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 Verdigris Michele Mari 2007 Unknown Italian
17131 Migratory Birds Mariana Oliver 2014 Mexican Spanish
17131 A Country For Dying Abdellah Taïa 2015 French French
17131 Angel Of Oblivion Maja Haderlap 2011 Austrian German
17131 Six Early Stories Thomas Mann 1997 German German
17131 The Poet’s Bible David Rosenberg 1991 Unknown English
17131 The Female Brain Louann Brizendine 2006 American English
17131 The Five Major Pieces To The Life Puzzle Jim Rohn 1991 American English
17131 Never Let Go Dan John 2009 Unknown English
17131 Icons And Saints Of The Eastern Orthodox Church Alfredo Tradigo 2006 Unknown Italian
17131 The Stranger's Child Alan Hollinghurst 2011 British English
17131 Women, Art, And Society Whitney Chadwick 1990 American English
17131 Horváth Für Boshafte Ödön von Horváth 2010 Austrian German
17131 Angel & Hannah Ishle Park 2021 Unknown English
17131 In Light Of India Octavio Paz 1995 Mexican Spanish
17131 Scion Of Ikshvaku Amish Tripathi 2015 Indian English
17131 Underlord Will Wight 2019 American English
17131 Uncrowned Will Wight 2019 American English
17131 Bloodline Will Wight 2021 American English
17131 Reaper Will Wight 2021 American English
17131 Dreadgod Will Wight 2022 American English
17131 Waybound Will Wight 2023 American English
17131 Skysworn Will Wight 2017 American English
17131 The Butcher's Masquerade Matt Dinniman 2022 Unknown English
17131 All Things Left Wild James Wade 2020 American English
17131 Open Heart Elie Wiesel 2012 American French
17131 Gossamer Lois Lowry 2006 American English
17131 The Cat's Pajamas Ray Bradbury 2004 American English
17131 O Caso Alaska Sanders Joël Dicker 2022 Swiss French
17131 Apprentice To The Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023 Unknown English
17131 Black River Orchard Chuck Wendig 2023 American English
17131 The Gray House Mariam Petrosyan 2009 Armenian Russian
17131 A Taste Of Gold And Iron Ingrid D. Rowland 2022 Unknown English
17131 The Blue Between Sky And Water Susan Abulhawa 2015 American English
17131 It's All In Your Head Russ Rymer 1992 Unknown English
17131 Infinite Ground Martin MacInnes 2016 British English
17131 Girls Against God Jenny Hval 2018 Norwegian English
17131 Accomplice To The Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023 Unknown English
17131 How To Survive Your Murder Danielle Valentine 2022 Unknown English
17131 Twisted Hate Ana Huang 2022 Unknown English
17131 The Lookback Window Kyle Dillon Hertz 2023 Unknown English
17131 A "Working Life" Eileen Myles 2023 American English
17131 Sonic Life Thurston Moore 2023 American English
17131 Our Secret Society Tanisha Ford 2023 Unknown English
17131 Bob Dylan Mark Davidson, Parker Fishel 2022 Unknown English
17131 Those We Thought We Knew David Joy 2023 American English
17131 Omar Victor Diop & The Anonymous Project, Being There Omar Victor Diop, Lee Shulman 2023 Unknown French
17131 Traffic Ben Smith 2023 Unknown English
17131 A Memoir Of My Former Self Hilary Mantel 2023 British English
17131 What Is A Doctor? Dr Phil Whitaker 2023 Unknown English
17131 A Northern Wind David Kynaston 2022 Unknown English
17131 Quartet Leah Broad 2023 Unknown English
17131 Johnson At 10 Anthony Seldon, Raymond Newell 2023 British English
17131 Matrescence Lucy Jones 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Tragic Mind Robert D. Kaplan 2023 American English
17131 Bright Fear Mary Jean Chan 2023 Unknown English
17131 Osebol Marit Kapla 2019 Swedish Swedish
17131 Your Wish Is My Command Deena Mohamed 2022 Unknown English
17131 Venco Cherie Dimaline 2023 Canadian English
17131 The Four Hour Body Tim Ferriss 2010 American English
17131 Tim Ferriss the four hour workweek 2007 Unknown English
17131 Rewire Your Brain John B. Arden 2010 American English
17131 Maya Angelou Maya Angelou 1994 American Unknown
17131 Porträt Eines Jungen Kochs Maylis de Kerangal 2014 French French
17131 Weirdo Sara Pascoe 2023 British English
