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 Console Colin Channer 2023 Unknown Unknown
17150 The Rigor Of Angels William Egginton 2023 Unknown English
17150 Digital Empires Anu Bradford 2023 Unknown English
17150 Emergency Kathleen Alcott 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Women Of Now Katherine Turk 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Caretaker Ron Rash 2023 American English
17150 Up Home Ruth J. Simmons 2023 Unknown English
17150 Betty Friedan Rachel Shteir 2023 Unknown English
17150 Cosmic Scholar John Szwed 2023 Unknown English
17150 Young Queens Leah Redmond Chang 2023 Unknown English
17150 Anansi’s Gold Yepoka Yeebo 2023 Unknown English
17150 Wednesday’s Child Yiyun Li 2023 American English
17150 The Suicide Museum Ariel Dorfman 2023 Chilean English
17150 Beyond The Door Of No Return David Diop 2023 French French
17150 Unreliable Narrator Aparna Nancherla 2023 Unknown English
17150 I’m A Fan Sheena Patel 2023 Unknown English
17150 Dragon Palace Hiromi Kawakami 2023 Japanese Japanese
17150 The Details Ia Genberg 2023 Unknown Swedish
17150 Some Unfinished Chaos Arthur Krystal 2023 Unknown Unknown
17150 24 7 Politics Kathryn Cramer Brownell 2023 Unknown English
17150 A Word Or Two Before I Go Arthur Krystal 2023 American English
17150 Witness Jamel Brinkley 2023 American English
17150 Father And Son Jonathan Raban 2023 British English
17150 The Marriage Question Clare Carlisle 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Philosopher Of Palo Alto John Tinnell 2023 Unknown English
17150 My Husband Maud Ventura 2023 French French
17150 The Great White Bard Farah Karim‑Cooper 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride 2023 American English
17150 All Souls Saskia Hamilton 2023 Unknown English
17150 Why The Bible Began Jacob L. Wright 2023 Unknown Unknown
17150 This Is Wildfire Nick Mott, Justin Angle 2023 Unknown English
17150 Terrace Story Hilary Leichter 2023 Unknown English
17150 Hangman Maya Binyam 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Deadline Jill Lepore 2023 Unknown Unknown
17150 Temple Folk Aaliyah Bilal 2023 Unknown English
17150 Brave The Wild River Melissa L. Sevigny 2023 Unknown English
17150 Disruptions Steven Millhauser 2023 American Unknown
17150 The Plague Jacqueline Rose 2023 Unknown Unknown
17150 The Peacock And The Sparrow I. S. Berry 2023 Unknown English
17150 Schoenberg Harvey Sachs 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Five Sorrowful Mysteries Of Andy Africa Stephen Buoro 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Ferguson Report Nicole Sealey 2023 Unknown English
17150 My Stupid Intentions Bernardo Zannoni 2023 Italian Italian
17150 Still Born Guadalupe Nettel 2023 Mexican Spanish
17150 August Wilson Patti Hartigan 2023 Unknown English
17150 Information Desk Robyn Schiff 2023 Unknown English
17150 War And Punishment Mikhail Zygar 2023 Unknown Russian
17150 Last Of The Lions Clarence B. Jones, Stuart Connelly 2023 Unknown English
17150 You, Bleeding Childhood Michele Mari 2023 Italian Italian
17150 The Migrant Chef Laura Tillman 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Centre Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi 2023 Unknown English
17150 A Most Tolerant Little Town Rachel Louise Martin 2023 Unknown English
17150 Tom Lake Ann Patchett 2023 American English
17150 The Parrot And The Igloo David Lipsky 2023 American English
17150 Hope Andrew Ridker 2023 American English
17150 Dykette Jenny Fran Davis 2023 Unknown English
17150 Ultra‑Processed People Chris van Tulleken 2023 British English
17150 Retrospective Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2023 Colombian Spanish
17150 Last Call At Coogan’s Jon Michaud 2023 Unknown English
