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
9620 Curse Of The Narrows Laura Mac Donald 2005 Canadian English
9623 Suddenly In The Depth Of The Forest Amos Oz 2005 Israeli Hebrew
9626 Queenpin Megan Abbott 2007 American English
9625 This Hostel Life Melatu Uche Okorie 2018 Irish English
9640 Tram 83 Fiston Mwanza Mujila 2014 Congolese French
9642 All Your Perfects Colleen Hoover 2018 American English
9642 Josh And Hazel's Guide To Not Dating Christina Lauren 2018 American English
9644 Heart Lamp Banu Mushtaq 2024 Unknown English
9651 The Memory Chalet Tony Judt 2010 British English
9652 The Dinner Herman Koch 2009 Dutch Dutch
9653 The People's Republic Of Amnesia Louisa Lim 2014 Unknown English
9654 Terror Y Utopía Karl Schlögel 2018 German German
9655 Rachel, Monique… Sophie Calle 2012 French French
9657 F Letter Galina Rymbu, Eugene Ostashevsky, Ainsley Morse 2021 Russian Russian
9657 The King Of The Rattling Spirits Miha Mazzini 2021 Slovenian Slovenian
9670 Frozen Moment Camilla Ceder 2010 Swedish Swedish
9670 Blue Lightning Ann Cleeves 2010 British English
9670 Strange Shores Arnaldur Indriðason 2010 Icelandic Icelandic
9670 Heartstone C. J. Sansom 2010 British English
9657 Brehm's Life Of Animals Alfred Edmund Brehm 2015 German German
9657 The Silk Road Sven Hedin 2012 Swedish Swedish
9657 The Messiah Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock 2012 German German
9657 Schubumkehr Robert Menasse 2013 Austrian German
9657 De Architectura Vitruvius 2016 Roman Latin
9674 Easy Reading Cristina Morales 2018 Spanish Spanish
9678 Ordesa Manuel Vilas 2018 Spanish Spanish
9685 Leftover Women Leta Hong Fincher 2014 Unknown English
9693 The Wordhord Hana Videen 2021 Unknown English
9694 When Red Is Black Qiu Xiaolong 2004 Chinese English
9696 The Beautiful Country And The Middle Kingdom John Pomfret 2016 American English
9701 Extra Lives Tom Bissell 2010 American English
9697 The Information James Gleick 2011 American English
9699 Beasts Made Of Night Tochi Onyebuchi 2017 American English
9699 The Black Tides Of Heaven Neon Yang 2017 Singaporean English
9709 Hell Divers Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2016 American English
9709 The Dispatcher John Scalzi 2016 American English
9709 Katherine Of Aragon Alison Weir 2016 British English
9709 Cake J. Bengtsson 2016 Unknown English
9713 Eros Is More Juan Antonio González Iglesias 2018 Spanish Spanish
9720 Someone You Can Build A Nest In John Wiswell 2024 Unknown English
9717 Inside Kenneth J. Harvey 2006 Canadian English
9726 The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle David Wroblewski 2008 American English
9725 실격당한 자들을 위한 변론 김원영 2018 Korean Korean
9727 Gagner La Guerre Jean-Philippe Jaworski 2009 French French
9728 Wait Five Minutes Shelley Ingram, Willow G. Mullins 2019 Unknown English
9730 The Hard Way Lee Child 2006 British English
9729 Una Novela China César Aira 2001 Argentinian Spanish
9731 Europe Central William T. Vollmann 2005 American English
9739 Crime Ferdinand Von Schirach 2009 German German
9740 The Fire Starters Jan Carson 2019 Irish English
9741 June Rain Jabbour Douaihy 2006 Lebanese Arabic
9752 Darkness Spoken Ingeborg Bachmann 2006 Austrian German
9754 Carry Me Home Diane McWhorter 2001 American English
9754 The Years of Extermination Saul Friedlander 2007 Israeli English
9754 The Dead Hand David Hoffman 2009 American English
9760 The Armies Evelio Rosero 2007 Colombian Spanish
9761 Show Them A Good Time Nicole Flattery 2019 Irish English
9763 Shadowplay Joseph O'Connor 2019 Irish English
9762 When The Earth Was Flat Raymond Fraser 2007 Canadian English
9766 Un Attieké Pour Elgass Tierno Monenembo 2021 French French
