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
10387 Chasing The Sea Tom Bissell 2003 American English
10388 Spent Light Lara Pawson 2024 Unknown English
10388 Girl On Girl Sophie Gilbert 2025 Unknown English
10391 Mudwoman Joyce Carol Oates 2012 American English
10396 Essays On Music Theodor Adorno 2002 German English
10394 Scaffolding Lauren Elkin 2024 Unknown English
10394 Memorial Days Geraldine Brooks 2025 Unknown English
10402 Oh Pure And Radiant Heart Lydia Millet 2005 American English
10402 Drama City George P. Pelecanos 2005 American English
10402 Nice Big American Baby Judy Budnitz 2005 American English
10402 Dunkelblum Eva Menasse 2021 Austrian German
10401 An Oral History Of Atlantis Ed Park 2025 Unknown English
10406 The Anxious Generation Jonathan Haidt 2024 American English
10406 Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt 2025 American English
10413 H Hh H Laurent Binet 2010 French French
10418 Matterhorn Karl Marlantes 2010 American English
10415 The Bright Sword Lev Grossman 2024 American English
10415 The Wayfinder Adam Johnson 2025 American English
10419 How To Build A Boat Elaine Feeney 2023 Irish English
10424 Abaddon's Gate James S. A. Corey 2013 American English
10423 The Son Philipp Meyer 2013 American English
10420 Internal Ecology Morals For Xxi Century Dario Salas Sommer 2007 Chilean Spanish
10421 Written In The Stars Alexandria Bellefleur 2020 American English
10421 Call Me Maybe Cara Bastone 2020 Unknown English
10425 Crossings Ben Goldfarb 2023 American English
10431 I'll Give You The Sun Jandy Nelson 2014 American English
10434 Gomorrah Roberto Saviano 2006 Italian Italian
10436 Bluff Danez Smith 2024 American English
10436 Daughter Of The Dragon Yunte Huang 2023 Unknown English
10439 The Words Of César Chávez César Chávez 2002 American English
10438 There Must Be A Pony In Here Somewhere Kara Swisher 2003 American English
10445 Patriot Alexei Navalny 2024 Unknown English
10445 Buckeye Patrick Ryan 2025 Unknown English
10447 The Speed Of Light Javier Cercas 2005 Spanish Spanish
10448 The Testament Of Mary Colm Toibin 2012 Irish English
10450 War Trash Ha Jin 2004 Chinese English
10450 Washington's Crossing David Hackett Fischer 2004 American English
10450 This Republic of Suffering Drew Gilpin Faust 2008 American English
10450 Lords of Finance Liaquat Ahamed 2009 American English
10450 Nothing to be Frightened Of Julian Barnes 2008 British English
10450 The Cost of Living Deborah Levy 2018 British English
10450 We Don’t Know Ourselves Fintan O'Toole 2021 Irish English
10450 Intimacies Katie Kitamura 2021 American English
10450 Homeland Elegies Ayad Akhtar 2020 American English
10450 A Promised Land Barack Obama 2020 American English
10450 The Topeka School Ben Lerner 2019 American English
10450 The North Water Ian McGuire 2016 British English
10450 Empire Of Cotton Sven Beckert 2014 American English
10450 A Hologram For The King Dave Eggers 2012 American English
10450 Why Does The World Exist? An Existential Detective Story Jim Holt 2012 American English
10450 Ten Thousand Saints Eleanor Henderson 2011 American English
10450 Finishing The Hat Stephen Sondheim 2010 American English
10450 Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 2009 American English
10450 The World Is What It Is Patrick French 2008 Trinidadian English
10450 Will In The World Stephen Greenblatt 2004 American English
10450 What The Eyes Don't See Mona Hanna-Attisha 2018 American English
10450 Crudo Olivia Laing 2018 British English
10450 Dopesick Beth Macy 2018 American English
10486 Until The Lions Karthika Nair 2015 French English
10486 Munnu Malik Sajad 2015 Indian English
