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
11204 The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama 2006 American English
11203 The Lost Pianos Of Siberia Sophy Roberts 2020 British English
11210 Canoës Maylis de Kerangal 2021 French French
11210 The M Case Grégoire Bouillier 2021 French French
11209 The Tokyo Suite Bruna Dantas Lobato, Giovana Madalosso 2020 Brazilian English
11213 Based On A True Story Norm Macdonald 2016 Canadian English
11215 Yes Means Yes Jessica Valenti, Jaclyn Friedman 2008 American English
11216 Ship Breaker Paolo Bacigalupi 2010 American English
11219 The Black Flamingo Dean Atta 2019 British English
11219 Memorial Bryan Washington 2020 American English
11223 The Color Of Violence INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence 2006 Unknown English
11226 Remnants of Days Past Kyoji Watanabe 2020 Japanese Unknown
11227 Becoming Michelle Obama 2018 American English
11230 Fargo Rock City Chuck Klosterman 2001 American English
11230 Carter Beats The Devil Glen David Gold 2001 American English
11232 Whereabouts Jhumpa Lahiri 2018 Italian Italian
11232 The Real Lolita Sarah Weinman 2018 Unknown English
11239 Until Stones Become Lighter Than Water António Lobo Antunes 2017 Portuguese Portuguese
11241 Vera, Or Faith Gary Shteyngart 2025 American English
11242 The Book Of Guilt Catherine Chidgey 2025 New Zealander English
11249 The Peepshow Kate Summerscale 2025 Unknown English
11256 Nobody Passes Matthew Bernstein Sycamore 2006 Unknown English
11269 Blanca & Roja Anna-Marie McLemore 2018 American English
11269 Empire Of Sand Tasha Suri 2018 British English
11269 Song Of Blood & Stone L. Penelope 2018 American English
11269 Trail Of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse 2018 American English
11273 Seiobo There Below László Krasznahorkai 2008 Hungarian Hungarian
11274 The Need Helen Phillips 2019 American English
11274 The Turn Of The Key Ruth Ware 2019 British English
11291 Heartsick Chelsea Cain 2007 American English
11278 Where We Come From Oscar Cásares 2019 American English
11292 The Girls Who Went Away Ann Fessler 2006 American English
11293 Experimental Film Gemma Files 2015 Canadian English
11294 You Are Not A Gadget Jaron Lanier 2010 American English
11295 Le Pietre Claudio Morandini 2017 Italian Italian
11297 Such A Fun Age Kiley Reid 2019 American English
11298 Jonathan Edwards George Marsden 2003 American English
11299 A Year Brian Eno 2022 British Unknown
11299 No Way Out Cara Hunter 2019 British English
11299 The Border Don Winslow 2019 American English
11302 The Adventures Of China Iron Gabriela Cabezón Cámara 2017 Argentinian Spanish
11303 New Cemetery Simon Armitage 2017 English English
11304 Spam Finn Brunton 2013 American English
11306 Run For The Hills Kevin Wilson 2025 Unknown English
11308 The Book Of Sins Chen Xiwo 2014 Chinese Chinese
11310 James Tiptree, Jr. Julie Phillips 2006 Unknown English
11311 Mysteries Of The Middle Ages Thomas Cahill 2006 American English
11314 Atavists Lydia Millet 2025 American English
11316 Homeseeking Karissa Chen 2025 Unknown English
11318 Private Citizens Tony Tulathimutte 2016 American English
11317 Bad Art Mother Edwina Preston 2022 Unknown English
11320 When The Emperor Was Divine Julie Otsuka 2002 American English
11320 Lamb Christopher Moore 2002 American English
11319 The Witches Stacy Schiff 2015 American English
11320 The Little Friend Donna Tartt 2002 American English
11323 The Neighborhood Mario Vargas Llosa 2016 Peruvian English
11324 The Children’s Crusade Rebecca Brown 2003 Unknown English
11325 Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race Reni Eddo-Lodge, Ana Camallonga 2017 British English
11329 The Gene Siddhartha Mukherjee 2016 American English
