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
10119 The Cuckoo’s Calling J. K. Rowling 2013 British English
10119 Ghostman Roger Hobbs 2013 American English
10119 The Invisible Guardian Dolores Redondo 2013 Spanish Spanish
10124 White City Kevin Power 2021 Irish English
10125 The Winds Of Change Eugene Linden 2006 Unknown English
10126 El Tiempo De Las Mujeres Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 2003 Spanish Spanish
10129 The Vaster Wilds Lauren Groff 2023 American English
10129 Shadow Ticket Thomas Pynchon 2025 American English
10133 Snowflake Louise Nealon 2021 Irish English
10134 Change Machine Jaya Savige 2020 Australian English
10132 Nora Nuala O’Connor 2021 Irish English
10135 Dealers Of Lightning Michael Hiltzik 2000 American English
10152 You Dreamed Of Empires Alvaro Enrigue 2024 Unknown English
10152 Land Of Milk And Honey C Pam Zhang 2023 Unknown English
10158 Transmission Hari Kunzru 2004 British English
10158 The Darling Russell Banks 2004 American English
10158 On The Way To My Father’s Funeral Jonathan Baumbach 2004 American English
10158 Banishing Verona Margot Livesey 2004 British English
10158 The Confession; Liberation Movements Olen Steinhauer 2004 American English
10165 Harvest Jim Crace 2013 British English
10163 The Devils Joe Abercrombie 2025 British English
10167 The Pale King David Foster Wallace 2011 American English
10170 March Geraldine Brooks 2005 American English
10173 The Haunted Wood Sam Leith 2024 Unknown English
10170 Night Watch Jayne Anne Phillips 2023 American English
10173 The Antidote Karen Russell 2025 Unknown English
10176 The Kill Artist Daniel Silva 2000 American English
10177 Monkey Beach Eden Robinson 2000 Canadian English
10181 The Slip Prudence Peiffer 2023 Unknown English
10182 I’m Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy 2022 American English
10184 Immigrant, Montana Amitava Kumar 2017 American English
10186 The Woman Upstairs Claire Messud 2013 American English
10185 Winter Journal Paul Auster 2012 American English
10187 Little Soldiers Lenora Chu 2017 Unknown English
10190 Waiting To Be Arrested At Night Tahir Hamut Izgil 2023 Unknown Uyghur
10190 Katabasis R. F. Kuang 2025 Unknown English
10192 How Beautiful We Were Imbolo Mbue 2021 Cameroonian English
10194 Duplex Kathryn Davis 2013 American English
10195 Une Enfance De Reve Catherine Millet 2014 French French
10195 Satisfaction Guaranteed Lauren Blakely 2019 American English
10195 The Right Swipe Alisha Rai 2019 American English
10195 Rebel Beverly Jenkins 2019 American English
10203 Tell No One Harlan Coben 2001 American English
10204 Slouching Towards Utopia Bradford DeLong 2022 American English
10205 Peripathetic Cher Tan 2020 Unknown English
10206 Neuromaani Jaakko Yli-Juonikas 2012 Finnish Finnish
10210 Iron Moon Qin Xiaoyu 2017 Chinese English
10212 The Slip Lucas Schaefer 2025 Unknown English
10220 Quiet Chaos Sandro Veronesi 2005 Italian Italian
10221 Doctor Pasavento Enrique Vila-Matas 2005 Spanish Spanish
10222 I Have Some Questions For You Rebecca Makkai 2023 American English
10222 Grief Is For People Sloane Crosley 2024 Unknown English
10224 Matrix Lauren Groff 2021 American English
10224 The Trees Percival Everett 2021 American English
10227 The Museum Of Modern Love Heather Rose 2018 Australian English
10232 A Step From Heaven An Na 2001 American English
10232 Rainbow Boys Alex Sanchez 2001 American English
10228 Long Island Compromise Taffy Brodesser-Akner 2024 American English
10228 The New Naturals Gabriel Bump 2023 American English
10231 Que Cavalos São Aqueles Que Fazem Sombra No Mar? António Lobo Antunes 2009 Portuguese Portuguese
