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
9280 What Hath God Wrought Daniel Walker Howe 2007 American English
9279 Kurangaituku Whiti Hereaka 2022 New Zealander English
9278 The Alternatives Caoilinn Hughes 2024 Irish English
9282 News Of The World Paulette Jiles 2016 American English
9283 1898 Kate Clarke Lemay, Taína Caragol 2017 Unknown English
9287 It’s Been A Pleasure, Noni Blake Claire Christian 2020 Australian English
9287 Cemetery Boys Aiden Thomas 2020 American English
9287 The Lost And Found Bookshop Susan Wiggs 2020 American English
9287 Spoiler Alert Olivia Dade 2020 American English
9287 Brutal Prince Sophie Lark 2020 Unknown English
9292 A River Called Time Mia Couto 2002 Mozambican Portuguese
9298 The Imaginary Lives Of James Poneke Tina Makereti 2018 New Zealand English
9301 The Bellini Card Jason Goodwin 2008 British English
9301 Bleeding Heart Square Andrew Taylor 2008 British English
9303 The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida Shehan Karunatilaka 2022 Sri Lankan English
9304 Part Of Your World Abby Jimenez 2022 American English
9305 Ploaia De Trei Sute De Zile Gabriel Chifu 2017 Romanian Romanian
9307 The Devil Wears Prada Lauren Weisberger 2003 American English
9308 Down To The Dirt Joel Hynes 2004 Canadian English
9309 The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo 2018 American English
9312 White Man Falling Mike Stocks 2006 British English
9315 Russia Is Burning Maria Bloshteyn 2020 Russian English
9315 Memory Rose Into Threshold Speech Paul Celan 2020 German German
9315 My Husband Rumena Bužarovska 2020 Macedonian Macedonian
9315 The Dark Side Of Love Rafik Schami 2004 German German
9319 Bright Dead Things Ada Limón 2015 American English
9322 The Butterfly’s Burden Mahmoud Darwish 2007 Palestinian Arabic
9322 Terra Nullius Sven Lindqvist 2007 Swedish Swedish
9325 The Road Home Rose Tremain 2007 British English
9326 Sylvanus Now Donna Morrissey 2004 Canadian English
9328 Údolí Včel Vladimír Körner 2009 Czech Czech
9331 Decoded Mai Jia 2002 Chinese Chinese
9330 Embroideries Marjane Satrapi 2003 Iranian French
9332 Authority Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
9332 Acceptance Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
9338 Ring Koji Suzuki 2002 Japanese Japanese
9335 Sōkyū No Subaru Jirō Asada 2009 Japanese Japanese
9335 Confronting Income Inequality In Japan Toshimasa Tachibanaki 2009 Japanese Japanese
9335 Showa 1926-1939 Shigeru Mizuki 2009 Japanese Japanese
9340 Suzy Zeus Gets Organized Maggie Robbins 2000 American English
9340 Born Twice Giuseppe Pontiggia 2000 Italian Italian
9340 Rails Under My Back Jeffery Renard Allen 2000 American English
9340 The Tender Land Kathleen Finneran 2000 American English
9340 Master Of The Crossroads Madison Smartt Bell 2000 American English
9339 Not Before Sundown Johanna Sinisalo 2000 Finnish Finnish
9349 Eileen Ottessa Moshfegh 2015 American English
9345 Hera Lindsay Bird Hera Lindsay Bird 2016 New Zealand English
9352 Our Story Rao Pingru 2013 Chinese Chinese
9354 The Old Garden Hwang Sok-yong 2000 Korean Korean
9355 Hard Hitter Sarina Bowen 2017 American English
9363 Night Watch Terry Pratchett 2002 British English
9369 Leviathan Wakes James S. A. Corey 2011 American English
9367 Maybe Esther Katja Petrowskaja 2014 Ukrainian German
9373 Their Brilliant Careers Ryan O’Neill 2016 Australian English
9368 A Line Made By Walking Sara Baume 2017 Irish English
9372 Oh My God What A Complete Aisling Emer McLysaght, Sarah Breen 2017 Irish English
9507 Our Lady Of The Nile Scholastique Mukasonga 2012 French French
9509 Political Order And Political Decay Francis Fukuyama 2014 American English
