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 薫る花は凛と咲く 7 Saka Mikami 2023 Japanese Japanese
17131 Plum Island Nelson DeMille 1997 American English
17131 A Good Marriage Stephen King 2010 American English
17131 Thinking In Systems Donella H. Meadows 2008 American English
17131 Yatharth Geeta Swami Adgadanand 1994 Indian Unknown
17131 Sita Amish Tripathi 2017 Indian English
17131 The Secret Of The Nagas Amish Tripathi 2011 Indian English
17131 The Oath Of The Vayuputras Amish Tripathi 2013 Indian English
17131 Station Eternity Mur Lafferty 2022 American English
17131 The Murders In Great Diddling Katarina Bivald 2024 Swedish Unknown
17131 You Sexy Thing Cat Rambo 2021 American English
17131 The Antique Hunter's Guide To Murder C.L. Miller 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Kaiju Preservation Society John Scalzi 2022 American English
17131 The Treasure Hunters Club Tom Ryan 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Square Of Sevens Laura Shepherd-Robinson 2023 British English
17131 Red Side Story Jasper Fforde 2024 British English
17131 The Last Word Elly Griffiths 2024 British English
17131 Close To Death Anthony Horowitz 2024 British English
17131 How To Solve Your Own Murder Kristen Perrin 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Secret Hours Mick Herron 2023 British English
17131 To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars Christopher Paolini 2020 American English
17131 Murder Your Employer Rupert Holmes 2023 American English
17131 The Twist Of The Knife Anthony Horowitz 2019 British English
17131 Bleeding Heart Yard Elly Griffiths 2022 British English
17131 Certain Dark Things Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2016 Canadian English
17131 Made For Love Alissa Nutting 2017 American English
17131 The Paradox Hotel Rob Heart 2022 American English
17131 Aresenic And Adobo Mia P. Manansala 2021 American English
17131 The Postscript Murders Elly Griffiths 2020 British English
17131 Fake Fruit Factory Patrick Wensink 2015 American English
17131 Strange Practice Vivian Shaw 2017 American English
17131 The Blacktongue Thief Christopher Buehlman 2021 American English
17131 The Lost Love Songs Of Boysie Singh Ingrid Persaud 2024 Trinidadian English
17131 Not That Bad Roxane Gay 2018 American English
17131 Forever, Interrupted Taylor Jenkins Reid 2013 American English
17131 A Empregada Freida McFadden 2022 American English
17131 Hooked McIntire, Emily 2021 Unknown English
17131 The Memory Painter Womack, Gwendolyn 2015 American English
17131 God Is Love Pope Benedict XVI 2005 German Latin
17131 Loner Teddy Wayne 2016 American English
17131 The Ogress And The Orphans Kelly Barnhill 2022 American English
17131 Island Of Whispers Frances Hardinge 2023 British English
17131 Psychology Of Money Morgan Housel 2020 American English
17131 Classroom Of The Elite Syougo Kinugasa 2020 Japanese Japanese
17131 From A Buick 8 Stephen King 2002 American English
17131 1 Q84 Haruki Murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese
17131 History Is All You Left Me Adam Silvera 2017 American English
17131 The Economics Of Innocent Fraud john kenneth galbraith 2004 American English
17131 The Windup Bird Chronicle haruki murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17131 In This Corner Of The World Fumiyo Kouno 2007 Japanese Japanese
17131 The Silence Of The Lambs And Red Dragon Thomas Harris 1991 American Unknown
17131 Scott Pilgrim The Complete Series Bryan Lee O'Malley 2010 Canadian English
17131 Remembrance Of Earth's Past Liu Cixin 2012 Chinese Chinese
17131 The Dalemark Quartet Diana Wynne Jones 1993 British English
17131 Will Eisner's New York Will Eisner 2006 American English
17131 Hyperbole And A Half & Solutions And Other Problems By Allie Brosh 2 Books Collection Set Allie Brosh 2013 American English
17131 Frank Miller's Complete Sin City Library Frank Miller 2005 American English