10228 We The People Jill Lepore 2025 American English
10234 Burning Down The House Russell Wangersky 2008 Canadian English
10235 Same Bed Different Dreams Ed Park 2023 Unknown Unknown
10236 In Love With The World Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Helen Tworkov 2019 Unknown English
10236 Race For Profit Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 2019 American English
10236 The Apology Eve Ensler 2019 American English
10236 Biased Jennifer Eberhardt 2019 American English
10236 Putin's World Angela Stent 2019 American English
10260 Forever Pete Hamill 2002 American English
10269 The Mind's Eye Oliver Sacks 2010 British English
10270 How To Find A Princess Alyssa Cole 2021 American English
10270 The Spinster And The Rake Eva Devon 2021 Unknown English
10274 Death's End Cixin Liu 2010 Chinese Chinese
10272 The Wicked Boy Kate Summerscale 2016 British English
10272 Juliette Camille Jourdy 2016 French French
10276 Capitalist Realism Mark Fisher 2009 British English
10275 This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud 2024 Unknown English
10277 La Burla Del Tiempo Mauricio Electorat 2004 Chilean Spanish
10279 Birth Of A Bridge Maylis de Kerangal 2010 French French
10281 They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib 2017 American English
10284 El Inútil De La Familia Jorge Edwards 2004 Chilean Spanish
10285 The Light Eaters Zoë Schlanger 2024 Unknown English
10285 There Is No Place For Us Brian Goldstone 2025 Unknown English
10287 I Contain Multitudes Ed Yong 2016 British English
10291 La Otra Mano De Lepanto Carmen Boullosa 2004 Mexican Spanish
10290 Mandela Et Moi Lewis Nkosi 2009 Unknown French
10288 I Was Born There, I Was Born Here Mourid Barghouti 2011 Palestinian Arabic
10288 Ruby Redford Look Into My Eyes Lauren Child 2011 British English
10293 The Jumbies Tracey Baptiste 2015 Trinidadian English
10294 April Fool's Day Josip Novakovich 2004 Croatian English
10295 Whalefall Daniel Kraus 2023 American English
10295 Murderland Caroline Fraser 2025 Unknown English
10298 Dirt Music Tim Winton 2001 Australian English
10300 Death Notice Zhou Haohui 2014 Chinese Chinese
10300 The Weight Of Blood Laura McHugh 2014 American English
10299 Judgment At Tokyo Gary J. Bass 2023 Unknown English
10304 The Love Hypothesis Ali Hazelwood 2021 American English
10355 Wylding Hall Elizabeth Hand 2015 American English
10356 The Colony Audrey Magee 2022 Irish English
10357 Liars Sarah Manguso 2024 American English
10359 El Rastro Jorge Gómez Jiménez 2005 Venezuelan Unknown
10362 A Desolation Called Peace Arkady Martine 2021 American English
10364 Cue The Sun! Emily Nussbaum 2024 Unknown English
10364 Isola Allegra Goodman 2025 American English
10367 Sweet Land Stories E. L. Doctorow 2004 American English
10367 Still Can't See Nothin' Comin' Daniel Grey Marshall 2004 American English
10366 Close To Home Michael Magee 2023 Irish English
10369 Complete Poems James Weldon Johnson 2000 American English
10374 Al Morir Don Quijote Andrés Trapiello 2004 Spanish Spanish
10376 Nuclear War Annie Jacobsen 2024 Unknown Unknown
10376 How To Say Babylon Safiya Sinclair 2023 Unknown English
10376 The Correspondent Virginia Evans 2025 Unknown English
10379 Memories Of My Melancholy Whores Gabriel García Márquez 2004 Colombian Spanish
10381 Another Day In The Colony Chelsea Watego 2021 Unknown English
10381 Tiger Daughter Rebecca Lim 2021 Australian English
10381 The Airways Jennifer Mills 2021 Unknown English
10381 Rogue Forces Mark Willacy 2021 Unknown English
10381 Human Looking Andy Jackson 2021 Unknown English
10380 Again, Rachel Marian Keyes 2022 Irish English
10386 The Remains Of Love Zeruya Shalev 2011 Israeli Hebrew