9767 The Narrow Land Christine Dwyer Hickey 2019 Irish English
9769 Animal Money Michael Cisco 2015 American English
9770 The Night Bookmobile Audrey Niffenegger 2010 American English
9770 In A Strange Room Damon Galgut 2010 South African English
9772 Democracy For Realists Christopher H. Achen, Larry Bartels 2016 American English
9772 Racial Realignment Eric Schickler 2016 American English
9774 Women Talking Miriam Toews 2018 Canadian English
9778 A Ghost In The Throat Doireann Ní Ghríofa 2020 Irish English
9780 Seeing José Saramago 2004 Portuguese Portuguese
9781 The Romantic Agenda Claire Kann 2022 Unknown English
9781 Kiss Her Once For Me Alison Cochrun 2022 Unknown English
9781 Partners In Crime Alisha Rai 2022 Unknown English
9781 Chef’s Kiss TJ Alexander 2022 Unknown English
9781 Next To You Hannah Bonam-Young 2022 Unknown English
9781 Dead Collections Isaac Fellman 2022 Unknown English
9781 D'vaughn And Kris Plan A Wedding Chencia C. Higgins 2022 Unknown English
9781 The Undertaking Of Hart And Mercy Megan Bannen 2022 Unknown English
9789 The Friends Of Meager Fortune David Adams Richards 2006 Canadian English
9793 We Pierce Andrew Huebner 2002 American English
9796 Minion L. A. Banks 2003 American English
9799 No Friend But The Mountains Behrouz Boochani 2018 Unknown Persian
9799 Blak Work Alison Whittaker 2018 Australian English
9799 Axiomatic Maria Tumarkin 2018 Australian English
9799 The Shepherd's Hut Tim Winton 2018 Australian English
9803 Long Way Down Jason Reynolds 2017 American English
9803 Dear Martin Nic Stone 2017 American English
9805 The Obelisk Gate N. K. Jemisin 2016 American English
9806 America, América Greg Grandin 2009 Unknown English
9807 The Childhood Of Jesus J. M. Coetzee 2013 South African English
9807 Journal Julie Delporte 2013 Unknown French
9809 The Custodian Of Paradise Wayne Johnston 2006 Canadian English
9817 The Forty Rules of Love Elif Shafak 2009 Turkish Turkish
9818 The Way To Paradise Mario Vargas Llosa 2003 Peruvian Spanish
9819 The Precipice Toby Ord 2020 British English
9821 Alex Pierre Lemaitre 2011 French French
9821 The Frozen Dead Bernard Minier 2011 French French
9821 The Collini Case Ferdinand Von Schirach 2011 German German
9820 Mean Boy Lynn Coady 2006 Canadian English
9824 City Of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009 American English
9825 The Opposite Of A Person Lieke Marsman 2017 Dutch Dutch
9826 Tristano Dies Antonio Tabucchi 2004 Italian Italian
9829 Country Girl Edna O'Brien 2012 Irish English
9830 Sea of Poppies Amitav Ghosh 2008 Indian English
9832 The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley Hannah Tinti 2017 American English
9848 Entre Les Deux Il N’y A Rien Mathieu Riboulet 2006 French French
9850 Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim David Sedaris 2004 American English
9851 Exciting Times Naoise Dolan 2020 Irish English
9855 Wife Of The Gods Kwei Quartey 2009 Ghanaian English
9852 Afterlives Abdulrazak Gurnah 2020 British English
9882 The Gentleman’s Guide To Vice And Virtue Mackenzi Lee 2017 American English
9890 Bhimayana Srividya Natarajan, S. Anand 2011 Indian English
9890 Songs Of Kabir Arvind Krishna Mehrotra 2011 Indian Hindi
9892 Falling Is Like Flying Manon Uphoff 2019 Dutch Dutch
9896 Tokyo Prison Mari Akasaka 2012 Japanese Japanese
9897 My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness Kabi Nagata 2016 Japanese Japanese
9897 Modern Lovers Emma Straub 2016 American English
9902 A Memory Called Empire Arkady Martine 2019 American English
9901 Trilobite! Richard Fortey 2000 British English
9900 디디의 우산 황정은 2019 Korean Korean
9906 Aru Shah And The End Of Time Roshani Chokshi 2018 American English