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
8788 Dinosaurs On Other Planets Danielle McLaughlin 2014 Irish English
8789 Bittersweet Philip Lee 2001 Canadian English
8794 Here Are The Young Men Rob Doyle 2014 Irish English
8797 It Happened One Wedding Julie James 2014 American English
8797 The Understatement Of The Year Sarina Bowen 2014 American English
8796 Heave Christy Ann Conlin 2002 Canadian English
8812 Feed M. T. Anderson 2002 American English
8814 Loot Tania James 2023 Unknown English
8816 Man Gone Down Michael Thomas 2007 American English
8818 China In Ten Words Yu Hua 2011 Chinese Chinese
8832 Fire Weather John Vaillant 2023 Canadian English
8837 The Axeman's Carnival Catherine Chidgey 2023 New Zealander English
8836 Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger 2013 American English
8839 Tell Me Everything Elizabeth Strout 2024 Unknown Unknown
8841 Desertion Abdulrazak Gurnah 2005 Tanzanian English
8843 Negative Space Luljeta Lleshanaku 2018 Albanian Albanian
8844 Zeitoun Dave Eggers 2009 American English
8845 Our Kids Robert D. Putnam 2015 American English
8846 Seeing Red Lina Meruane 2012 Chilean Spanish
8847 Philosophy of the Tourist Hiroki Azuma 2017 Japanese Unknown
8848 Tragedy At Pike River Mine Rebecca Macfie 2013 New Zealand English
8849 My Lives Edmund White 2005 American English
8852 I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home Lorrie Moore 2023 American English
8855 The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates 2019 American English
8856 What You Are Looking For Is In The Library Michiko Aoyama 2020 Japanese Japanese
8858 The Navigator Of New York Wayne Johnston 2002 Canadian English
8864 Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman 2020 American English
8871 Becoming Mrs. Lewis Patti Callahan Henry 2018 American English
8871 When Katie Met Cassidy Camille Perri 2018 American English
8867 Death Of The Author Nnedi Okorafor 2025 Unknown English
8876 How To Survive A Plague David France 2016 American English
8877 Tongues Anders Nilsen 2025 American English
8881 Hard Revolution George P. Pelecanos 2004 American English
8881 I'll Go To Bed At Noon Gerard Woodward 2004 British English
8881 Měsíc Nad řekou Fráňa Šrámek 2006 Czech Czech
8884 Black and Blur Fred Moten 2017 American English
8887 Theft Of Swords Michael J. Sullivan 2011 American English
8886 Monsters Claire Dederer 2023 American English
8891 Chronicles Bob Dylan 2004 American English
8891 Midnight In Chernobyl Adam Higginbotham 2024 British English
8888 Heat Bill Buford 2006 American English
8888 The Beautiful Fall Alicia Drake 2006 British English
8888 Cendrillon Éric Reinhardt 2007 French French
8896 Are Prisons Obsolete? Angela Davis 2003 American English
8896 Yoga For People Who Can’t Be Bothered To Do It Geoff Dyer 2003 British English
8896 I Have Not Seen Mandu Swadesh Deepak 2003 Indian Hindi
8895 Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama Alison Bechdel 2012 American English
8903 Blackouts Justin Torres 2023 Unknown English
8907 Unravelling Oliver Liz Nugent 2014 Irish English
8910 The Night Guest Fiona McFarlane 2013 Australian English
8909 Fallen Lia Mills 2014 Irish English
8913 Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold 2003 American English
8916 All Grown Up Jami Attenberg 2017 American English
8918 Manchuria Under Japanese Dominion Shinichi Yamamuro 2006 Japanese Japanese
8926 How Children Succeed Paul Tough 2012 Canadian English
8926 Hidden America Jeanne Marie Laskas 2012 American English
8926 The End Of Men Hanna Rosin 2012 American English
8935 The White Girl Tony Birch 2019 Australian English
8939 Queen Of The Conquered Kacen Callender 2019 American English
8939 The Rage Of Dragons Evan Winter 2019 Canadian English
