The Greatest Books Since 2000

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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
7934 Mr. China Tim Clissold 2004 British English
7935 Fever And Spear Javier Marias 2002 Spanish Spanish
7942 Phantom Pain Wings Kim Hye-soon 2019 Korean Korean
7948 The Kingdom, The Power, And The Glory Tim Alberta 2024 Unknown English
7952 The Wide Wide Sea Hampton Sides 2024 Unknown English
7949 George & Rue George Elliott Clarke 2005 Canadian English
7959 La Casa De La Fuerza Angélica Liddell 2009 Spanish Spanish
7964 Nothing Is True And Everything Is Possible Peter Pomerantsev 2014 British English
7962 Tenderwire Claire Kilroy 2006 Irish English
7976 Kayang And Me Kim Scott 2005 Australian English
7977 Trust Exercise Susan Choi 2019 American English
7979 Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 2018 American English
7980 Berta Isla Javier Marias 2017 Spanish Spanish
7982 Ruahine Ngahuia Te Awekotuku 2003 Unknown English
7984 The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman 2013 British English
7983 The Rocky Shore Jenny Bornholdt 2009 New Zealand English
7991 Greta And Valdin Rebecca K Reilly 2021 Unknown English
7997 Amiable With Big Teeth Claude McKay 2017 American English
7998 Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz 2016 British English
7999 Journey To Diaspora Seo Kyung-sik 2006 Unknown Korean
7999 The Great Transformation Karen Armstrong 2006 British English
8001 Fragmentos De Un Libro Futuro José Ángel Valente 2000 Spanish Spanish
8004 Play Their Hearts Out George Dohrmann 2010 American English
8005 There Are Little Kingdoms Kevin Barry 2007 Irish English
8006 On The Move Oliver Sacks 2015 British English
8021 The Rise And Fall Of American Growth Robert J. Gordon 2016 American English
8019 Mirrors Eduardo Galeano 2008 Uruguayan Spanish
8020 The Story Of A Heart Rachel Clarke 2024 Unknown English
8022 Loved And Missed Susie Boyt 2023 British English
8026 The Dew Breaker Edwidge Danticat 2004 American English
8030 Falling Man Don DeLillo 2007 American English
8031 Walk The Blue Fields Claire Keegan 2007 Irish English
8049 The 10pm Question Kate De Goldi 2008 New Zealand English
8050 Red Queen Victoria Aveyard 2015 American English
8051 Rita Angus Jill Trevelyan 2008 New Zealand English
8053 Neon Gods Katee Robert 2021 American English
8059 The Dragon Republic R. F. Kuang 2019 American English
8060 Maniac Benjamin Labatut 2023 Chilean Spanish
8063 The Future Is History Masha Gessen 2017 Russian English
8061 The Anarchy William Dalrymple 2019 British English
8065 Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt 2022 American English
8064 A Paradise Built In Hell Rebecca Solnit 2009 American English
8067 Bunny Mona Awad 2019 Canadian English
8068 All That She Carried Tiya Miles 2021 American English
8072 Taipei Tao Lin 2013 American English
8073 How To Do Nothing Jenny Odell 2019 American English
8074 Chronic City Jonathan Lethem 2009 American English
8076 The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead David Shields 2008 American English
8076 Nurture Shock Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman 2008 American English
8076 The Great Derangement Matt Taibbi 2008 American English
8091 Paris Nocturne Patrick Modiano 2003 French French
8094 Nixon And Mao Margaret MacMillan 2005 Canadian English
8095 The Dictionary Of Lost Words Pip Williams 2020 Australian English
8096 Molly Fox’s Birthday Deirdre Madden 2008 Irish English
8099 Day A. L. Kennedy 2007 British English
8101 How Not To Die Michael Greger, Gene Stone 2015 American English
