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
10938 The Bone Key Sarah Monette 2024 American English
10941 The Art Of Cruelty Maggie Nelson 2011 American English
10940 Bitches, Bimbos, And Ballbreakers Guerilla Girls 2003 American English
10942 The Leavers Lisa Ko 2017 American English
10955 The World Without Us Alan Weisman 2007 American English
10943 I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Erika L. Sánchez 2017 American English
10943 The 57 Bus Dashka Slater 2017 American English
10943 The Marrow Thieves Cherie Dimaline 2017 Canadian English
10943 We Are Okay Nina LaCour 2017 American English
10947 Latitudes Of Longing Shubhangi Swarup 2018 Indian English
10947 Barracoon Zora Neale Hurston 2018 American English
10949 Golden Hill Francis Spufford 2016 British English
10957 Tears in the Darkness Michael Norman, Elizabeth M. Norman 2009 American English
10956 Spillover David Quammen 2012 American English
10958 Surprised By Hope N.T. Wright 2008 British English
10959 The City Of Brass S. A. Chakraborty 2017 Egyptian English
10959 The Magicians Lev Grossman 2009 American English
10963 Radiant Terminus Antoine Volodine 2014 French French
10961 The Lack Of Light Nino Haratischwili 2014 German German
10964 Gideon The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2019 New Zealand English
10966 Rotters Daniel Kraus 2011 American English
10971 The Hunger Alma Katsu 2018 American English
10970 That Time Of Year Marie NDiaye 2020 French French
10972 The Wall Of Storms Ken Liu 2016 American English
10973 This Machine Kills Secrets Andy Greenberg 2012 Unknown English
10975 Jacob’s Ladder Ludmila Ulitskaya 2015 Russian Russian
10976 The Two Mile Time Machine Richard Alley 2000 American English
10978 Stalin's Meteorologist Olivier Rolin 2014 French French
10979 They Know Not What They Do Jussi Valtonen 2014 Finnish Finnish
10980 The Children Of Noisy Village Astrid Lindgren 2003 Swedish Swedish
10991 A Brief History Of Neoliberalism David Harvey 2005 British English
10996 állítsátok Meg Terézanyut! Zsuzsa Rácz 2015 Hungarian Hungarian
10997 The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández 2016 Chilean Spanish
10997 Portable Curiosities Julie Koh 2016 Australian English
10999 Hollywood Homicide Kellye Garrett 2017 American English
11005 Shifting The Silence Etel Adnan 2020 Unknown English
11014 Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros 2023 American English
11015 Birthday César Aira 2019 Argentinian Spanish
11017 Gergő és Az álomfogók Gyula Böszörményi 2007 Hungarian Hungarian
11016 La Sexta Lámpara Pablo de Santis 2008 Argentinian Spanish
11018 Camino de Perdición Luis Mateo Díez 2007 Spanish Spanish
11019 Desolation Island Adolfo García Ortega 2014 Spanish Unknown
11022 Gifted & Talented Olivie Blake 2025 American English
11023 The War On Choice Gloria Feldt 2004 American English
11026 The Eyes Are The Best Part Monika Kim 2024 Unknown Unknown
11026 Alphabetical Diaries Sheila Heti 2024 Unknown Unknown
11028 Ways Of Being Alive Baptiste Morizot 2020 French French
11034 The Weird Ann VanderMeer 2011 American English
11035 American Nations Colin Woodard 2011 American English
11039 Empire Of Ai Karen Hao 2025 American English
11040 Babylon's Ashes James S. A. Corey 2016 American English
11043 First Time Caller B.K. Borison 2025 Unknown English
11044 Who Is Government? Michael M. Lewis 2025 Unknown English
11045 Les Turbines Du Titanic Robert Perišić 2015 Unknown French
11046 My Seditious Heart Arundhati Roy 2019 Indian English
11046 Hellfire Leesa Gazi 2019 Bangladeshi Bengali
11046 The Shadow King Maaza Mengiste 2019 American English
11049 Untold Stories Alan Bennett 2005 British English
11050 Boy Kings Kate Losse 2012 Unknown English
