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
9070 Old God's Time Sebastian Barry 2023 Irish English
9071 The Town That Forgot How To Breathe Kenneth J. Harvey 2003 Canadian English
9073 Autumn Ali Smith 2016 British English
9073 Euphoria Lily King 2014 American English
9073 Cleopatra Stacy Schiff 2010 Egyptian English
9073 Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow 2004 American English
9078 Event Factory Renee Gladman 2010 American English
9080 The Prince Of Broadway Joanna Shupe 2019 American English
9080 Wolf Gone Wild Juliette Cross 2019 Unknown English
9080 Polaris Rising Jessie Mihalik 2019 American English
9080 Brazen And The Beast Sarah MacLean 2019 American English
9080 Bloom Kevin Panetta 2019 Unknown English
9079 Good Material Dolly Alderton 2024 British English
9085 The Dream Hotel Laila Lalami 2025 Unknown English
9086 Viață și Cărți. Amintirile Unui Cititor De Cursă Lungă Nicolae Manolescu 2016 Romanian Romanian
9089 This Other Eden Paul Harding 2023 American English
9096 The Familiar Leigh Bardugo 2024 Unknown English
9095 He Who Fights With Monsters Shirtaloon 2021 Unknown English
9097 The Vanishing Generation Bagila Bukharbayeva 2019 Uzbek English
9097 Of Strangers And Bees Hamid Ismailov 2019 Uzbek Uzbek
9097 Rock, Paper, Scissors And Other Stories Maxim Osipov 2019 Russian Russian
9097 Life Went On Anyway Oleg Sentsov 2019 Ukrainian Russian
9103 The Big Why Michael Winter 2004 Canadian English
9097 Eifel Liebe Jacques Berndorf 2003 German German
9102 Tilt Emma Pattee 2025 Unknown English
9106 Wild Dark Shore Charlotte McConaghy 2025 Unknown English
9105 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
9107 Happy Place Emily Henry 2023 American English
9108 Gabriel's Moon William Boyd 2024 Unknown English
9111 Cosmopolis Don DeLillo 2003 American English
9124 Beyond Black Hilary Mantel 2005 British English
9125 Lumberjanes Noelle Stevenson 2014 American English
9125 The Storied Life Of A.J. Fikry Gabrielle Zevin 2014 American English
9127 Génie Divin Guillaume Dustan 2001 French French
9128 The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches Sangu Mandanna 2022 British English
9131 Why the West Rules - For Now Ian Morris 2010 British English
9131 Through the Language Glass Guy Deutscher 2010 British English
9131 My Name Is Lucy Barton Elizabeth Strout 2016 American English
9135 How To Write About Africa Binyavanga Wainaina 2005 Kenyan English
9135 The Last Lover Can Xue 2005 Chinese Chinese
9135 The Dream Life Of Sukhanov Olga Grushin 2005 Russian English
9138 The Consequences Niña Weijers 2014 Dutch Dutch
9140 Bangkok 8 John Burdett 2003 British English
9142 Can You Tolerate This? Ashleigh Young 2016 New Zealand English
9144 Boy, Snow, Bird Helen Oyeyemi 2014 British English
9145 Bugs Whiti Hereaka 2013 New Zealand English
9146 The World For Sale Jack Farchy, Javier Blas 2021 British English
9150 Mercy Jussi Adler-Olsen 2007 Danish Danish
9151 Limberlost Robbie Arnott 2022 Australian English
9152 In A Cloud Of Dust And Smoke Raymond Fraser 2003 Canadian English
9159 This Is Water David Foster Wallace 2009 American English
9159 Correspondance Avec Le Mur Hélène Cixous 2009 French French
9159 Haiku Stephen Addiss 2009 Unknown English
9159 La Blessure Et La Soif Laurence Plazenet 2009 French French
9163 The Betrayer Michael Hennessey 2003 Canadian English
9164 A Place Between The Tides Harry Thurston 2004 Canadian English
9166 The Dying Animal Philip Roth 2001 American English
9174 Homeland Fernando Aramburu 2016 Spanish Spanish
9175 Anima Wajdi Mouawad 2012 French French
9178 The Cocktail Collection Alice Clayton 2016 Unknown English