17131 A Cabeça Do Santo Socorro Acioli 2014 Brazilian Portuguese
17131 Supernatural Joe Dispenza 2017 American English
17131 Origami Man Matthew FitzSimmons 2020 American English
17131 The Eye Of God James Rollins 2013 American English
17131 Cold Harbor Matthew FitzSimmons 2017 American English
17131 Дорогуша C.J. Skuse 2017 British English
17131 1 Q84. книга 1. апрель июнь haruki murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese
17131 Story Of Your Life Ted Chiang 1998 American English
17131 Mistborn Trilogy Tpb Boxed Set Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
17131 Three Body Problem Boxed Set Liu Cixin 2006 Chinese Chinese
17131 Shipping News Annie Proulx 1993 American English
17131 The Good Doctor Damon Galgut 2003 South African English
17131 Beautiful World, Where Are You Sally Rooney 2021 Irish English
17131 Poland Adam Zamoyski 2009 British English
17131 Remote Control Andy McNab 1997 British English
17131 Doctor Who Russell T. Davies 1996 British Unknown
17131 Doctor Who George Mann 2014 British Unknown
17131 Wednesday’s Child Yiyun Li 2013 American English
17131 The New Climate War Michael Mann 2021 American English
17131 Natural Capital Dieter Helm 2015 British English
17131 Sustainable Nation Douglas Farr 2018 American English
17131 Net Zero Dieter Helm 2021 British English
17131 Hurricane Lizards And Plastic Squid Thor Hanson 2021 American English
17131 After The Quake haruki murakami 2000 Japanese Japanese
17131 The House Of Lee Gertrude Atherton 2005 American English
17131 The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants Anne Brasheres 2001 American English
17131 Melvill Rodrigo Fresán 2022 Argentine Spanish
17131 A Burning Megha Majumdar 2020 American English
17131 The Half Drowned King Linnea Hartsuyker 2017 American English
17131 Rough Magic Lara Prior-Palmer 2019 British English
17131 Easy Beauty Chloé Cooper Jones 2022 British English
17131 Drift Caroline Bergvall 2014 Unknown English
17131 I Must Be Living Twice Eileen Myles 2015 American English
17131 Blood Horses John Jeremiah Sullivan 2004 American English
17131 God And The Chip Stahl, William A. 1999 American English
17131 All That Man Is Szalay, David 2016 British English
17131 All The Bright Places Jennifer Niven 2015 American English
17131 The Pink Line Mark Gevisser 2020 South African English
17131 How Did You Get This Number Sloane Crosley 2010 American English
17131 The Book Of Job Harold S. Kushner 2012 American English
17131 A Man Called Otto Fredrik Backman 2012 Swedish Swedish
17131 Children Of Eden Joey Graceffa 2016 American English
17131 The Boy At The Bottom Of The Fountain Jay Bell 2017 American English
17131 Fantasticland Mike Bockoven 2016 American English
17131 Identical Ellen Hopkins 2008 American English
17131 The Painted Drum Louise Erdrich 2013 American English
17131 Das Lächeln Der Fortuna Rebecca Gablé 1997 German German
17131 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Emil Ferris 2017 American English
17131 Palmares Gayl Jones 1994 American English
17131 Daring And The Duke Sarah MacLean 2020 American English
17131 Journey To The River Sea Eva Ibbotson 2001 British English
17131 Syrian Brides Anna Halabi 2018 Unknown English
17131 Al Qaeda And What It Means To Be Modern John Gray 2003 British English
17131 The Road Cormac McCarthy 2006 American English
17131 Metabolical Arnost Lustig 2021 Unknown English
17131 Sweet Dream Baby Sterling Watson 2002 American English
17131 Outlaw Angus Donald 2009 British English
17131 Heads You Win Jeffrey Archer 2018 British English
17131 Envy Sandra Brown 2001 American English
17131 Just Take My Heart Mary Higgins Clark 2009 English
17131 Dangerous Beauty Mark Ross 2001 Unknown English
17131 Todos Os Contos Clarice Lispector 2015 Brazilian Portuguese
17131 Anima Rising Christopher Moore 2025 American English