10486 Farthest Field Raghu Karnad 2015 Indian English
10450 Calypso David Sedaris 2018 American English
10489 The Book Of Love Kelly Link 2024 Unknown English
10450 Early Work Andrew Martin 2018 American English
10450 Arthur Ashe: A Life Raymond Arsenault 2018 Unknown English
10450 Boom Town Sam Anderson 2018 American English
10450 Churchill Andrew Roberts 2018 British English
10450 The Poison Squad Deborah Blum 2018 American English
10450 The Tangled Tree David Quammen 2018 American English
10489 The Fate Of The Day Rick Atkinson 2025 Unknown English
10491 Remember Us To Life Joanna Rubin Dranger 2022 Unknown English
10493 A Dictator Calls Ismail Kadare 2023 Albanian Unknown
10493 The House Of Doors Tan Twang Eng 2023 Malaysian English
10492 The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair Joël Dicker 2012 French French
10497 Survival Is A Promise Alexis Pauline Gumbs 2024 Unknown English
10497 Heartwood Amity Gaige 2025 Unknown English
10503 Signs Preceding the End of the World Yuri Herrera 2009 Mexican Spanish
10504 Wandering Stars Tommy Orange 2024 Unknown English
10505 A Voyage To India Gonçalo M. Tavares 2010 Portuguese Portuguese
10510 Funny Story Emily Henry 2024 American English
10510 The Guest Emma Cline 2023 American English
10510 Motherland Julia Ioffe 2025 American English
10515 The Cabinet Of Curiosities Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child 2002 American English
10513 The Deficit Myth Stephanie Kelton 2020 American English
10513 Postcolonial Love Poem Natalie Diaz 2020 American English
10516 The Bird Man And The Lap Dancer Eric Hansen 2004 American English
10519 The Friday Afternoon Club Griffin Dunne 2024 Unknown English
10519 Ruth Kate Riley 2025 Unknown English
10523 Splinters Leslie Jamison 2024 Unknown English
10523 Endling Maria Reva 2025 Canadian English
10526 Beautyland Marie-Helene Bertino 2024 Unknown English
10526 Terrestrial History Joe Mungo Reed 2025 British English
10533 Ai Superpowers Kai-Fu Lee 2018 Chinese English
10535 Colonize This! Daisy Hernandez, Bushra Rehman 2002 Multiple English
10536 A Sunny Place For Shady People Mariana Enríquez 2024 Unknown Unknown
10536 The Emperor Of Gladness Ocean Vuong 2025 Unknown English
10538 The Rediscovery Of America Ned Blackhawk 2023 Unknown English
10538 Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams 2025 Unknown English
10543 I Am Not Sidney Poitier Percival Everett 2009 American English
10540 My Struggle: Book 6 Karl Ove Knausgård 2011 Norwegian Norwegian
10544 The Yield Tara June Winch 2019 Australian English
10547 Pageboy Elliot Page 2023 Canadian English
10547 The Coin Yasmin Zaher 2024 Unknown English
10549 Lush Life David Hajdu 2007 American English
10549 The Darkness Ragnar Jonasson 2015 Icelandic Icelandic
10549 A Book Of Scars William Shaw 2015 British English
10554 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Kate Summerscale 2008 British English
10552 18% Gray Zachary Karabashliev 2008 Bulgarian Bulgarian
10555 The Body Keeps The Score Bessel van der Kolk 2014 American English
10553 The Burning Earth Sunil Amrith 2024 Unknown English
10561 Thief Of Time Terry Pratchett 2001 British English
10562 The Rigor Of Angels William Egginton 2023 American English
10562 A Walk In The Park Kevin Fedarko 2024 Unknown English
10565 China’s Great Wall Of Debt Dinny McMahon 2018 Unknown English
10562 Helm Sarah Hall 2025 English English
10566 The Third Revolution Elizabeth C. Economy 2018 Unknown English
10567 The Mighty Red Louise Erdrich 2024 Unknown English
10567 Palaver Bryan Washington 2025 Unknown English
10569 Land Of Shadows Rachel Howzell Hall 2014 American English
10570 Caliban's War James S. A. Corey 2012 American English