9510 Drinking Coffee Elsewhere ZZ Packer 2003 American English
9512 If We Can't Go At The Speed Of Light Kim Cho-yeop 2019 Korean Korean
9516 After You’d Gone Maggie O'Farrell 2000 British English
9520 Astonish Me Maggie Shipstead 2014 American English
9523 The Order Of The Day Eric Vuillard 2017 French French
9525 In Line Behind A Billion People Damien Ma, William Adams 2013 Unknown English
9527 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia Of Faeries Heather Fawcett 2023 Canadian English
9529 Snakeskin Shamisen Naomi Hirahara 2006 Japanese English
9530 A Torch Against The Night Sabaa Tahir 2016 American English
9531 Marie Antoinette Antonia Fraser 2001 British English
9531 City Of Veils Zoë Ferraris 2009 Saudi Arabian English
9531 Black Water Rising Attica Locke 2009 American English
9535 The Tiger John Vaillant 2010 Canadian English
9534 The Emperor Far Away David Eimer 2014 Unknown English
9535 Love's End Pascal Rambert 2011 French French
9538 A Case Of Exploding Mangoes Mohammed Hanif 2008 Pakistani English
9538 Two Cures For Love Wendy Cope 2008 British English
9541 Binti Nnedi Okorafor 2015 Nigerian English
9547 The Falls Joyce Carol Oates 2004 American English
9559 Travelling In A Strange Land David Park 2018 Irish English
9562 아픔이 길이 되려면 김승섭 2017 Korean Korean
9566 The Unnatural History Of The Sea Callum Roberts 2007 British English
9567 Les Naufragés Patrick Declerck 2001 French French
9569 The Land Aleron Kong 2015 Unknown English
9569 Pucked Helena Hunting 2015 Canadian English
9569 Cold Hearted Rake Lisa Kleypas 2015 American English
9582 American Prometheus Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin 2005 American English
9575 The Ex Hex Erin Sterling 2021 American English
9575 The Queer Principles Of Kit Webb Cat Sebastian 2021 American English
9575 Happy Endings Thien-Kim Lam 2021 Unknown English
9575 The Hellion's Waltz Olivia Waite 2021 Unknown English
9575 The Princess Stakes Amalie Howard 2021 Unknown English
9581 Night Sky With Exit Wounds Ocean Vuong 2016 American English
9580 Sweet Home Wendy Erskine 2018 Irish English
9584 The Director Daniel Kehlmann 2023 German English
9586 Old School Tobias Wolff 2003 American English
9588 A Choir Of Ill Children Tom Piccirilli 2004 American English
9590 A Kind Of Spark Elle McNicoll 2020 Scottish English
9591 Alligator Lisa Moore 2005 Canadian English
9592 I Am An Emotional Creature Eve Ensler 2010 American English
9593 Písničky Bez Muziky Emanuel Frynta 2010 Czech Czech
9595 The Naked Eye Yoko Tawada 2004 Multiple German
9597 The Noodle Maker Ma Jian 2004 Chinese Chinese
9599 Perfection Vincenzo Latronico 2022 Italian Italian
9600 Girl Edna O'Brien 2019 Irish English
9601 The Interpreter From Java Alfred Birney 2016 Dutch Dutch
9604 Meteor In The Madhouse Leon Forrest 2001 American English
9604 Achilles Elizabeth Cook 2001 British English
9604 The Orphanage Serhiy Zhadan 2017 Ukrainian Ukrainian
9602 Lenin's Kisses Yan Lianke 2003 Chinese Chinese
9607 The 9/11 Commission Report 9/11 Commission 2004 American English
9608 Leonard And Hungry Paul Rónán Hession 2019 Irish English
9609 A Forest For Calum Frank MacDonald 2005 Canadian English
9611 The Tin Roof Blowdown James Lee Burke 2007 American English
9611 A Quiet Belief In Angels R. J. Ellory 2007 British English
9611 Exit Music Ian Rankin 2007 British English
9611 The Three Paradoxes Paul Hornschemeier 2007 American English
9611 Ascent Jed Mercurio 2007 British English
9617 Give Us The Ballot Ari Berman 2015 American English
9619 We Are Never Meeting In Real Life. Samantha Irby 2017 American English
9624 Three Women Lisa Taddeo 2019 American English
9622 Abisul Luminat Nicolae Balotă 2018 Romanian Unknown