8101 The Gates Of Europe Serhii Plokhy 2015 Ukrainian English
8104 A Salt-flowered Tree Kim Jin-sook 2007 Korean Korean
8105 Northern Girls Sheng Keyi 2004 Chinese Chinese
8106 O Miki Liukkonen 2017 Finnish Finnish
8144 Carbide Andriy Lyubka 2014 Ukrainian Ukrainian
8144 Walker On Water Kristiina Ehin 2014 Estonian Estonian
8144 Night Circus And Other Stories Ursula Kovalyk 2014 Slovak Unknown
8144 Alindarka’s Children Alhierld Bakharevich 2014 Belarusian Belarusian
8144 Down Girl Kate Manne 2017 American English
8156 Crush Richard Siken 2005 American English
8159 Out Of Mao’s Shadow Philip P. Pan 2008 Unknown English
8162 Born Confused Tanuja Desai Hidier 2002 American English
8163 The Girl Who Played With Fire Stieg Larsson 2006 Swedish Swedish
8164 Loving A Lost Lord Mary Jo Putney 2009 American English
8164 To Catch A Bride Anne Gracie 2009 Australian English
8169 One Day In December Josie Silver 2018 British English
8168 Returning To Reims Didier Eribon 2009 French French
8171 A Long Way Down Nick Hornby 2005 British English
8170 The Truth Commissioner David Park 2008 Irish English
8172 The Double José Saramago 2002 Portuguese
8174 Life Keith Richards 2010 British English
8184 Alberta empfängt einen Liebhaber Birgit Vanderbeke 2023 German German
8185 Blacklands Belinda Bauer 2010 British English
8188 Questions Of Travel Michelle de Kretser 2012 Australian English
8191 The Fisherman John Langan 2016 American English
8193 The Order Of Time Carlo Rovelli 2017 Italian Italian
8200 Ploile Amare Alexandru Vlad 2011 Romanian Romanian
8200 Acasă, pe Cîmpia Armaghedonului Marta Petreu 2011 Romanian Romanian
8202 Suikoden Series Kenzo Kitakata 2000 Japanese Japanese
8203 4.48 Psychosis Sarah Kane 2000 British English
8203 Insomnia Drawings Louise Bourgeois 2000 Unknown English
8203 The Day I Wasn't There Hélène Cixous 2000 French French
8207 My Life Bill Clinton 2004 American English
8210 The Thirteenth Tale Diane Setterfield 2006 British English
8211 China Shakes The World James Kynge 2006 British English
8212 Dark Emu Bruce Pascoe 2014 Australian English
8213 Landscape Of Farewell Alex Miller 2007 Australian English
8219 Rok Perel Zuzana Brabcová 2000 Czech Czech
8221 The Heart In Winter Kevin Barry 2024 Irish English
8222 Tombstone Yang Jisheng 2008 Chinese Chinese
8223 Island Alistair MacLeod 2000 Canadian English
8224 Ordinary Human Failings Megan Nolan 2024 Irish English
8225 The Lincoln Highway Amor Towles 2021 American English
8226 The Best Minds Jonathan Rosen 2023 Unknown English
8227 We Are Legion Dennis E. Taylor 2016 Unknown English
8227 Unsouled Will Wight 2016 American English
8229 The Rose Of Time Bei Dao 2005 Chinese Chinese
8231 Frankenstein In Baghdad Ahmed Saadawi 2013 Iraqi Arabic
8230 Solito Javier Zamora 2022 Unknown English
8232 China Susan Shirk 2007 Unknown English
8239 Beach Read Emily Henry 2020 American English
8240 Nineteen Seventy Seven David Peace 2000 British English
8240 How The Dead Live Will Self 2000 British English
8242 Bronze And Sunflower Cao Wenxuan 2005 Chinese English
8246 The Man Awakened From Dreams Henrietta Harrison 2005 Unknown English
8249 Always Unreliable Clive James 2001 British English
8250 Funny in Farsi Firoozeh Dumas 2003 Iranian English
8252 Serve The People! Yan Lianke 2005 Chinese Chinese
8254 Ghost Light Joseph O'Connor 2010 Irish English
8255 In The Country Of Men Hisham Matar 2006 British English
8256 The Kraken King Meljean Brook 2014 American English
8257 Someone Knows My Name Lawrence Hill 2007 Canadian English
8258 Strangers In Their Own Land Arlie Russell Hochschild 2016 American English
8260 Trespasses Louise Kennedy 2022 Irish English