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
9073 Old God's Time Sebastian Barry 2023 Irish English
9074 The Town That Forgot How To Breathe Kenneth J. Harvey 2003 Canadian English
9076 Autumn Ali Smith 2016 British English
9076 Euphoria Lily King 2014 American English
9076 Cleopatra Stacy Schiff 2010 Egyptian English
9076 Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow 2004 American English
9081 Event Factory Renee Gladman 2010 American English
9083 The Prince Of Broadway Joanna Shupe 2019 American English
9083 Wolf Gone Wild Juliette Cross 2019 Unknown English
9083 Polaris Rising Jessie Mihalik 2019 American English
9083 Brazen And The Beast Sarah MacLean 2019 American English
9083 Bloom Kevin Panetta 2019 Unknown English
9082 Good Material Dolly Alderton 2024 British English
9088 The Dream Hotel Laila Lalami 2025 Unknown English
9089 Viață și Cărți. Amintirile Unui Cititor De Cursă Lungă Nicolae Manolescu 2016 Romanian Romanian
9092 This Other Eden Paul Harding 2023 American English
9099 The Familiar Leigh Bardugo 2024 Unknown English
9098 He Who Fights With Monsters Shirtaloon 2021 Unknown English
9100 The Vanishing Generation Bagila Bukharbayeva 2019 Uzbek English
9100 Of Strangers And Bees Hamid Ismailov 2019 Uzbek Uzbek
9100 Rock, Paper, Scissors And Other Stories Maxim Osipov 2019 Russian Russian
9100 Life Went On Anyway Oleg Sentsov 2019 Ukrainian Russian
9106 The Big Why Michael Winter 2004 Canadian English
9100 Eifel Liebe Jacques Berndorf 2003 German German
9105 Tilt Emma Pattee 2025 Unknown English
9109 Wild Dark Shore Charlotte McConaghy 2025 Unknown English
9108 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
9110 Happy Place Emily Henry 2023 American English
9111 Gabriel's Moon William Boyd 2024 Unknown English
9114 Cosmopolis Don DeLillo 2003 American English
9127 Beyond Black Hilary Mantel 2005 British English
9128 Lumberjanes Noelle Stevenson 2014 American English
9128 The Storied Life Of A.J. Fikry Gabrielle Zevin 2014 American English
9130 Génie Divin Guillaume Dustan 2001 French French
9131 The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches Sangu Mandanna 2022 British English
9134 Why the West Rules - For Now Ian Morris 2010 British English
9134 Through the Language Glass Guy Deutscher 2010 British English
9134 My Name Is Lucy Barton Elizabeth Strout 2016 American English
9138 How To Write About Africa Binyavanga Wainaina 2005 Kenyan English
9138 The Last Lover Can Xue 2005 Chinese Chinese
9138 The Dream Life Of Sukhanov Olga Grushin 2005 Russian English
9141 The Consequences Niña Weijers 2014 Dutch Dutch
9143 Bangkok 8 John Burdett 2003 British English
9145 Can You Tolerate This? Ashleigh Young 2016 New Zealand English
9147 Boy, Snow, Bird Helen Oyeyemi 2014 British English
9148 Bugs Whiti Hereaka 2013 New Zealand English
9149 The World For Sale Jack Farchy, Javier Blas 2021 British English
9153 Mercy Jussi Adler-Olsen 2007 Danish Danish
9154 Limberlost Robbie Arnott 2022 Australian English
9155 In A Cloud Of Dust And Smoke Raymond Fraser 2003 Canadian English
9162 This Is Water David Foster Wallace 2009 American English
9162 Correspondance Avec Le Mur Hélène Cixous 2009 French French
9162 Haiku Stephen Addiss 2009 Unknown English
9162 La Blessure Et La Soif Laurence Plazenet 2009 French French
9166 The Betrayer Michael Hennessey 2003 Canadian English
9167 A Place Between The Tides Harry Thurston 2004 Canadian English
9169 The Dying Animal Philip Roth 2001 American English
9177 Homeland Fernando Aramburu 2016 Spanish Spanish
9178 Anima Wajdi Mouawad 2012 French French
9181 The Cocktail Collection Alice Clayton 2016 Unknown English
