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
9278 Grief Is the Thing with Feathers Max Porter 2015 English
9283 What Hath God Wrought Daniel Walker Howe 2007 American English
9282 Kurangaituku Whiti Hereaka 2022 New Zealander English
9281 The Alternatives Caoilinn Hughes 2024 Irish English
9285 News Of The World Paulette Jiles 2016 American English
9286 1898 Kate Clarke Lemay, Taína Caragol 2017 Unknown English
9290 It’s Been A Pleasure, Noni Blake Claire Christian 2020 Australian English
9290 Cemetery Boys Aiden Thomas 2020 American English
9290 The Lost And Found Bookshop Susan Wiggs 2020 American English
9290 Spoiler Alert Olivia Dade 2020 American English
9290 Brutal Prince Sophie Lark 2020 Unknown English
9295 A River Called Time Mia Couto 2002 Mozambican Portuguese
9301 The Imaginary Lives Of James Poneke Tina Makereti 2018 New Zealand English
9304 The Bellini Card Jason Goodwin 2008 British English
9304 Bleeding Heart Square Andrew Taylor 2008 British English
9306 The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida Shehan Karunatilaka 2022 Sri Lankan English
9307 Part Of Your World Abby Jimenez 2022 American English
9308 Ploaia De Trei Sute De Zile Gabriel Chifu 2017 Romanian Romanian
9310 The Devil Wears Prada Lauren Weisberger 2003 American English
9311 Down To The Dirt Joel Hynes 2004 Canadian English
9312 The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo 2018 American English
9315 White Man Falling Mike Stocks 2006 British English
9318 Russia Is Burning Maria Bloshteyn 2020 Russian English
9318 Memory Rose Into Threshold Speech Paul Celan 2020 German German
9318 My Husband Rumena Bužarovska 2020 Macedonian Macedonian
9318 The Dark Side Of Love Rafik Schami 2004 German German
9322 Bright Dead Things Ada Limón 2015 American English
9325 The Butterfly’s Burden Mahmoud Darwish 2007 Palestinian Arabic
9325 Terra Nullius Sven Lindqvist 2007 Swedish Swedish
9328 The Road Home Rose Tremain 2007 British English
9329 Sylvanus Now Donna Morrissey 2004 Canadian English
9331 Údolí Včel Vladimír Körner 2009 Czech Czech
9334 Decoded Mai Jia 2002 Chinese Chinese
9333 Embroideries Marjane Satrapi 2003 Iranian French
9335 Authority Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
9335 Acceptance Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
9341 Ring Koji Suzuki 2002 Japanese Japanese
9338 Sōkyū No Subaru Jirō Asada 2009 Japanese Japanese
9338 Confronting Income Inequality In Japan Toshimasa Tachibanaki 2009 Japanese Japanese
9338 Showa 1926-1939 Shigeru Mizuki 2009 Japanese Japanese
9343 Suzy Zeus Gets Organized Maggie Robbins 2000 American English
9343 Born Twice Giuseppe Pontiggia 2000 Italian Italian
9343 Rails Under My Back Jeffery Renard Allen 2000 American English
9343 The Tender Land Kathleen Finneran 2000 American English
9343 Master Of The Crossroads Madison Smartt Bell 2000 American English
9342 Not Before Sundown Johanna Sinisalo 2000 Finnish Finnish
9352 Eileen Ottessa Moshfegh 2015 American English
9348 Hera Lindsay Bird Hera Lindsay Bird 2016 New Zealand English
9355 Our Story Rao Pingru 2013 Chinese Chinese
9357 The Old Garden Hwang Sok-yong 2000 Korean Korean
9358 Hard Hitter Sarina Bowen 2017 American English
9366 Night Watch Terry Pratchett 2002 British English
9372 Leviathan Wakes James S. A. Corey 2011 American English
9370 Maybe Esther Katja Petrowskaja 2014 Ukrainian German
9376 Their Brilliant Careers Ryan O’Neill 2016 Australian English
9371 A Line Made By Walking Sara Baume 2017 Irish English
9375 Oh My God What A Complete Aisling Emer McLysaght, Sarah Breen 2017 Irish English
9510 Our Lady Of The Nile Scholastique Mukasonga 2012 French French
