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
10936 Bitches, Bimbos, And Ballbreakers Guerilla Girls 2003 American English
10938 The Leavers Lisa Ko 2017 American English
10951 The World Without Us Alan Weisman 2007 American English
10939 I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Erika L. Sánchez 2017 American English
10939 The 57 Bus Dashka Slater 2017 American English
10939 The Marrow Thieves Cherie Dimaline 2017 Canadian English
10939 We Are Okay Nina LaCour 2017 American English
10943 Latitudes Of Longing Shubhangi Swarup 2018 Indian English
10943 Barracoon Zora Neale Hurston 2018 American English
10945 Golden Hill Francis Spufford 2016 British English
10953 Tears in the Darkness Michael Norman, Elizabeth M. Norman 2009 American English
10952 Spillover David Quammen 2012 American English
10954 Surprised By Hope N.T. Wright 2008 British English
10955 The City Of Brass S. A. Chakraborty 2017 Egyptian English
10955 The Magicians Lev Grossman 2009 American English
10959 Radiant Terminus Antoine Volodine 2014 French French
10957 The Lack Of Light Nino Haratischwili 2014 German German
10960 Gideon The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2019 New Zealand English
10962 Rotters Daniel Kraus 2011 American English
10967 The Hunger Alma Katsu 2018 American English
10966 That Time Of Year Marie NDiaye 2020 French French
10968 The Wall Of Storms Ken Liu 2016 American English
10969 This Machine Kills Secrets Andy Greenberg 2012 Unknown English
10971 Jacob’s Ladder Ludmila Ulitskaya 2015 Russian Russian
10972 The Two Mile Time Machine Richard Alley 2000 American English
10974 Stalin's Meteorologist Olivier Rolin 2014 French French
10975 They Know Not What They Do Jussi Valtonen 2014 Finnish Finnish
10976 The Children Of Noisy Village Astrid Lindgren 2003 Swedish Swedish
10987 A Brief History Of Neoliberalism David Harvey 2005 British English
10992 állítsátok Meg Terézanyut! Zsuzsa Rácz 2015 Hungarian Hungarian
10993 The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández 2016 Chilean Spanish
10993 Portable Curiosities Julie Koh 2016 Australian English
10995 Hollywood Homicide Kellye Garrett 2017 American English
11001 Shifting The Silence Etel Adnan 2020 Unknown English
11010 Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros 2023 American English
11011 Birthday César Aira 2019 Argentinian Spanish
11013 Gergő és Az álomfogók Gyula Böszörményi 2007 Hungarian Hungarian
11012 La Sexta Lámpara Pablo de Santis 2008 Argentinian Spanish
11014 Camino de Perdición Luis Mateo Díez 2007 Spanish Spanish
11015 Desolation Island Adolfo García Ortega 2014 Spanish Unknown
11018 Gifted & Talented Olivie Blake 2025 American English
11019 The War On Choice Gloria Feldt 2004 American English
11022 The Eyes Are The Best Part Monika Kim 2024 Unknown Unknown
11022 Alphabetical Diaries Sheila Heti 2024 Unknown Unknown
11024 Ways Of Being Alive Baptiste Morizot 2020 French French
11030 The Weird Ann VanderMeer 2011 American English
11031 American Nations Colin Woodard 2011 American English
11035 Empire Of Ai Karen Hao 2025 American English
11036 Babylon's Ashes James S. A. Corey 2016 American English
11039 First Time Caller B.K. Borison 2025 Unknown English
11040 Who Is Government? Michael M. Lewis 2025 Unknown English
11041 Les Turbines Du Titanic Robert Perišić 2015 Unknown French
11042 My Seditious Heart Arundhati Roy 2019 Indian English
11042 Hellfire Leesa Gazi 2019 Bangladeshi Bengali
11042 The Shadow King Maaza Mengiste 2019 American English
11045 Untold Stories Alan Bennett 2005 British English
11046 Boy Kings Kate Losse 2012 Unknown English
11053 Darius The Great Is Not Okay Adib Khorram 2018 Iranian-American English
11047 Black Swan Green David Mitchell 2006 British English
11054 Gliff Ali Smith 2024 British English
