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
11206 Canoës Maylis de Kerangal 2021 French French
11206 The M Case Grégoire Bouillier 2021 French French
11205 The Tokyo Suite Bruna Dantas Lobato, Giovana Madalosso 2020 Brazilian English
11209 Based On A True Story Norm Macdonald 2016 Canadian English
11211 Yes Means Yes Jessica Valenti, Jaclyn Friedman 2008 American English
11212 Ship Breaker Paolo Bacigalupi 2010 American English
11215 The Black Flamingo Dean Atta 2019 British English
11215 Memorial Bryan Washington 2020 American English
11219 The Color Of Violence INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence 2006 Unknown English
11222 Remnants of Days Past Kyoji Watanabe 2020 Japanese Unknown
11223 Becoming Michelle Obama 2018 American English
11226 Fargo Rock City Chuck Klosterman 2001 American English
11226 Carter Beats The Devil Glen David Gold 2001 American English
11228 Whereabouts Jhumpa Lahiri 2018 Italian Italian
11228 The Real Lolita Sarah Weinman 2018 Unknown English
11235 Until Stones Become Lighter Than Water António Lobo Antunes 2017 Portuguese Portuguese
11237 Vera, Or Faith Gary Shteyngart 2025 American English
11238 The Book Of Guilt Catherine Chidgey 2025 New Zealander English
11245 The Peepshow Kate Summerscale 2025 Unknown English
11252 Nobody Passes Matthew Bernstein Sycamore 2006 Unknown English
11265 Blanca & Roja Anna-Marie McLemore 2018 American English
11265 Empire Of Sand Tasha Suri 2018 British English
11265 Song Of Blood & Stone L. Penelope 2018 American English
11265 Trail Of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse 2018 American English
11269 Seiobo There Below László Krasznahorkai 2008 Hungarian Hungarian
11270 The Need Helen Phillips 2019 American English
11270 The Turn Of The Key Ruth Ware 2019 British English
11287 Heartsick Chelsea Cain 2007 American English
11274 Where We Come From Oscar Cásares 2019 American English
11288 The Girls Who Went Away Ann Fessler 2006 American English
11289 Experimental Film Gemma Files 2015 Canadian English
11290 You Are Not A Gadget Jaron Lanier 2010 American English
11291 Le Pietre Claudio Morandini 2017 Italian Italian
11293 Such A Fun Age Kiley Reid 2019 American English
11294 Jonathan Edwards George Marsden 2003 American English
11295 A Year Brian Eno 2022 British Unknown
11295 No Way Out Cara Hunter 2019 British English
11295 The Border Don Winslow 2019 American English
11298 The Adventures Of China Iron Gabriela Cabezón Cámara 2017 Argentinian Spanish
11299 New Cemetery Simon Armitage 2017 English English
11300 Spam Finn Brunton 2013 American English
11302 Run For The Hills Kevin Wilson 2025 Unknown English
11304 The Book Of Sins Chen Xiwo 2014 Chinese Chinese
11306 James Tiptree, Jr. Julie Phillips 2006 Unknown English
11307 Mysteries Of The Middle Ages Thomas Cahill 2006 American English
11310 Atavists Lydia Millet 2025 American English
11312 Homeseeking Karissa Chen 2025 Unknown English
11314 Private Citizens Tony Tulathimutte 2016 American English
11313 Bad Art Mother Edwina Preston 2022 Unknown English
11316 When The Emperor Was Divine Julie Otsuka 2002 American English
11316 Lamb Christopher Moore 2002 American English
11315 The Witches Stacy Schiff 2015 American English
11316 The Little Friend Donna Tartt 2002 American English
11319 The Neighborhood Mario Vargas Llosa 2016 Peruvian English
11320 The Children’s Crusade Rebecca Brown 2003 Unknown English
11321 Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race Reni Eddo-Lodge, Ana Camallonga 2017 British English
11325 The Gene Siddhartha Mukherjee 2016 American English
11327 Heart Shaped Box Joe Hill 2007 American English
11326 Learning To Drive Katha Pollitt 2007 American English
11332 The Blair Years Alastair Campbell 2007 British English