9176 China's Second Continent Howard W. French 2014 American English
9181 Red Clocks Leni Zumas 2018 American English
9179 Beautiful Bastard Christina Lauren 2013 American English
9179 Off To Be The Wizard Scott Meyer 2013 English
9191 Carry Me Down M. J. Hyland 2006 Australian English
9191 Kieron Smith, Boy James Kelman 2008 Scottish English
9191 Cost Roxana Robinson 2008 American English
9191 American Rust Philipp Meyer 2009 American English
9191 Nemesis Philip Roth 2010 American English
9191 The Undoing Project Michael M. Lewis 2016 American English
9191 Words On The Move John McWhorter 2016 American English
9191 How We Got To Now Steven Johnson 2014 American English
9191 The Accidental Universe Alan Lightman 2014 American English
9191 Happy City Charles Montgomery 2013 Canadian English
9191 The Water Will Come Jeff Goodell 2017 American English
9191 How To Slowly Kill Yourself And Others In America Kiese Laymon 2013 American English
9191 Hit Makers Derek Thompson 2017 American English
9191 The Rise Sarah Lewis 2014 Unknown English
9191 Talking Back, Talking Black John McWhorter 2017 American English
9191 Violation Sallie Tisdale 2016 American English
9191 Love And Ruin Evan Ratliff, Susan Orlean 2016 Unknown English
9191 A Sliver Of Light Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, Sarah Shourd 2014 American English
9191 But What If We're Wrong? Chuck Klosterman 2016 American English
9191 The Confidence Game Maria Konnikova 2015 American English
9191 What Do Women Want? Daniel Bergner 2013 American English
9191 Future Sex Emily Witt 2015 American English
9191 The Geography Of Madness Frank Bures 2016 Unknown English
9191 Irritable Hearts Mac McClelland 2015 Unknown English
9191 The Death Class Erika Hayasaki 2014 American English
9191 The Saboteur Paul Kix 2017 Unknown English
9184 By The Sea Abdulrazak Gurnah 2001 British English
9218 Eats, Shoots and Leaves Lynne Truss 2003 British English
9219 On Tyranny Timothy Snyder 2017 American English
9223 The Passenger Cormac McCarthy 2022 American English
9225 Han Hinkon Makoto Yuasa 2008 Japanese Unknown
9226 Poems Jorge Luis Borges 2010 Argentinian Spanish
9229 Foal's Bread Gillian Mears 2011 Australian English
9231 Multitudes Lucy Caldwell 2016 Irish English
9234 Panthers And The Museum Of Fire Jen Craig 2015 Australian English
9234 The Natural Way Of Things Charlotte Wood 2015 Australian English
9237 Lightning Rods Helen DeWitt 2011 American English
9238 Ella Baker And The Black Freedom Movement Barbara Ransby 2003 American English
9244 The Red Tree Caitlín R. Kiernan 2009 American English
9246 An Audience Of Chairs Joan Clark 2005 Canadian English
9251 White Is For Witching Helen Oyeyemi 2009 British English
9252 The Entrepreneurial State Mariana Mazzucato 2013 British English
9252 Arabs And Israelis Abdel Monem Said Aly, Shai Feldman, Khalil Shikaki 2013 Multiple English
9256 The Grace Of Kings Ken Liu 2015 American English
9257 The Great Swindle Pierre Lemaitre 2013 French French
9260 The Memory Police Yōko Ogawa 2024 Japanese Japanese
9261 Malcolm X Manning Marable 2011 American English
9261 Lit Mary Karr 2009 American English
9261 The Candy House Jennifer Egan 2022 American English
9261 An Immense World Ed Yong 2022 British English
9261 A Children’s Bible Lydia Millet, Xe Sands 2020 American English
9261 Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast 2014 American English
9261 The Yellow Birds Kevin Powers 2012 American English
9261 Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri 2008 Indian English
9261 Absurdistan Gary Shteyngart 2006 Russian English
9274 Grief Is the Thing with Feathers Max Porter 2015 English