9512 Political Order And Political Decay Francis Fukuyama 2014 American English
9513 Drinking Coffee Elsewhere ZZ Packer 2003 American English
9515 If We Can't Go At The Speed Of Light Kim Cho-yeop 2019 Korean Korean
9519 After You’d Gone Maggie O'Farrell 2000 British English
9523 Astonish Me Maggie Shipstead 2014 American English
9526 The Order Of The Day Eric Vuillard 2017 French French
9528 In Line Behind A Billion People Damien Ma, William Adams 2013 Unknown English
9530 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia Of Faeries Heather Fawcett 2023 Canadian English
9532 Snakeskin Shamisen Naomi Hirahara 2006 Japanese English
9533 A Torch Against The Night Sabaa Tahir 2016 American English
9534 Marie Antoinette Antonia Fraser 2001 British English
9534 City Of Veils Zoë Ferraris 2009 Saudi Arabian English
9534 Black Water Rising Attica Locke 2009 American English
9538 The Tiger John Vaillant 2010 Canadian English
9537 The Emperor Far Away David Eimer 2014 Unknown English
9538 Love's End Pascal Rambert 2011 French French
9541 A Case Of Exploding Mangoes Mohammed Hanif 2008 Pakistani English
9541 Two Cures For Love Wendy Cope 2008 British English
9544 Binti Nnedi Okorafor 2015 Nigerian English
9550 The Falls Joyce Carol Oates 2004 American English
9562 Travelling In A Strange Land David Park 2018 Irish English
9565 아픔이 길이 되려면 김승섭 2017 Korean Korean
9569 The Unnatural History Of The Sea Callum Roberts 2007 British English
9570 Les Naufragés Patrick Declerck 2001 French French
9572 The Land Aleron Kong 2015 Unknown English
9572 Pucked Helena Hunting 2015 Canadian English
9572 Cold Hearted Rake Lisa Kleypas 2015 American English
9585 American Prometheus Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin 2005 American English
9578 The Ex Hex Erin Sterling 2021 American English
9578 The Queer Principles Of Kit Webb Cat Sebastian 2021 American English
9578 Happy Endings Thien-Kim Lam 2021 Unknown English
9578 The Hellion's Waltz Olivia Waite 2021 Unknown English
9578 The Princess Stakes Amalie Howard 2021 Unknown English
9584 Night Sky With Exit Wounds Ocean Vuong 2016 American English
9583 Sweet Home Wendy Erskine 2018 Irish English
9587 The Director Daniel Kehlmann 2023 German English
9589 Old School Tobias Wolff 2003 American English
9591 A Choir Of Ill Children Tom Piccirilli 2004 American English
9593 A Kind Of Spark Elle McNicoll 2020 Scottish English
9594 Alligator Lisa Moore 2005 Canadian English
9595 I Am An Emotional Creature Eve Ensler 2010 American English
9596 Písničky Bez Muziky Emanuel Frynta 2010 Czech Czech
9598 The Naked Eye Yoko Tawada 2004 Multiple German
9600 The Noodle Maker Ma Jian 2004 Chinese Chinese
9602 Perfection Vincenzo Latronico 2022 Italian Italian
9603 Girl Edna O'Brien 2019 Irish English
9604 The Interpreter From Java Alfred Birney 2016 Dutch Dutch
9607 Meteor In The Madhouse Leon Forrest 2001 American English
9607 Achilles Elizabeth Cook 2001 British English
9607 The Orphanage Serhiy Zhadan 2017 Ukrainian Ukrainian
9605 Lenin's Kisses Yan Lianke 2003 Chinese Chinese
9610 The 9/11 Commission Report 9/11 Commission 2004 American English
9611 Leonard And Hungry Paul Rónán Hession 2019 Irish English
9612 A Forest For Calum Frank MacDonald 2005 Canadian English
9614 The Tin Roof Blowdown James Lee Burke 2007 American English
9614 A Quiet Belief In Angels R. J. Ellory 2007 British English
9614 Exit Music Ian Rankin 2007 British English
9614 The Three Paradoxes Paul Hornschemeier 2007 American English
9614 Ascent Jed Mercurio 2007 British English
9620 Give Us The Ballot Ari Berman 2015 American English
9622 We Are Never Meeting In Real Life. Samantha Irby 2017 American English
9627 Three Women Lisa Taddeo 2019 American English