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
5806 Five Days at Memorial Sheri Fink 2013 American English
5807 Mysterious Skin Scott Heim 1995 American English
5808 Prairie Fires Caroline Fraser 2017 American English
5811 John Dies At The End David Wong 2007 American English
5820 Perma Red Debra Magpie Earling 2002 American English
5820 The Russian Debutante’s Handbook Gary Shteyngart 2002 American English
5846 Revolution in the Head Ian MacDonald 1994 British English
5846 The Last Shot Darcy Frey 1994 American English
5927 Hope in the Dark Rebecca Solnit 2004 American English
5928 Go Went Gone Jenny Erpenbeck 2015 German German
5930 Light M. John Harrison 2002 British English
5931 King Kong Theory Virginie Despentes 2006 French French
5932 King Jonathan Eig 2023 American English
5933 Small Fry Lisa Brennan-Jobs 2018 American English
5934 A Promise Of Fire Amanda Bouchet 2016 American English
5936 Las Poetas Visitan A Andrea Del Sarto Juana Bignozzi 1993 Argentinian Spanish
5938 Hurramabad Andrei Volos 1998 Russian Russian
5949 Inherent Vice Thomas Pynchon 2009 American English
5950 Talk Dirty To Me Sallie Tisdale 1994 American English
5955 Collected Stories Gabriel García Márquez 1996 Colombian Spanish
5959 The Time Ships Stephen Baxter 1995 British English
5959 Microserfs Douglas Coupland 1995 Canadian English
5962 This Is Happiness Niall Williams 2019 Irish English
5965 A Princess In Theory Alyssa Cole 2018 American English
5969 The Perfect Nanny Leïla Slimani 2016 French French
5968 Imperial China, 900–1800 F. W. Mote 1999 Chinese English
5970 Falling Leaves Adeline Yen Mah 1997 Chinese English
5976 So Much! Trish Cooke 1994 British English
5977 1491 Charles C. Mann 2005 American English
5981 Soulstealers Philip A. Kuhn 1990 American English
5983 Shanghai Baby Wei Hui 1999 Chinese Chinese
5985 Maximum City Suketu Mehta 2004 American English
5986 The Idiot Elif Batuman 2017 American English
5992 The Children's Book A. S. Byatt 2009 British English
5994 The Sacred Book Of The Werewolf Victor Pelevin 2004 Russian Russian
5995 The Green Road Anne Enright 2015 Irish English
5996 The Coddling Of The American Mind Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff 2018 American English
5997 Paradise Abdulrazak Gurnah 1994 British English
6000 The Cipher Kathe Koja 1991 American English
6003 The Rehearsal Eleanor Catton 2008 New Zealand English
6081 Essential Cuisine Michel Bras 1996 French French
6080 The Power Of The Dog Don Winslow 2005 American English
6083 Dissolution C. J. Sansom 2003 British English
6084 My Sister, The Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite 2018 Nigerian English
6090 All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders 2016 American English
6095 True Betrayals Nora Roberts 1995 American English
6095 Tonight And Forever Brenda Jackson 1995 American English
6094 The Secret History Of The World Jonathan Black 2007 British English
6098 The Heart's Invisible Furies John Boyne 2017 Irish English
6104 A Storm Of Swords George R. R. Martin 2000 American English
6121 The Best We Could Do Thi Bui 2017 American English
6123 Monster Naoki Urasawa 1994 Japanese Japanese
6128 Three Day Road Joseph Boyden 2005 Canadian English
6129 Negroland Margo Jefferson 2015 American English
6132 The Story of Tracy Beaker Jacqueline Wilson 1991 British English
6135 Country Of My Skull Antjie Krog 1998 South African Afrikaans
6136 Iron John Robert Bly 1990 American English
6137 The Queen Of The South Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2002 Spanish Spanish
6141 Two Worlds Anne Salmond 1992 New Zealand English
6143 The Time Ludmila Petrushevskaya 1992 Russian Russian
