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
17131 We The Scientists Amy Dockser Marcus 2023 Unknown English
17131 A Small Sacrifice For An Enormous Happiness Jai Chakrabarti 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Postcard Anne Berest 2023 French French
17131 Traffic Ben Smith 2023 Unknown English
17131 In The Orchard Eliza Minot 2023 Unknown English
17131 Camera Girl Carl Sferrazza Anthony 2023 Unknown English
17131 Shy Max Porter 2023 British English
17131 Hit Parade Of Tears Izumi Suzuki 2023 Japanese Japanese
17131 Waco Jeff Guinn 2023 American English
17131 Waco Rising Kevin Cook 2023 Unknown English
17131 Writers And Missionaries Adam Shatz 2023 Unknown English
17131 Impossible People Julia Wertz 2023 American English
17131 Stealing Margaret Verble 2023 American English
17131 Skip To The Fun Parts Dana Jeri Maier 2023 Unknown English
17131 Nothing Stays Put Willard Spiegelman 2023 Unknown English
17131 Still Life With Bones Alexa Hagerty 2023 Unknown English
17131 Romantic Comedy Curtis Sittenfeld 2023 American English
17131 To Anyone Who Ever Asks Howard Fishman 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Fawn Magda Szabó 2023 Hungarian Hungarian
17131 We Should Not Be Friends Will Schwalbe 2023 American English
17131 Künstlers In Paradise Cathleen Schine 2023 Unknown English
17131 Fatherland Burkhard Bilger 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Best Minds Jonathan Rosen 2023 Unknown English
17131 Small Mercies Dennis Lehane 2023 American English
17131 Spoiled Anne Mendelson 2023 Unknown Unknown
17131 The Cult Of Creativity Samuel W. Franklin 2023 Unknown English
17131 Psychonauts Mike Jay 2023 Unknown English
17131 Benjamin Banneker And Us Rachel Jamison Webster 2023 Unknown English
17131 Spring Rain Marc Hamer 2023 British English
17131 In Memoriam Alice Winn 2023 Unknown English
17131 Tenacious Beasts Christopher J. Preston 2023 Unknown English
17131 Is It Hot In Here? Zach Zimmerman 2023 Unknown English
17131 Greek Lessons Han Kang 2023 Korean Korean
17131 Raving McKenzie Wark 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Laughter Sonora Jha 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Diary Keepers Nina Siegal 2023 Unknown English
17131 Steady Rollin Fred Noland 2023 Unknown Unknown
17131 Pineapple Street Jenny Jackson 2023 Unknown English
17131 Courting India Nandini Das 2023 Unknown English
17131 Skeletons Deborah Landau 2023 Unknown English
17131 There Will Be Fire Rory Carroll 2023 Unknown English
17131 A Spell Of Good Things Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ 2023 Nigerian English
17131 White Cat, Black Dog Kelly Link 2023 American English
17131 The Great Reclamation Rachel Heng 2023 Unknown English
17131 Siblings Brigitte Reimann 2023 German German
17131 Picasso The Foreigner Annie Cohen‑Solal 2023 Unknown French
17131 How Data Happened Chris Wiggins, Matthew L. Jones 2023 Unknown English
17131 Spoken Word Joshua Bennett 2023 Unknown English
17131 Look At The Lights, My Love Annie Ernaux 2023 French French
17131 Bottoms Up And The Devil Laughs Kerry Howley 2023 Unknown English
17131 Ringmaster Abraham Riesman 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Kingdom Of Prep Maggie Bullock 2023 Unknown English
17131 Ghosts Of The Orphanage Christine Kenneally 2023 Unknown English
17131 Milton Glaser Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, Beth Kleber 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Absent Moon Luiz Schwarcz 2023 Brazilian Portuguese
17131 We Were Once A Family Roxanna Asgarian 2023 Unknown English
17131 An Autobiography Of Skin Lakiesha Carr 2023 Unknown English
17131 Old God’s Time Sebastian Barry 2023 Irish English
17131 The Dog Of The North Elizabeth McKenzie 2023 American English
17131 Users Colin Winnette 2023 Unknown English