11057 Darius The Great Is Not Okay Adib Khorram 2018 Iranian-American English
11051 Black Swan Green David Mitchell 2006 British English
11058 Gliff Ali Smith 2024 British English
11059 Two Years Eight Months And Twenty Eight Nights Salman Rushdie 2015 British English
11061 The Remembered Soldier Anjet Daanje 2019 Dutch Dutch
11062 Look Solmaz Sharif 2016 American English
11063 Full Frontal Feminism Jessica Valenti 2007 American English
11065 A Vida Como Ela é... Nelson Rodrigues 2006 Brazilian Portuguese
11068 The Flood John Broderick 2000 Irish English
11075 Hit So Hard Patty Schemel 2017 Unknown English
11076 Your Steps On The Stairs Antonio Muñoz Molina, Curtis Bauer 2019 Spanish English
11077 Life Adjustment Center Ryan McGinley 2010 American Unknown
11077 About a Mountain John D'Agata 2010 American English
11077 The Lost Man Jane Harper 2018 Australian English
11077 London Rules Mick Herron 2018 British English
11077 Smoke And Ashes Abir Mukherjee 2018 British English
11082 Heaven Mieko Kawakami 2023 Japanese Japanese
11083 Theory & Practice Michelle de Kretser 2024 Unknown English
11084 How The Pro Choice Movement Saved America Cristina Page 2006 American English
11086 Insomniac City Bill Hayes 2017 American English
11086 Tell Them I Said No Martin Herbert 2017 Unknown English
11086 The Refugees Viet Thanh Nguyen 2017 American English
11086 When I Grow Up I Want To Be A List Of Further Possibilities Chen Chen 2017 American English
11086 Mirror Sydney Vanessa Berry 2017 Australian English
11113 The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton John Milton 2007 British English
11113 The Quantum Rose Catherine Asaro 2000 American English
11113 The Speed of Dark Elizabeth Moon 2003 American English
11113 Camouflage Joe Haldeman 2004 American English
11113 Seeker Jack McDevitt 2005 American English
11113 Powers Ursula K. Le Guin 2007 American English
11113 2312 Kim Stanley Robinson 2012 American English
11113 A Song for a New Day Sarah Pinsker 2019 American English
11092 Mao's Last Dancer Li Cunxin 2003 Australian English
11113 The Economic Emergence Of Women Barbara Bergmann 2005 American English
11132 The Templar Legacy Steve Berry 2006 American English
11135 The Widows Of Malabar Hill Sujata Massey 2018 American English
11139 Conquest Andrea Smith 2005 Unknown English
11141 Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan Herbert P. Bix 2000 American English
11141 A Problem from Hell Samantha Power 2002 American English
11141 Imperial Reckoning Caroline Elkins 2005 British English
11141 Devil in the Grove Gilbert King 2012 American English
11141 Toms River Dan Fagin 2013 American English
11141 Black Flags Joby Warrick 2015 American English
11141 The End of the Myth Greg Grandin 2019 American English
11141 The Undying Anne Boyer 2019 American English
11141 Wilmington's Lie David Zucchino 2020 American English
11141 His Name Is George Floyd Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa 2022 American English
11163 The Dark Forest Cixin Liu 2008 Chinese Chinese
11164 The Tale Of A Wall Nasser Abu Srour 2024 Unknown Unknown
11165 The Forbidden Garden Simon Parkin 2024 Unknown English
11166 The Destroyers Christopher Bollen 2017 American English
11168 Ordinary People Diana Evans 2018 British English
11168 Scattered All Over The Earth Yoko Tawada 2018 Japanese Japanese
11168 Ghost Wall Sarah Moss 2018 British English
11179 This Changes Everything Naomi Klein 2014 Canadian English
11184 In Every Moment We Still Are Alive Tom Malmquist 2015 Swedish Swedish
11186 Central Banking Masaaki Shirakawa 2021 Japanese English
11195 High Price Carl Hart 2013 American English
11194 Rules Of Civility Amor Towles 2011 American English
11195 Fox And I Catherine Raven 2021 Unknown English
11202 Woodworking Emily St. James 2025 Unknown English