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
10123 Always Magic in the Air Ken Emerson 2005 American English
10123 Dogstar Rising Parker Bilal 2013 Egyptian English
10123 The Cuckoo’s Calling J. K. Rowling 2013 British English
10123 Ghostman Roger Hobbs 2013 American English
10123 The Invisible Guardian Dolores Redondo 2013 Spanish Spanish
10128 White City Kevin Power 2021 Irish English
10129 The Winds Of Change Eugene Linden 2006 Unknown English
10130 El Tiempo De Las Mujeres Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 2003 Spanish Spanish
10133 The Vaster Wilds Lauren Groff 2023 American English
10133 Shadow Ticket Thomas Pynchon 2025 American English
10137 Snowflake Louise Nealon 2021 Irish English
10138 Change Machine Jaya Savige 2020 Australian English
10136 Nora Nuala O’Connor 2021 Irish English
10139 Dealers Of Lightning Michael Hiltzik 2000 American English
10156 You Dreamed Of Empires Alvaro Enrigue 2024 Unknown English
10156 Land Of Milk And Honey C Pam Zhang 2023 Unknown English
10162 Transmission Hari Kunzru 2004 British English
10162 The Darling Russell Banks 2004 American English
10162 On The Way To My Father’s Funeral Jonathan Baumbach 2004 American English
10162 Banishing Verona Margot Livesey 2004 British English
10162 The Confession; Liberation Movements Olen Steinhauer 2004 American English
10169 Harvest Jim Crace 2013 British English
10167 The Devils Joe Abercrombie 2025 British English
10171 The Pale King David Foster Wallace 2011 American English
10174 March Geraldine Brooks 2005 American English
10178 The Haunted Wood Sam Leith 2024 Unknown English
10174 Night Watch Jayne Anne Phillips 2023 American English
10178 The Antidote Karen Russell 2025 Unknown English
10181 The Kill Artist Daniel Silva 2000 American English
10182 Monkey Beach Eden Robinson 2000 Canadian English
10186 The Slip Prudence Peiffer 2023 Unknown English
10187 I’m Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy 2022 American English
10189 Immigrant, Montana Amitava Kumar 2017 American English
10191 The Woman Upstairs Claire Messud 2013 American English
10190 Winter Journal Paul Auster 2012 American English
10192 Little Soldiers Lenora Chu 2017 Unknown English
10195 Waiting To Be Arrested At Night Tahir Hamut Izgil 2023 Unknown Uyghur
10195 Katabasis R. F. Kuang 2025 Unknown English
10197 How Beautiful We Were Imbolo Mbue 2021 Cameroonian English
10199 Duplex Kathryn Davis 2013 American English
10200 Une Enfance De Reve Catherine Millet 2014 French French
10200 Satisfaction Guaranteed Lauren Blakely 2019 American English
10200 The Right Swipe Alisha Rai 2019 American English
10200 Rebel Beverly Jenkins 2019 American English
10208 Tell No One Harlan Coben 2001 American English
10209 Slouching Towards Utopia Bradford DeLong 2022 American English
10210 Peripathetic Cher Tan 2020 Unknown English
10211 Neuromaani Jaakko Yli-Juonikas 2012 Finnish Finnish
10215 Iron Moon Qin Xiaoyu 2017 Chinese English
10217 The Slip Lucas Schaefer 2025 Unknown English
10225 Quiet Chaos Sandro Veronesi 2005 Italian Italian
10226 Doctor Pasavento Enrique Vila-Matas 2005 Spanish Spanish
10227 I Have Some Questions For You Rebecca Makkai 2023 American English
10227 Grief Is For People Sloane Crosley 2024 Unknown English
10229 Matrix Lauren Groff 2021 American English
10229 The Trees Percival Everett 2021 American English
10232 The Museum Of Modern Love Heather Rose 2018 Australian English
10237 A Step From Heaven An Na 2001 American English
10237 Rainbow Boys Alex Sanchez 2001 American English
10233 Long Island Compromise Taffy Brodesser-Akner 2024 American English
10233 The New Naturals Gabriel Bump 2023 American English
