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
8792 Dinosaurs On Other Planets Danielle McLaughlin 2014 Irish English
8793 Bittersweet Philip Lee 2001 Canadian English
8798 Here Are The Young Men Rob Doyle 2014 Irish English
8801 It Happened One Wedding Julie James 2014 American English
8801 The Understatement Of The Year Sarina Bowen 2014 American English
8800 Heave Christy Ann Conlin 2002 Canadian English
8816 Feed M. T. Anderson 2002 American English
8818 Loot Tania James 2023 Unknown English
8820 Man Gone Down Michael Thomas 2007 American English
8822 China In Ten Words Yu Hua 2011 Chinese Chinese
8835 Fire Weather John Vaillant 2023 Canadian English
8840 The Axeman's Carnival Catherine Chidgey 2023 New Zealander English
8839 Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger 2013 American English
8842 Tell Me Everything Elizabeth Strout 2024 Unknown Unknown
8844 Desertion Abdulrazak Gurnah 2005 Tanzanian English
8846 Negative Space Luljeta Lleshanaku 2018 Albanian Albanian
8847 Zeitoun Dave Eggers 2009 American English
8848 Our Kids Robert D. Putnam 2015 American English
8849 Seeing Red Lina Meruane 2012 Chilean Spanish
8850 Philosophy of the Tourist Hiroki Azuma 2017 Japanese Unknown
8851 Tragedy At Pike River Mine Rebecca Macfie 2013 New Zealand English
8852 My Lives Edmund White 2005 American English
8855 I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home Lorrie Moore 2023 American English
8858 The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates 2019 American English
8859 What You Are Looking For Is In The Library Michiko Aoyama 2020 Japanese Japanese
8861 The Navigator Of New York Wayne Johnston 2002 Canadian English
8867 Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman 2020 American English
8874 Becoming Mrs. Lewis Patti Callahan Henry 2018 American English
8874 When Katie Met Cassidy Camille Perri 2018 American English
8870 Death Of The Author Nnedi Okorafor 2025 Unknown English
8879 How To Survive A Plague David France 2016 American English
8880 Tongues Anders Nilsen 2025 American English
8884 Hard Revolution George P. Pelecanos 2004 American English
8884 I'll Go To Bed At Noon Gerard Woodward 2004 British English
8884 Měsíc Nad řekou Fráňa Šrámek 2006 Czech Czech
8887 Black and Blur Fred Moten 2017 American English
8890 Theft Of Swords Michael J. Sullivan 2011 American English
8889 Monsters Claire Dederer 2023 American English
8894 Chronicles Bob Dylan 2004 American English
8894 Midnight In Chernobyl Adam Higginbotham 2024 British English
8891 Heat Bill Buford 2006 American English
8891 The Beautiful Fall Alicia Drake 2006 British English
8891 Cendrillon Éric Reinhardt 2007 French French
8899 Are Prisons Obsolete? Angela Davis 2003 American English
8899 Yoga For People Who Can’t Be Bothered To Do It Geoff Dyer 2003 British English
8899 I Have Not Seen Mandu Swadesh Deepak 2003 Indian Hindi
8898 Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama Alison Bechdel 2012 American English
8906 Blackouts Justin Torres 2023 Unknown English
8910 Unravelling Oliver Liz Nugent 2014 Irish English
8913 The Night Guest Fiona McFarlane 2013 Australian English
8912 Fallen Lia Mills 2014 Irish English
8916 Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold 2003 American English
8919 All Grown Up Jami Attenberg 2017 American English
8921 Manchuria Under Japanese Dominion Shinichi Yamamuro 2006 Japanese Japanese
8929 How Children Succeed Paul Tough 2012 Canadian English
8929 Hidden America Jeanne Marie Laskas 2012 American English
8929 The End Of Men Hanna Rosin 2012 American English
8938 The White Girl Tony Birch 2019 Australian English
8942 Queen Of The Conquered Kacen Callender 2019 American English
8942 The Rage Of Dragons Evan Winter 2019 Canadian English