17131 Reach For The Stars Michael Cragg 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Seventh Son Sebastian Faulks 2023 British English
17131 Being Henry Henry Winkler 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Nirvana Express Mick Brown 2023 Unknown English
17131 Why Women Grow Alice Vincent 2023 Unknown English
17131 Games And Rituals Katherine Heiny 2023 American English
17131 All Sorts Of Lives Claire Harman 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Hero Of This Story Elizabeth McCracken 2016 American English
17131 Arrangements In Blue Amy Key 2023 Unknown English
17131 War Of Lanka Amish Tripathi 2022 Indian English
17131 Rip It Up And Start Again. Post Punk 1978 1984 Simon Reynolds 2005 British English
17131 Hekate Nikita Gill 2023 British English
17131 Everything/Nothing/Someone Alice Carrière 2023 Unknown English
17131 Look Alive Out There Sloane Crosley 2018 American English
17131 Charon Docks At Daylight Zoe Reed 2013 Unknown English
17131 Like Hidden Fire: The Plot To Bring Down The British Empire hopkirk 1994 Unknown English
17131 O Dia Do Curinga Jostein Gaarder 1990 Norwegian Norwegian
17131 Eu Receberia As Piores Noticias Dos Seus Lindos La Marcal Aquino 2005 Brazilian Portuguese
17131 La Felicità Nei Giorni Di Pioggia Imogen Clark 2022 Unknown Italian
17131 Die Kunst Des Verschwindens. Jim Dodge 1990 Unknown German
17131 El Nervio óptico Maria Gainza 2014 Argentinian Spanish
17131 Just Like You Nick Hornby 2020 British English
17131 Talking It Over Julian Barnes 1991 British English
17131 Véspera Carla Madeira 2021 Brazilian Portuguese
17131 Tudo é Rio Carla Madeira 2014 Brazilian Portuguese
17131 A Natureza Da Mordida Carla Madeira 2021 Brazilian Portuguese
17131 Não Fossem As Sílabas Do Sábado Mariana Salomão Carrara 2020 Brazilian Portuguese
17131 Run Towards The Danger Sarah Polley 2022 Canadian English
17131 O Homem De Giz C. J. Tudor 2018 British Portuguese
17131 Minha Vó Pede Desculpas Freedrik Backman 2013 Swedish Swedish
17131 Saint's Blood Sebastien de Castell 2016 Canadian English
17131 Russka Edward Rutherfurd 1991 British English
17131 Worldviews Richard DeWitt 2004 Unknown English
17131 A New Earth Eckhart Tolle 2005 Canadian English
17131 A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself Peter Davies 2021 British English
17131 The Lost Children Of Wilder Nina Bernstein 2001 American English
17131 Retablos Mireya Solís 2018 Unknown Unknown
17131 Life And Words Veena Das 2006 Indian English
17131 Remaking A World Veena Das and Arthur Kleinman 2001 American English
17131 Love’s Knowledge Martha Nussbaum 1990 American English
17131 The Spirituality Of Imperfection Ernest Kurtz 1992 American English
17131 Mind And Cosmos Thomas Nagel 2012 American English
17131 Fields Of Sense: A New Realist Ontology Markus Gabriel 2013 German English
17131 You Are Not A Brain Markus Gabriel 2015 German German
17131 The Primordial Mind In Health And Illness Michael Robbins 2011 American Unknown
17131 Ritual And Its Consequences: An Essay On The Limits Of Sincerity Adam B. Seligman 2008 American English
17131 Your Body Knows The Answer David I. Rome 2014 American English
17131 The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice And Tribal Wisdom Joan Halifax 1993 American English
17131 Unformulated Experience: From Dissociation To Imagination Donnel B. Stern 1997 American English
17131 Awakening The Dreamer Philip M. M. Bromberg 2006 American English
17131 Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka: A Philosophical Introduction Jan Westerhoff 2009 British English
17131 Clarifying The Natural State: A Principal Guidance Manual For Mahamudra Dakpo Tashi Namgyal 2004 Tibetan English
17131 Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change And Grow William R. Miller 1991 American English
17131 Deaths Of Despair And The Future Of Capitalism Anne Case 2020 American English
17131 Strangers And Sojourners Michael O'Brien 1997 Canadian English