11331 The French Art Of War Alexis Jenni 2011 French French
11338 The Incendiaries R. O. Kwon 2018 American English
11339 She Who Runs on the Waves Alexander Grin 2002 Russian Russian
11340 The Purity Myth Jessica Valenti 2009 American English
11341 The National Telepathy Roque Larraquy, Frank Wynne 2020 Argentine Spanish
11350 The Interestings Meg Wolitzer 2013 American English
11351 The Anthropocene Reviewed John Green 2021 American English
11354 The Girl In The Green Dress Jeni Haynes 2019 Unknown English
11354 Walking On The Ceiling Ayşegül Savaş 2019 Turkish English
11354 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds In This Strange World Elif Shafak 2019 Turkish English
11354 The House Of Youssef Yumna Kassab 2019 Australian English
11359 America's God Mark Noll 2002 American English
11361 Une Façon D'aimer Dominique Barbéris 2019 French French
11387 The Devil In America Kai Ashante Wilson 2014 American English
11386 The Nemesis Manoranjan Byapari 2018 Unknown Bengali
11388 This Common Secret Susan Wicklund 2007 Unknown English
11390 Love Me Tender Constance Debré 2020 French French
11390 Poor Caleb Femi 2020 British English
11401 The Living and the Rest José Eduardo Agualusa 2020 Angolan Portuguese
11403 A God in Ruins Kate Atkinson 2015 British English
11408 Hildegarde Léo Henry 2018 French French
11411 Spin Robert Charles Wilson 2005 Canadian English
11414 Half Earth E. O. Wilson 2016 American English
11415 Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire 2003 Cuban English
11416 Djinn Patrol On The Purple Line Deepa Anappara 2020 Indian English
11416 When No One Is Watching Alyssa Cole 2020 American English
11416 Winter Counts David Heska Wanbli Weiden 2020 American English
11420 Feminism And Pop Culture Andi Zeisler 2008 American English
11423 Me And Earl And The Dying Girl Jesse Andrews 2012 American English
11422 A Naked Singularity Sergio De La Pava 2008 American English
11426 Children Of Virtue And Vengeance Tomi Adeyemi 2019 American English
11426 Gods Of Jade And Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2019 Mexican English
11426 We Hunt The Flame Hafsah Faizal 2019 American English
11430 The Troop Nick Cutter 2014 Canadian English
11437 Field Notes From A Catastrophe Elizabeth Kolbert 2006 American English
11440 Teatro Grottesco Thomas Ligotti 2006 American English
11441 Readme.Txt Chelsea Manning 2022 American English
11468 Furnace Livia Llewellyn 2016 American English
11470 Please, Momma Chesya Burke 2015 American Unknown
11476 Someone To Watch Over You Kumi Kimura 2021 Unknown English
11477 Vicky Angel Jacqueline Wilson 2000 British English
11480 Overstaying Ariane Koch 2021 Unknown English
11481 Ali Jonathan Eig 2017 American English
11481 The Sparsholt Affair Alan Hollinghurst 2017 British English
11481 The Darkening Age Catherine Nixey 2017 British English
11481 Ninety Nine Glimpses Of Princess Margaret Craig Brown 2017 British English
11481 Why Comics? Hillary L. Chute 2017 American English
11490 When Everything Changed Gail Collins 2009 American English
11491 Day In Day Out Terézia Mora 2004 German German
11492 Red at the Bone Jacqueline Woodson 2019 American English
11496 Ultramarine Mariette Navarro, Eve Hill-Agnus 2021 Unknown French
11497 Hunter Shuang Xuetao 2019 Chinese Chinese
11498 Azadi Arundhati Roy 2020 Indian English
11498 What The Colonists Never Knew Dennis Foley, Peter Read 2020 Unknown English
11498 The Thirty Names Of Night Zeyn Joukhadar 2020 Unknown English
11501 State Of Wonder Ann Patchett 2011 American English
11503 The Nature Of Nature Enric Sala 2020 Spanish English
11510 Bowlaway Elizabeth McCracken 2019 American English
11505 How To Build A Time Machine Paul Davies 2002 British English
11506 The Coming Bad Days Sarah Bernstein 2021 Canadian English