9179 China's Second Continent Howard W. French 2014 American English
9184 Red Clocks Leni Zumas 2018 American English
9182 Beautiful Bastard Christina Lauren 2013 American English
9182 Off To Be The Wizard Scott Meyer 2013 English
9194 Carry Me Down M. J. Hyland 2006 Australian English
9194 Kieron Smith, Boy James Kelman 2008 Scottish English
9194 Cost Roxana Robinson 2008 American English
9194 American Rust Philipp Meyer 2009 American English
9194 Nemesis Philip Roth 2010 American English
9194 The Undoing Project Michael M. Lewis 2016 American English
9194 Words On The Move John McWhorter 2016 American English
9194 How We Got To Now Steven Johnson 2014 American English
9194 The Accidental Universe Alan Lightman 2014 American English
9194 Happy City Charles Montgomery 2013 Canadian English
9194 The Water Will Come Jeff Goodell 2017 American English
9194 How To Slowly Kill Yourself And Others In America Kiese Laymon 2013 American English
9194 Hit Makers Derek Thompson 2017 American English
9194 The Rise Sarah Lewis 2014 Unknown English
9194 Talking Back, Talking Black John McWhorter 2017 American English
9194 Violation Sallie Tisdale 2016 American English
9194 Love And Ruin Evan Ratliff, Susan Orlean 2016 Unknown English
9194 A Sliver Of Light Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, Sarah Shourd 2014 American English
9194 But What If We're Wrong? Chuck Klosterman 2016 American English
9194 The Confidence Game Maria Konnikova 2015 American English
9194 What Do Women Want? Daniel Bergner 2013 American English
9194 Future Sex Emily Witt 2015 American English
9194 The Geography Of Madness Frank Bures 2016 Unknown English
9194 Irritable Hearts Mac McClelland 2015 Unknown English
9194 The Death Class Erika Hayasaki 2014 American English
9194 The Saboteur Paul Kix 2017 Unknown English
9187 By The Sea Abdulrazak Gurnah 2001 British English
9221 Eats, Shoots and Leaves Lynne Truss 2003 British English
9222 On Tyranny Timothy Snyder 2017 American English
9226 The Passenger Cormac McCarthy 2022 American English
9228 Han Hinkon Makoto Yuasa 2008 Japanese Unknown
9229 Poems Jorge Luis Borges 2010 Argentinian Spanish
9232 Foal's Bread Gillian Mears 2011 Australian English
9234 Multitudes Lucy Caldwell 2016 Irish English
9237 Panthers And The Museum Of Fire Jen Craig 2015 Australian English
9237 The Natural Way Of Things Charlotte Wood 2015 Australian English
9240 Lightning Rods Helen DeWitt 2011 American English
9240 Pym Mat Johnson 2011 American English
9242 Ella Baker And The Black Freedom Movement Barbara Ransby 2003 American English
9248 The Red Tree Caitlín R. Kiernan 2009 American English
9250 An Audience Of Chairs Joan Clark 2005 Canadian English
9255 White Is For Witching Helen Oyeyemi 2009 British English
9256 The Entrepreneurial State Mariana Mazzucato 2013 British English
9256 Arabs And Israelis Abdel Monem Said Aly, Shai Feldman, Khalil Shikaki 2013 Multiple English
9260 The Grace Of Kings Ken Liu 2015 American English
9261 The Great Swindle Pierre Lemaitre 2013 French French
9264 The Memory Police Yōko Ogawa 2024 Japanese Japanese
9265 Malcolm X Manning Marable 2011 American English
9265 Lit Mary Karr 2009 American English
9265 Nothing to be Frightened Of Julian Barnes 2008 British English
9265 The Candy House Jennifer Egan 2022 American English
9265 An Immense World Ed Yong 2022 British English
9265 A Children’s Bible Lydia Millet, Xe Sands 2020 American English
9265 Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast 2014 American English
9265 The Yellow Birds Kevin Powers 2012 American English
9265 Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri 2008 Indian English