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
1989 Your Face Tomorrow Javier Marias 2002 Spanish Spanish
1995 Say Nothing Patrick Radden Keefe 2018 American English
2001 The Flamethrowers Rachel Kushner 2013 American English
2002 Freedom Jonathan Franzen 2010 American English
2024 Elizabeth Costello J. M. Coetzee 2003 South African English
2059 A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini 2007 Afghan English
2070 The Round House Louise Erdrich 2012 American English
2077 Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman 2011 Israeli English
2102 Tree of Smoke Denis Johnson 2007 American English
2108 Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver 2022 American English
2114 The Luminous Novel Mario Levrero 2005 Uruguayan Spanish
2116 Just Kids Patti Smith 2010 American English
2167 The Buddha in the Attic Julie Otsuka 2011 American English
2172 Noughts and Crosses Malorie Blackman 2001 British English
2183 Far From the Tree Andrew Solomon 2012 American English
2189 No Country for Old Men Cormac McCarthy 2005 American English
2190 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson 2005 Swedish Swedish
2193 American Gods Neil Gaiman 2001 British English
2203 The Kindly Ones Jonathan Littell 2006 French French
2219 The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes 2011 British English
2225 My Year of Rest and Relaxation Ottessa Moshfegh 2018 American English
2228 Exit West Mohsin Hamid 2017 Pakistani English
2230 A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles 2016 American English
2233 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling 2007 British English
2243 Milkman Anna Burns 2018 Irish English
2245 The Gathering Anne Enright 2007 Irish English
2295 Family Life Akhil Sharma 2014 Indian English
2312 Solenoid Mircea Cărtărescu 2015 Romanian Romanian
2318 To The End Of The Land David Grossman 2008 Israeli Hebrew
2326 Being Mortal Atul Gawande 2014 American English
2328 The Three-Body Problem Cixin Liu 2006 Chinese Chinese
2336 How to be both Ali Smith 2014 British English
2338 There There Tommy Orange 2018 American English
2340 Master of the Senate Robert Caro 2002 American English
2342 Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth Chris Ware 2000 American English
2345 Small Things Like These Claire Keegan 2021 Irish English
2355 Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Dai Sijie 2000 Chinese French
2361 Bartleby & Co Enrique Vila-Matas 2000 Spanish Spanish
2368 Brooklyn Colm Toibin 2009 Irish English
2395 The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls 2005 American English
2410 That They May Face the Rising Sun John McGahern 2002 Irish English
2416 Educated Tara Westover 2018 American English
2426 Platform Michel Houellebecq 2001 French French
2447 The Map And The Territory Michel Houellebecq 2010 French French
2468 Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage Alice Munro 2001 Canadian English
2469 On Beauty Zadie Smith 2005 British English
2487 Small Island Andrea Levy 2004 British English
2489 Measuring the World Daniel Kehlmann 2005 German German
2498 Mortals Norman Rush 2003 American English
2499 Room Emma Donoghue 2010 Irish English
2504 Homegoing Yaa Gyasi 2016 Ghanaian English
2506 Pastoralia George Saunders 2000 American English
2524 The Passage Of Power Robert Caro 2012 American English
2525 Old Filth Jane Gardam 2004 British English
2528 On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Ocean Vuong 2019 American English
2535 A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman 2012 Swedish Swedish
2587 Empire Falls Richard Russo 2001 American English
2589 Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell 2020 Irish English
2596 Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Jeanette Winterson 2011 British English
2603 Regarding the Pain of Others Susan Sontag 2003 American English
2608 Heavy Kiese Laymon 2018 American English
2618 The Neapolitan Novels Elena Ferrante 2011 Italian Italian
2627 Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty 2013 French French
2636 An American Marriage Tayari Jones 2018 American English
2642 The Power Naomi Alderman 2016 British English
2647 Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor 2017 Mexican Spanish
2650 The House of Scorta Laurent Gaudé 2004 French French
2651 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie 2007 American English
2652 Circe Madeline Miller 2018 American English
2679 H Is For Hawk Helen MacDonald 2014 British English
2681 El Día Del Watusi Francisco Casavella 2002 Spanish Spanish
2683 Twilight Stephenie Meyer 2005 American English
2703 The Nightingale Kristin Hannah 2015 American English
2706 Lost Children Archive Valeria Luiselli 2019 Mexican English
2709 The Help Kathryn Stockett 2009 American English
2736 Severance Ling Ma 2018 American English
2741 The Martian Andy Weir 2011 American English
2806 Fates and Furies Lauren Groff 2015 American English
2807 James Percival Everett 2024 American English
2809 Summertime J. M. Coetzee 2009 South African English
2819 The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard 2003 Australian English
2828 A Manual For Cleaning Women Lucia Berlin 2015 American English
2830 Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin 2022 American English
2845 10:04 Ben Lerner 2014 American English
2850 What Is the What Dave Eggers 2006 American English
2858 A Mercy Toni Morrison 2008 American English
2868 The Story Of The Lost Child Elena Ferrante 2014 Italian Italian
2882 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One Rick Riordan 2005 American English
2883 Septology Jon Fosse 2019 Norwegian Norwegian
2887 Everything Is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer 2002 American English
2899 Moneyball Michael M. Lewis 2003 American English
2902 Cremation Rafael Chirbes 2007 Spanish Spanish
2904 What I Loved Siri Hustvedt 2003 American English
2908 Love Life Zeruya Shalev 2000 Israeli Hebrew
2912 Tu Patricia Grace 2004 New Zealand English
2919 Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel 2012 British English
2927 The Return Hisham Matar 2016 Libyan English
2929 Unless Carol Shields 2002 Canadian English
2936 The Better Angels Of Our Nature Steven Pinker 2011 American English
2958 The Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai 2006 Indian English
2967 The Sea John Banville 2005 Irish English
2970 The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman 2000 British English
2973 The White Tiger Aravind Adiga 2008 Indian English
2980 Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013 American English
2989 Eragon Christopher Paolini 2002 American English
2992 Frederick Douglass David W. Blight 2018 American English
3012 By Night in Chile Roberto Bolaño 2000 Chilean Spanish
3049 Fever Dream Samanta Schweblin 2014 Argentinian Spanish
3053 Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston 2019 American English
3060 Trust Hernan Díaz 2022 Argentinian English
3062 The Fortress of Solitude Jonathan Lethem 2003 American English
3063 Home Land Sam Lipsyte 2004 American English
3065 The Secret River Kate Grenville 2005 Australian English
3070 Caramelo Sandra Cisneros 2002 American English
3078 River Town Peter Hessler 2001 American English
3083 Under the Skin Michel Faber 2000 British English
3090 Factory Girls Leslie T. Chang 2008 American English
3092 Disturbance Philippe Lançon 2018 French French
3097 Open City Teju Cole 2011 American English
3102 Reading Lolita in Tehran Azar Nafisi 2003 Iranian English