars Chittka 2022 Unknown English
17150 Ice Amy Brady 2023 Unknown English
17150 Building Science Graphics Jen Christiansen 2023 Unknown English
17150 I Feel Love Rachel Nuwer 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Same Dog Robert Aickman 2023 British Unknown
17150 The Woman Who Thought She Was A Planet Vandana Singh 2009 Indian English
17150 The Sounds Of Life Karen Bakker 2022 Unknown English
17150 A Half Built Garden Ruthanna Emrys 2023 Unknown English
17150 Astrotopia Mary-Jane Rubenstein 2023 Unknown English
17150 My Murder Katie Williams 2023 Unknown English
17150 Emergency Kathleen Alcott 2023 Unknown English
17150 To Name The Bigger Lie Sarah Viren 2023 Unknown English
17150 Beware The Woman Megan Abbott 2023 American English
17150 The Stolen Coast Dwyer Murphy 2023 Unknown English
17150 Mobility Lydia Kiesling 2023 American English
17150 Strega Johanne Lykke Holm, Saskia Vogel 2020 Unknown Swedish
17150 Obra Maestra Juan Tallón 2022 Spanish Spanish
17150 The Skull Jon Klassen 2023 Canadian English
17150 The Girls’ Guide To Hunting And Fishing Melissa Banks 1999 Unknown English