17131 I Am Still With You Emmanuel Iduma 2023 Nigerian English
17131 The Nature Book Tom Comitta 2023 Unknown English
17131 A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs Gulchehra Hoja 2023 Unknown English
17131 Eastbound Maylis de Kerangal 2023 French French
17131 Big Swiss Jen Beagin 2023 American English
17131 The Great Displacement Jake Bittle 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Real Work Adam Gopnik 2023 American English
17131 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
17131 The Written World And The Unwritten World Italo Calvino 2023 Italian Italian
17131 The Sun Walks Down Fiona McFarlane 2023 Unknown English
17131 Iron Curtain Vesna Goldsworthy 2023 Unknown English
17131 Collected Works Lydia Sandgren 2023 Unknown Swedish
17131 Life On Delay John Hendrickson 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Devil’s Element Dan Egan 2023 Unknown English
17131 Brooklyn’s Last Secret Leslie Stein 2023 Unknown English
17131 I Have Some Questions For You Rebecca Makkai 2023 American English
17131 Evil Flowers Gunnhild Øyehaug 2023 Norwegian Norwegian
17131 Three Roads Back Robert D. Richardson 2023 Unknown English
17131 Cobalt Red Siddharth Kara 2023 Unknown English
17131 Daughter In Exile Bisi Adjapon 2023 Unknown English
17131 Oscar Wars Michael Schulman 2023 Unknown English
17131 This Other Eden Paul Harding 2023 American English
17131 The Wife Of Bath Marion Turner 2023 Unknown English
17131 When The News Broke Heather Hendershot 2023 Unknown English
17131 After Sappho Selby Wynn Schwartz 2023 Unknown English
17131 Why You’ll Never Find The One Sarah Akinterinwa 2023 Unknown English
17131 Skull Water Heinz Insu Fenkl 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Wandering Mind Jamie Kreiner 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Sense Of Wonder Matthew Salesses 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Guest Lecture Martin Riker 2023 Unknown English
17131 The New Life Tom Crewe 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Scythian Empire Christopher I. Beckwith 2023 Unknown English
17131 Pirate Enlightenment David Graeber 2023 Unknown English
17131 Spare Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex 2023 British English
17131 Forbidden Notebook Alba de Céspedes 2023 Italian Italian
17131 Professing Criticism John Guillory 2023 American English
17131 Wade In The Water Nyani Nkrumah 2023 Unknown English
17131 Still Pictures Janet Malcolm 2023 American English
17131 All Souls Saskia Hamilton 2023 Unknown English
17131 Chrome Valley Mahogany L. Browne 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Deadline Jill Lepore 2023 American English
17131 Ghost Music An Yu 2022 Unknown English
17131 The Hive And The Honey Paul Yoon 2023 Unknown English
17131 Holding Pattern Jenny Xie 2023 Unknown English
17131 Holler, Child Latoya Watkins 2023 Unknown English
17131 How Not To Kill Yourself Clancy Martin 2023 American English
17131 I Am Still With You Emmanuel Iduma 2023 Nigerian English
17131 I Do Everything I’m Told Megan Fernandes 2023 Unknown English
17131 Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go Cleo Qian 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Male Gazed Manuel Betancourt 2023 Unknown English
17131 Mott Street Ava Chin 2023 Unknown English
17131 None Of The Above Travis Alabanza 2022 Unknown English
17131 Nothing Special Nicole Flattery 2023 Irish English
17131 Owner Of A Lonely Heart Beth Nguyen 2023 Unknown English
17131 Temple Folk Aaliyah Bilal 2023 Unknown English
17131 Terrace Story Hilary Leichter 2023 Unknown English
17131 Thin Skin Jenn Shapland 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Three Of Us Ore Agbaje‑Williams 2023 Unknown English
17131 To Free The Captives Tracy K. Smith 2023 Unknown English
17131 Vengeance Is Mine Marie NDiaye 2021 French English