11331 Heart Shaped Box Joe Hill 2007 American English
11330 Learning To Drive Katha Pollitt 2007 American English
11336 The Blair Years Alastair Campbell 2007 British English
11335 The French Art Of War Alexis Jenni 2011 French French
11342 The Incendiaries R. O. Kwon 2018 American English
11343 She Who Runs on the Waves Alexander Grin 2002 Russian Russian
11344 The Purity Myth Jessica Valenti 2009 American English
11345 The National Telepathy Roque Larraquy, Frank Wynne 2020 Argentine Spanish
11354 The Interestings Meg Wolitzer 2013 American English
11355 The Anthropocene Reviewed John Green 2021 American English
11358 The Girl In The Green Dress Jeni Haynes 2019 Unknown English
11358 Walking On The Ceiling Ayşegül Savaş 2019 Turkish English
11358 The House Of Youssef Yumna Kassab 2019 Australian English
11362 America's God Mark Noll 2002 American English
11364 Une Façon D'aimer Dominique Barbéris 2019 French French
11390 The Devil In America Kai Ashante Wilson 2014 American English
11389 The Nemesis Manoranjan Byapari 2018 Unknown Bengali
11391 This Common Secret Susan Wicklund 2007 Unknown English
11393 Love Me Tender Constance Debré 2020 French French
11393 Poor Caleb Femi 2020 British English
11404 The Living and the Rest José Eduardo Agualusa 2020 Angolan Portuguese
11406 A God in Ruins Kate Atkinson 2015 British English
11411 Hildegarde Léo Henry 2018 French French
11414 Spin Robert Charles Wilson 2005 Canadian English
11417 Half Earth E. O. Wilson 2016 American English
11418 Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire 2003 Cuban English
11419 Djinn Patrol On The Purple Line Deepa Anappara 2020 Indian English
11419 When No One Is Watching Alyssa Cole 2020 American English
11419 Winter Counts David Heska Wanbli Weiden 2020 American English
11423 Feminism And Pop Culture Andi Zeisler 2008 American English
11426 Me And Earl And The Dying Girl Jesse Andrews 2012 American English
11425 A Naked Singularity Sergio De La Pava 2008 American English
11429 Children Of Virtue And Vengeance Tomi Adeyemi 2019 American English
11429 Gods Of Jade And Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2019 Mexican English
11429 We Hunt The Flame Hafsah Faizal 2019 American English
11433 The Troop Nick Cutter 2014 Canadian English
11440 Field Notes From A Catastrophe Elizabeth Kolbert 2006 American English
11443 Teatro Grottesco Thomas Ligotti 2006 American English
11444 Readme.Txt Chelsea Manning 2022 American English
11470 Furnace Livia Llewellyn 2016 American English
11472 Please, Momma Chesya Burke 2015 American Unknown
11478 Someone To Watch Over You Kumi Kimura 2021 Unknown English
11479 Vicky Angel Jacqueline Wilson 2000 British English
11482 Overstaying Ariane Koch 2021 Unknown English
11483 Ali Jonathan Eig 2017 American English
11483 The Sparsholt Affair Alan Hollinghurst 2017 British English
11483 The Darkening Age Catherine Nixey 2017 British English
11483 Ninety Nine Glimpses Of Princess Margaret Craig Brown 2017 British English
11483 Why Comics? Hillary L. Chute 2017 American English
11492 When Everything Changed Gail Collins 2009 American English
11493 Day In Day Out Terézia Mora 2004 German German
11494 Red at the Bone Jacqueline Woodson 2019 American English
11498 Ultramarine Mariette Navarro, Eve Hill-Agnus 2021 Unknown French
11499 Hunter Shuang Xuetao 2019 Chinese Chinese
11500 Azadi Arundhati Roy 2020 Indian English
11500 What The Colonists Never Knew Dennis Foley, Peter Read 2020 Unknown English
11500 The Thirty Names Of Night Zeyn Joukhadar 2020 Unknown English
11503 State Of Wonder Ann Patchett 2011 American English
11505 The Nature Of Nature Enric Sala 2020 Spanish English
11512 Bowlaway Elizabeth McCracken 2019 American English
11507 How To Build A Time Machine Paul Davies 2002 British English