6144 Oreille Rouge Eric Chevillard 1993 French French
6146 The Historian Elizabeth Kostova 2005 American English
6148 My Tender Matador Pedro Lemebel 2001 Chilean Spanish
6149 In The Distance Hernan Díaz 2017 American English
6151 The Thousand Autumns Of Jacob De Zoet David Mitchell 2010 British English
6153 CivilWarLand in Bad Decline George Saunders 1996 American English
6155 Use Of Weapons Iain Banks 1990 Scottish English
6156 The God Of The Woods Liz Moore 2024 Unknown English
6162 Arguably Christopher Hitchens 2011 British English
6168 The Tower Uwe Tellkamp 2008 German German
6169 Mrs. Miracle Debbie Macomber 1996 American English
6178 Geste Michelle Grangaud 1991 French French
6181 The Colony Of Unrequited Dreams Wayne Johnston 1998 Canadian English
6187 Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman Haruki Murakami 2006 Japanese Japanese
6192 Stumbling On Happiness Daniel Gilbert 2006 American English
6194 Know My Name Chanel Miller 2019 American English
6196 One Piece Eiichiro Oda 1997 Japanese Japanese
6197 Girl in Hyacinth Blue Susan Vreeland 1999 American English
6200 The Elegies Of Oxopetra Odysseas Elytis 1991 Greek Greek
6200 Amantul Colivăresei Radu Aldulescu 1996 Romanian Romanian
6204 A Geração Da Utopia Pepetela 1992 Angolan Portuguese
6204 Kolymsky Heights Lionel Davidson 1994 British English
6208 Let The River Stand Vincent O’Sullivan 1993 New Zealand English
6212 Doppelganger Naomi Klein 2023 Canadian English
6216 The Sound Of Our Steps Ronit Matalon 2008 Israeli Hebrew
6219 Chronicle of Feelings Alexander Kluge 2000 German German
6221 Justice Michael J. Sandel 2007 American English
6226 Happening Annie Ernaux 2000 French French
6235 Petrolio Pier Paolo Pasolini 1992 Italian Italian
6244 A Discovery Of Witches Deborah Harkness 2011 American English
6246 The Unwinding George Packer 2013 American English
6249 Great Apes Will Self 1997 British English
6251 Why Nations Fail Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson 2012 American English
6254 Six Four Hideo Yokoyama 2012 Japanese Japanese
6253 The Craftsman Richard Sennett 2008 American English
6255 Midwinter Break Bernard MacLaverty 2017 Irish English
6257 A Novel About My Wife Emily Perkins 2008 New Zealand English
6261 At The Existentialist Café Sarah Bakewell 2016 British English
6265 Thank You For Not Reading Dubravka Ugrešić 2001 Croatian Croatian
6264 The Other Boleyn Girl Philippa Gregory 2001 British English
6275 American Tabloid James Ellroy 1995 American English
6276 The Narrow Road To The Deep North Richard Flanagan 2013 Australian English
6278 Primary Colors Unknown 1996 American English
6283 Sur La Scène Intérieure Marcel Cohen 2013 French French
6287 Not Her Real Name, And Other Stories Emily Perkins 1996 New Zealand English
6288 Visitation Jenny Erpenbeck 2008 German German
6290 Out Of My Mind Sharon M. Draper 2010 American English
6294 Oracle Bones Peter Hessler 2006 American English
6296 Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs 2011 American English
6297 Stone Junction Jim Dodge 1990 American English
6300 Ecology Of Fear Mike Davis 1998 American English
6301 Rejection Tony Tulathimutte 2024 American English
6302 Lord Of The Barnyard Tristan Egolf 1998 American English
6307 The Lost Symbol Dan Brown 2009 American English
6310 Burial Rites Hannah Kent 2013 Australian English
6311 Getting Things Done David Allen 2001 American English
6318 The Artist's Way Julia Cameron 1992 American English
6319 The Power Of Habit Charles Duhigg 2012 American English
6320 My Brother Jamaica Kincaid 1997 Antiguan English
6323 Opportunity Charlotte Grimshaw 2007 New Zealand English