11055 Two Years Eight Months And Twenty Eight Nights Salman Rushdie 2015 British English
11057 The Remembered Soldier Anjet Daanje 2019 Dutch Dutch
11058 Look Solmaz Sharif 2016 American English
11059 Full Frontal Feminism Jessica Valenti 2007 American English
11061 A Vida Como Ela é... Nelson Rodrigues 2006 Brazilian Portuguese
11064 The Flood John Broderick 2000 Irish English
11071 Hit So Hard Patty Schemel 2017 Unknown English
11072 Your Steps On The Stairs Antonio Muñoz Molina, Curtis Bauer 2019 Spanish English
11073 Life Adjustment Center Ryan McGinley 2010 American Unknown
11073 About a Mountain John D'Agata 2010 American English
11073 The Lost Man Jane Harper 2018 Australian English
11073 London Rules Mick Herron 2018 British English
11073 Smoke And Ashes Abir Mukherjee 2018 British English
11078 Heaven Mieko Kawakami 2023 Japanese Japanese
11079 Theory & Practice Michelle de Kretser 2024 Unknown English
11080 How The Pro Choice Movement Saved America Cristina Page 2006 American English
11082 Insomniac City Bill Hayes 2017 American English
11082 Tell Them I Said No Martin Herbert 2017 Unknown English
11082 The Refugees Viet Thanh Nguyen 2017 American English
11082 When I Grow Up I Want To Be A List Of Further Possibilities Chen Chen 2017 American English
11082 Mirror Sydney Vanessa Berry 2017 Australian English
11109 The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton John Milton 2007 British English
11109 The Quantum Rose Catherine Asaro 2000 American English
11109 The Speed of Dark Elizabeth Moon 2003 American English
11109 Camouflage Joe Haldeman 2004 American English
11109 Seeker Jack McDevitt 2005 American English
11109 Powers Ursula K. Le Guin 2007 American English
11109 2312 Kim Stanley Robinson 2012 American English
11109 A Song for a New Day Sarah Pinsker 2019 American English
11088 Mao's Last Dancer Li Cunxin 2003 Australian English
11109 The Economic Emergence Of Women Barbara Bergmann 2005 American English
11128 The Templar Legacy Steve Berry 2006 American English
11131 The Widows Of Malabar Hill Sujata Massey 2018 American English
11135 Conquest Andrea Smith 2005 Unknown English
11137 Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan Herbert P. Bix 2000 American English
11137 A Problem from Hell Samantha Power 2002 American English
11137 Imperial Reckoning Caroline Elkins 2005 British English
11137 Devil in the Grove Gilbert King 2012 American English
11137 Toms River Dan Fagin 2013 American English
11137 Black Flags Joby Warrick 2015 American English
11137 The End of the Myth Greg Grandin 2019 American English
11137 The Undying Anne Boyer 2019 American English
11137 Wilmington's Lie David Zucchino 2020 American English
11137 His Name Is George Floyd Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa 2022 American English
11159 The Dark Forest Cixin Liu 2008 Chinese Chinese
11160 The Tale Of A Wall Nasser Abu Srour 2024 Unknown Unknown
11161 The Forbidden Garden Simon Parkin 2024 Unknown English
11162 The Destroyers Christopher Bollen 2017 American English
11164 Ordinary People Diana Evans 2018 British English
11164 Scattered All Over The Earth Yoko Tawada 2018 Japanese Japanese
11164 Ghost Wall Sarah Moss 2018 British English
11175 This Changes Everything Naomi Klein 2014 Canadian English
11180 In Every Moment We Still Are Alive Tom Malmquist 2015 Swedish Swedish
11182 Central Banking Masaaki Shirakawa 2021 Japanese English
11191 High Price Carl Hart 2013 American English
11190 Rules Of Civility Amor Towles 2011 American English
11191 Fox And I Catherine Raven 2021 Unknown English
11198 Woodworking Emily St. James 2025 Unknown English
11200 The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama 2006 American English
11199 The Lost Pianos Of Siberia Sophy Roberts 2020 British English