17150 Rhythm Man Stephanie Stein Crease 2023 Unknown English
17150 Grand Delusion Steven Simon 2023 Unknown English
17150 Nothing Special Nicole Flattery 2023 Irish English
17150 Fire Rush Jacqueline Crooks 2023 Unknown English
17150 Eight Bears Gloria Dickie 2023 Unknown English
17150 Ninth Building Zou Jingzhi 2023 Chinese Chinese
17150 Thunderclap Laura Cumming 2023 Unknown English
17150 How To Love Your Daughter Hila Blum 2023 Unknown Hebrew
17150 So To Speak Terrance Hayes 2023 American English
17150 Snow Road Station Elizabeth Hay 2023 Canadian English
17150 Elsewhere Yan Ge 2023 Chinese English
17150 A Madman’s Will Gregory May 2023 Unknown English
17150 Tabula Rasa John McPhee 2023 Unknown English
17150 Fires In The Dark Kay Redfield Jamison 2023 Unknown English
17150 After The Funeral And Other Stories Tessa Hadley 2023 British English
17150 Wasteland Oliver Franklin‑Wallis 2023 Unknown English
17150 Natural Light Julian Bell 2023 British English
17150 I Do Everything I’m Told Megan Fernandes 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Lost Sons Of Omaha Joe Sexton 2023 Unknown English
17150 The 272 Rachel L. Swarns 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Book Of Eve Carmen Boullosa 2023 Unknown Spanish
17150 A History Of Burning Janika Oza 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
17150 Winnie And Nelson Jonny Steinberg 2023 Unknown English
17150 Tiger Work Ben Okri 2023 British English
17150 The Covenant Of Water Abraham Verghese 2023 American English
17150 Tomorrow Perhaps The Future Sarah Watling 2023 Unknown English
17150 The House Is On Fire Rachel Beanland 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Sullivanians Alexander Stille 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Late Americans Brandon Taylor 2023 American English
17150 Instructions For The Drowning Steven Heighton 2023 Canadian English
17150 Easily Slip Into Another World Henry Threadgill, Brent Hayes Edwards 2023 Unknown English
17150 Lament For Julia Susan Taubes 2023 Unknown English
17150 Owlish Dorothy Tse 2023 Unknown Chinese
17150 V Is For Victory Craig Nelson 2023 Unknown English
17150 Be Mine Richard Ford 2023 American English
17150 A Life Of One’s Own Joanna Biggs 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Wounded World Chad L. Williams 2023 Unknown English
17150 An Honorable Exit Éric Vuillard 2023 French French
17150 The Talk Darrin Bell 2023 American English
17150 Samuel Barber Howard Pollack 2023 Unknown English
17150 Commitment Mona Simpson 2023 American English
17150 We’re All In This Together...So Make Some Room Tom Papa 2023 American English
17150 Monsters Claire Dederer 2023 Unknown English
17150 Take What You Need Idra Novey 2023 American English
17150 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2023 British English
17150 The Plot To Save South Africa Justice Malala 2023 South African English
17150 Mozart In Motion Patrick Mackie 2023 Unknown English
17150 My Father’s Brain Sandeep Jauhar 2023 American English
17150 Gravity And Center Henri Cole 2023 American English
17150 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17150 Paved Paradise Henry Grabar 2023 Unknown English
17150 Biting The Hand Julia Lee 2023 Unknown English
17150 When The World Didn’t End Guinevere Turner 2023 Unknown English
17150 Carmageddon Daniel Knowles 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Weeds Katy Simpson Smith 2023 Unknown English
17150 Hungry Ghosts Kevin Jared Hosein 2023 Unknown English
17150 Actual Malice Samantha Barbas 2023 Unknown English
17150 Girl Juice Benji Nate 2023 Unknown English
17150 Holding The Note David Remnick 2023 American English
17150 Parfit David Edmonds 2023 Unknown English