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
7933 Mr. China Tim Clissold 2004 British English
7934 Fever And Spear Javier Marias 2002 Spanish Spanish
7941 Phantom Pain Wings Kim Hye-soon 2019 Korean Korean
7947 The Kingdom, The Power, And The Glory Tim Alberta 2024 Unknown English
7951 The Wide Wide Sea Hampton Sides 2024 Unknown English
7948 George & Rue George Elliott Clarke 2005 Canadian English
7958 La Casa De La Fuerza Angélica Liddell 2009 Spanish Spanish
7963 Nothing Is True And Everything Is Possible Peter Pomerantsev 2014 British English
7961 Tenderwire Claire Kilroy 2006 Irish English
7975 Kayang And Me Kim Scott 2005 Australian English
7976 Trust Exercise Susan Choi 2019 American English
7978 Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 2018 American English
7979 Berta Isla Javier Marias 2017 Spanish Spanish
7981 Ruahine Ngahuia Te Awekotuku 2003 Unknown English
7983 The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman 2013 British English
7982 The Rocky Shore Jenny Bornholdt 2009 New Zealand English
7990 Greta And Valdin Rebecca K Reilly 2021 Unknown English
7996 Amiable With Big Teeth Claude McKay 2017 American English
7997 Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz 2016 British English
7998 Journey To Diaspora Seo Kyung-sik 2006 Unknown Korean
7998 The Great Transformation Karen Armstrong 2006 British English
8000 Fragmentos De Un Libro Futuro José Ángel Valente 2000 Spanish Spanish
8003 Play Their Hearts Out George Dohrmann 2010 American English
8004 There Are Little Kingdoms Kevin Barry 2007 Irish English
8005 On The Move Oliver Sacks 2015 British English
8020 The Rise And Fall Of American Growth Robert J. Gordon 2016 American English
8018 Mirrors Eduardo Galeano 2008 Uruguayan Spanish
8019 The Story Of A Heart Rachel Clarke 2024 Unknown English
8021 Loved And Missed Susie Boyt 2023 British English
8025 The Dew Breaker Edwidge Danticat 2004 American English
8029 Falling Man Don DeLillo 2007 American English
8030 Walk The Blue Fields Claire Keegan 2007 Irish English
8048 The 10pm Question Kate De Goldi 2008 New Zealand English
8049 Red Queen Victoria Aveyard 2015 American English
8050 Rita Angus Jill Trevelyan 2008 New Zealand English
8052 Neon Gods Katee Robert 2021 American English
8058 The Dragon Republic R. F. Kuang 2019 American English
8059 Maniac Benjamin Labatut 2023 Chilean Spanish
8062 The Future Is History Masha Gessen 2017 Russian English
8060 The Anarchy William Dalrymple 2019 British English
8064 Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt 2022 American English
8063 A Paradise Built In Hell Rebecca Solnit 2009 American English
8066 Bunny Mona Awad 2019 Canadian English
8067 All That She Carried Tiya Miles 2021 American English
8071 Taipei Tao Lin 2013 American English
8072 How To Do Nothing Jenny Odell 2019 American English
8073 Chronic City Jonathan Lethem 2009 American English
8075 The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead David Shields 2008 American English
8075 Nurture Shock Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman 2008 American English
8075 The Great Derangement Matt Taibbi 2008 American English
8090 Paris Nocturne Patrick Modiano 2003 French French
8093 Nixon And Mao Margaret MacMillan 2005 Canadian English
8094 The Dictionary Of Lost Words Pip Williams 2020 Australian English
8095 Molly Fox’s Birthday Deirdre Madden 2008 Irish English
8098 Day A. L. Kennedy 2007 British English
8100 How Not To Die Michael Greger, Gene Stone 2015 American English
8100 The Gates Of Europe Serhii Plokhy 2015 Ukrainian English