10236 Que Cavalos São Aqueles Que Fazem Sombra No Mar? António Lobo Antunes 2009 Portuguese Portuguese
10233 We The People Jill Lepore 2025 American English
10239 Burning Down The House Russell Wangersky 2008 Canadian English
10240 Same Bed Different Dreams Ed Park 2023 Unknown Unknown
10241 In Love With The World Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Helen Tworkov 2019 Unknown English
10241 Race For Profit Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 2019 American English
10241 The Apology Eve Ensler 2019 American English
10241 Biased Jennifer Eberhardt 2019 American English
10241 Putin's World Angela Stent 2019 American English
10264 Forever Pete Hamill 2002 American English
10273 The Mind's Eye Oliver Sacks 2010 British English
10274 How To Find A Princess Alyssa Cole 2021 American English
10274 The Spinster And The Rake Eva Devon 2021 Unknown English
10278 Death's End Cixin Liu 2010 Chinese Chinese
10276 The Wicked Boy Kate Summerscale 2016 British English
10276 Juliette Camille Jourdy 2016 French French
10280 Capitalist Realism Mark Fisher 2009 British English
10279 This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud 2024 Unknown English
10281 La Burla Del Tiempo Mauricio Electorat 2004 Chilean Spanish
10283 Birth Of A Bridge Maylis de Kerangal 2010 French French
10285 They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib 2017 American English
10288 El Inútil De La Familia Jorge Edwards 2004 Chilean Spanish
10289 The Light Eaters Zoë Schlanger 2024 Unknown English
10289 There Is No Place For Us Brian Goldstone 2025 Unknown English
10291 I Contain Multitudes Ed Yong 2016 British English
10295 La Otra Mano De Lepanto Carmen Boullosa 2004 Mexican Spanish
10294 Mandela Et Moi Lewis Nkosi 2009 Unknown French
10292 I Was Born There, I Was Born Here Mourid Barghouti 2011 Palestinian Arabic
10292 Ruby Redford Look Into My Eyes Lauren Child 2011 British English
10297 The Jumbies Tracey Baptiste 2015 Trinidadian English
10298 April Fool's Day Josip Novakovich 2004 Croatian English
10299 Whalefall Daniel Kraus 2023 American English
10299 Murderland Caroline Fraser 2025 Unknown English
10302 Dirt Music Tim Winton 2001 Australian English
10304 Death Notice Zhou Haohui 2014 Chinese Chinese
10304 The Weight Of Blood Laura McHugh 2014 American English
10303 Judgment At Tokyo Gary J. Bass 2023 Unknown English
10308 The Love Hypothesis Ali Hazelwood 2021 American English
10359 Wylding Hall Elizabeth Hand 2015 American English
10360 The Colony Audrey Magee 2022 Irish English
10361 Liars Sarah Manguso 2024 American English
10363 El Rastro Jorge Gómez Jiménez 2005 Venezuelan Unknown
10366 A Desolation Called Peace Arkady Martine 2021 American English
10368 Cue The Sun! Emily Nussbaum 2024 Unknown English
10368 Isola Allegra Goodman 2025 American English
10371 Sweet Land Stories E. L. Doctorow 2004 American English
10371 Still Can't See Nothin' Comin' Daniel Grey Marshall 2004 American English
10370 Close To Home Michael Magee 2023 Irish English
10373 Complete Poems James Weldon Johnson 2000 American English
10378 Al Morir Don Quijote Andrés Trapiello 2004 Spanish Spanish
10380 Nuclear War Annie Jacobsen 2024 Unknown Unknown
10380 How To Say Babylon Safiya Sinclair 2023 Unknown English
10380 The Correspondent Virginia Evans 2025 Unknown English
10383 Memories Of My Melancholy Whores Gabriel García Márquez 2004 Colombian Spanish
10385 Another Day In The Colony Chelsea Watego 2021 Unknown English
10385 Tiger Daughter Rebecca Lim 2021 Australian English
10385 The Airways Jennifer Mills 2021 Unknown English
10385 Rogue Forces Mark Willacy 2021 Unknown English
10385 Human Looking Andy Jackson 2021 Unknown English