8938 Memorial Drive Natasha Trethewey 2020 American English
8937 Seibutsu To Museibutsu No Aida Shinichi Fukuoka 2007 Japanese Japanese
8944 Wolf in White Van John Darnielle 2014 American English
8950 Time Without Keys Ida Vitale 2019 Uruguayan Spanish
8948 The Wren, The Wren Anne Enright 2023 Irish English
8953 Family Lore Elizabeth Acevedo 2023 Unknown English
8956 The Vagrants Yiyun Li 2009 American English
8969 The Shack William P. Young 2007 American English
8968 Asking For It Louise O'Neill 2015 Irish English
8972 A Short History Of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson 2003 American English
8974 Mantra Rodrigo Fresán 2001 Argentinian Spanish
8976 Clavícula Marta Sanz 2015 Spanish Spanish
8976 The Great Divide Joseph Stiglitz 2015 American English
8979 Playground Richard Powers 2024 Unknown Unknown
8979 Crook Manifesto Colson Whitehead 2023 American English
8981 Downhill Chance Donna Morrissey 2002 Canadian English
8982 Sailors, Slackers And Blind Pigs Stephen Kimber 2002 Canadian English
8983 Nova Scotia, Shaped By The Sea Lesley Choyce 2002 Canadian English
8984 Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil V. E. Schwab 2025 Unknown English
8987 Sunrise On The Reaping Suzanne Collins 2025 Unknown English
8989 Tinkers Paul Harding 2009 American English
8989 Less Andrew Sean Greer 2017 American English
8994 Delirious Damien Wilkins 2012 New Zealand English
8995 Inkheart Cornelia Funke 2003 German German
9000 The Emperor Of Ocean Park Stephen L. Carter 2002 American English
8998 The Deal Elle Kennedy 2015 Canadian English
9006 August Heat Andrea Camilleri 2006 Italian Italian
9006 Little Face Sophie Hannah 2006 British English
9017 Improvement Joan Silber 2017 American English
9018 The Message Ta-Nehisi Coates 2024 Unknown Unknown
9026 The Other Americans Laila Lalami 2019 Moroccan English
9029 The Hunter Tana French 2024 Irish English
9028 Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver 2000 American English
9035 From A To X John Berger 2008 British English
9035 Jouer Juste François Bégaudeau 2008 French French
9035 Them Old Cowboy Songs Annie Proulx 2008 American English
9035 Yama Loka Terminus Léo Henry, Jacques Mucchielli 2008 French French
9039 Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here Jonathan Blitzer 2024 Unknown English
9039 Anansi’s Gold Yepoka Yeebo 2023 Unknown English
9041 All The Colours Of The Dark Chris Whitaker 2024 Unknown English
9042 Against The Loveless World Susan Abulhawa 2020 Palestinian English
9045 L'amour, La Mer Pascal Quignard 2002 French French
9049 How I Live Now Meg Rosoff 2004 British English
9047 The Rachel Incident Caroline O'Donoghue 2023 Irish English
9048 The Sun Walks Down Fiona McFarlane 2022 Australian English
9052 Built From The Fire Victor Luckerson 2023 Unknown English
9053 The Crossover Kwame Alexander 2014 American English
9054 Taking Off Emily Dickinson’s Clothes Billy Collins 2000 American English
9057 In The Darkroom Susan Faludi 2016 American English
9058 Challenger Adam Higginbotham 2024 British English
9058 After The Funeral And Other Stories Tessa Hadley 2023 British English
9060 Pond Claire-Louise Bennett 2015 Irish English
9062 Décadence Mandchoue Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse 2011 Unknown English
9061 The Book Of Records Madeleine Thien 2025 Canadian English
9064 Soldiers And Kings Jason De León 2024 Unknown English
9065 The Tribe Michael Mohammed Ahmad 2014 Australian English
9065 A Million Windows Gerald Murnane 2014 Australian English
9067 Stormbreaker Anthony Horowitz 2000 British English
9069 The Lonely City Olivia Laing 2016 British English
9068 Son Memorias Tulio Halperin Donghi 2008 Argentinian Spanish