8941 Memorial Drive Natasha Trethewey 2020 American English
8940 Seibutsu To Museibutsu No Aida Shinichi Fukuoka 2007 Japanese Japanese
8947 Wolf in White Van John Darnielle 2014 American English
8953 Time Without Keys Ida Vitale 2019 Uruguayan Spanish
8951 The Wren, The Wren Anne Enright 2023 Irish English
8956 Family Lore Elizabeth Acevedo 2023 Unknown English
8959 The Vagrants Yiyun Li 2009 American English
8972 The Shack William P. Young 2007 American English
8971 Asking For It Louise O'Neill 2015 Irish English
8975 A Short History Of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson 2003 American English
8977 Mantra Rodrigo Fresán 2001 Argentinian Spanish
8979 Clavícula Marta Sanz 2015 Spanish Spanish
8979 The Great Divide Joseph Stiglitz 2015 American English
8982 Playground Richard Powers 2024 Unknown Unknown
8982 Crook Manifesto Colson Whitehead 2023 American English
8984 Downhill Chance Donna Morrissey 2002 Canadian English
8985 Sailors, Slackers And Blind Pigs Stephen Kimber 2002 Canadian English
8986 Nova Scotia, Shaped By The Sea Lesley Choyce 2002 Canadian English
8987 Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil V. E. Schwab 2025 Unknown English
8990 Sunrise On The Reaping Suzanne Collins 2025 Unknown English
8992 Tinkers Paul Harding 2009 American English
8992 Less Andrew Sean Greer 2017 American English
8997 Delirious Damien Wilkins 2012 New Zealand English
8998 Inkheart Cornelia Funke 2003 German German
9003 The Emperor Of Ocean Park Stephen L. Carter 2002 American English
9001 The Deal Elle Kennedy 2015 Canadian English
9009 August Heat Andrea Camilleri 2006 Italian Italian
9009 Little Face Sophie Hannah 2006 British English
9020 Improvement Joan Silber 2017 American English
9021 The Message Ta-Nehisi Coates 2024 Unknown Unknown
9029 The Other Americans Laila Lalami 2019 Moroccan English
9032 The Hunter Tana French 2024 Irish English
9031 Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver 2000 American English
9038 From A To X John Berger 2008 British English
9038 Jouer Juste François Bégaudeau 2008 French French
9038 Them Old Cowboy Songs Annie Proulx 2008 American English
9038 Yama Loka Terminus Léo Henry, Jacques Mucchielli 2008 French French
9042 Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here Jonathan Blitzer 2024 Unknown English
9042 Anansi’s Gold Yepoka Yeebo 2023 Unknown English
9044 All The Colours Of The Dark Chris Whitaker 2024 Unknown English
9045 Against The Loveless World Susan Abulhawa 2020 Palestinian English
9048 L'amour, La Mer Pascal Quignard 2002 French French
9052 How I Live Now Meg Rosoff 2004 British English
9050 The Rachel Incident Caroline O'Donoghue 2023 Irish English
9051 The Sun Walks Down Fiona McFarlane 2022 Australian English
9055 Built From The Fire Victor Luckerson 2023 Unknown English
9056 The Crossover Kwame Alexander 2014 American English
9057 Taking Off Emily Dickinson’s Clothes Billy Collins 2000 American English
9060 In The Darkroom Susan Faludi 2016 American English
9061 Challenger Adam Higginbotham 2024 British English
9061 After The Funeral And Other Stories Tessa Hadley 2023 British English
9063 Pond Claire-Louise Bennett 2015 Irish English
9065 Décadence Mandchoue Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse 2011 Unknown English
9064 The Book Of Records Madeleine Thien 2025 Canadian English
9067 Soldiers And Kings Jason De León 2024 Unknown English
9068 The Tribe Michael Mohammed Ahmad 2014 Australian English
9068 A Million Windows Gerald Murnane 2014 Australian English
9070 Stormbreaker Anthony Horowitz 2000 British English
9072 The Lonely City Olivia Laing 2016 British English
9071 Son Memorias Tulio Halperin Donghi 2008 Argentinian Spanish