8103 A Salt-flowered Tree Kim Jin-sook 2007 Korean Korean
8104 Northern Girls Sheng Keyi 2004 Chinese Chinese
8105 O Miki Liukkonen 2017 Finnish Finnish
8143 Carbide Andriy Lyubka 2014 Ukrainian Ukrainian
8143 Walker On Water Kristiina Ehin 2014 Estonian Estonian
8143 Night Circus And Other Stories Ursula Kovalyk 2014 Slovak Unknown
8143 Alindarka’s Children Alhierld Bakharevich 2014 Belarusian Belarusian
8143 Down Girl Kate Manne 2017 American English
8155 Crush Richard Siken 2005 American English
8158 Out Of Mao’s Shadow Philip P. Pan 2008 Unknown English
8161 Born Confused Tanuja Desai Hidier 2002 American English
8162 The Girl Who Played With Fire Stieg Larsson 2006 Swedish Swedish
8163 Loving A Lost Lord Mary Jo Putney 2009 American English
8163 To Catch A Bride Anne Gracie 2009 Australian English
8168 One Day In December Josie Silver 2018 British English
8167 Returning To Reims Didier Eribon 2009 French French
8170 A Long Way Down Nick Hornby 2005 British English
8169 The Truth Commissioner David Park 2008 Irish English
8171 The Double José Saramago 2002 Portuguese
8173 Life Keith Richards 2010 British English
8183 Alberta empfängt einen Liebhaber Birgit Vanderbeke 2023 German German
8184 Blacklands Belinda Bauer 2010 British English
8187 Questions Of Travel Michelle de Kretser 2012 Australian English
8190 The Fisherman John Langan 2016 American English
8192 The Order Of Time Carlo Rovelli 2017 Italian Italian
8199 Ploile Amare Alexandru Vlad 2011 Romanian Romanian
8199 Acasă, pe Cîmpia Armaghedonului Marta Petreu 2011 Romanian Romanian
8201 Suikoden Series Kenzo Kitakata 2000 Japanese Japanese
8202 4.48 Psychosis Sarah Kane 2000 British English
8202 Insomnia Drawings Louise Bourgeois 2000 Unknown English
8202 The Day I Wasn't There Hélène Cixous 2000 French French
8206 My Life Bill Clinton 2004 American English
8209 The Thirteenth Tale Diane Setterfield 2006 British English
8210 China Shakes The World James Kynge 2006 British English
8211 Dark Emu Bruce Pascoe 2014 Australian English
8212 Landscape Of Farewell Alex Miller 2007 Australian English
8218 Rok Perel Zuzana Brabcová 2000 Czech Czech
8220 The Heart In Winter Kevin Barry 2024 Irish English
8221 Tombstone Yang Jisheng 2008 Chinese Chinese
8222 Island Alistair MacLeod 2000 Canadian English
8223 Ordinary Human Failings Megan Nolan 2024 Irish English
8224 The Lincoln Highway Amor Towles 2021 American English
8225 The Best Minds Jonathan Rosen 2023 Unknown English
8226 We Are Legion Dennis E. Taylor 2016 Unknown English
8226 Unsouled Will Wight 2016 American English
8228 The Rose Of Time Bei Dao 2005 Chinese Chinese
8230 Frankenstein In Baghdad Ahmed Saadawi 2013 Iraqi Arabic
8229 Solito Javier Zamora 2022 Unknown English
8231 China Susan Shirk 2007 Unknown English
8238 Beach Read Emily Henry 2020 American English
8239 Nineteen Seventy Seven David Peace 2000 British English
8239 How The Dead Live Will Self 2000 British English
8241 Bronze And Sunflower Cao Wenxuan 2005 Chinese English
8245 The Man Awakened From Dreams Henrietta Harrison 2005 Unknown English
8248 Always Unreliable Clive James 2001 British English
8249 Funny in Farsi Firoozeh Dumas 2003 Iranian English
8251 Serve The People! Yan Lianke 2005 Chinese Chinese
8253 Ghost Light Joseph O'Connor 2010 Irish English
8254 In The Country Of Men Hisham Matar 2006 British English
8255 The Kraken King Meljean Brook 2014 American English
8256 Someone Knows My Name Lawrence Hill 2007 Canadian English
8257 Strangers In Their Own Land Arlie Russell Hochschild 2016 American English
8259 Trespasses Louise Kennedy 2022 Irish English