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
11663 Looking For Lorraine Imani Perry 2018 Unknown English
11663 No Ashes In The Fire C. L. Moore 2018 Unknown English
11663 Patriot Number One Lauren Hilgers 2018 Unknown English
11663 Rise And Kill First Hjalmar Bergman 2018 Unknown Unknown
11663 She Has Her Mother's Laugh Carl Zimmer 2018 American English
11663 The Souls Of Yellow Folk Wesley Yang 2018 American English
11663 We The Corporations Adam Winkler 2018 American English
11798 Leviathan Falls James S. A. Corey 2021 American English
11802 The Ballad Of Black Tom Victor LaValle 2016 American English
11803 The Attention Merchants Tim Wu 2016 American English
11804 Point Blanc Anthony Horowitz 2001 British English
11805 Culture Creep Alice Bolin 2021 American English
11810 The Reason For God Timothy J. Keller 2008 American English
11807 The Meursault Investigation Kamel Daoud 2013 Algerian French
11811 Little Labors Rivka Galchen 2016 American English
11812 Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? Elizabeth Blackburn 2022 Unknown English
11826 The Wax Child Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken 2023 Danish English
11829 The Mother Of All Questions Rebecca Solnit 2017 American English
11833 61 Hours Lee Child 2010 British English
11834 Cibola Burn James S. A. Corey 2014 American English
11834 Wayfarers Becky Chambers 2014 American English
11837 I Gave You Eyes And You Looked Toward Darkness Irene Solà 2023 Unknown Catalan
11836 These Days Lucy Caldwell 2022 British English
11838 Sleepovers Jacqueline Wilson 2001 British English
11839 The Balance Of Nature John Kricher 2009 Unknown English
11843 Freaks Of Fortune Jonathan Levy 2012 American English
11842 Broad Band Claire Evans 2018 Unknown English
11841 Reality Bites Back Jennifer L. Pozner 2009 American English
11844 The Fate Of Rome Kyle Harper 2017 American English
11849 Them Francine du Plessix Gray 2005 French English
11845 Dustbin Baby Jacqueline Wilson 2001 British English
11847 The House Of Government Yuri Slezkine 2017 American English
11847 Ghosts Of The Tsunami Richard Lloyd Parry 2017 British English
11852 Havana Real Yoani Sánchez 2011 Cuban Spanish
11854 Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation Allen Guelzo 2004 American English
11853 Chosen Peoples Anthony D. Smith 2003 British English
11857 Mahmoud Ou La Montée Des Eaux Antoine Wauters 2021 Belgian French
11858 Dominion Tom Holland 2019 British English
11860 The Return Of The Dancing Master Henning Mankell 2000 Swedish Swedish
11861 Highwire Moon Susan Straight 2001 American English
11865 Dumplin' Julie Murphy 2015 American English
11865 More Happy Than Not Adam Silvera 2015 American English
11865 Welcome To The Goddamn Ice Cube Blair Braverman 2016 American English
11864 Evening In The Palace Of Reason James R. Gaines 2005 Unknown English
11869 Bad Blood Lorna Sage 2000 British English
11873 Weapons Of Math Destruction Cathy O'Neil 2016 American English
11875 London Orbital Iain Sinclair 2002 British English
11880 Sololand Hassan Blasim 2021 Iraqi Arabic
11882 Watching Over Her Jean-Baptiste Andrea 2021 French French
11884 Honor Thrity Umrigar 2022 American English
11884 Root And Branch Eda Gunaydin 2022 Unknown English
11884 Translating Myself And Others Jhumpa Lahiri 2022 Multiple English
11884 Losing Face George Haddad 2022 Unknown English
11884 This All Come Back Now Mykaula Saunders 2022 Unknown English
11884 All That’s Left Unsaid Tracey Lien 2022 Unknown English
11896 Kinder Than Solitude Yiyun Li 2014 American English
11921 Lake Of Urine Guillermo Stitch 2020 British English
11900 The Drama Of Doctrine Kevin Vanhoozer 2004 American English
11923 The Ritual Adam Nevill 2011 British English
11922 Skeleton Man Tony Hillerman 2004 American English
11924 A People's History Of Computing In The United States Joy Lisi Rankin 2018 American English
11926 Spirit Hunters Ellen Oh 2017 American English
11927 Ancillary Mercy Ann Leckie 2015 American English
11927 Sorcerer To The Crown Zen Cho 2015 Singaporean English
11927 Nemesis Games James S. A. Corey 2015 American English
11927 World Without End Ken Follett 2007 British English
11927 Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult 2007 American English
11932 Bad Dirt Annie Proulx 2004 American English
11933 The Land In Winter Andrew Miller 2024 British English
11934 This Young Monster Charlie Fox 2017 British English
11934 Animals Strike Curious Poses Elena Passarello 2017 American English
11936 Super Pumped Mike Isaac 2019 American English
11937 Wolf Bells Leni Zumas 2024 American English
11941 American Lion Jon Matteson 2008 American English
11941 Eden's Outcasts Jon Matteson 2007 American Unknown
11941 The Most Famous Man in America Debby Applegate 2006 American English
11941 Khrushchev William Taubman 2003 American English
11941 George F. Kennan John Lewis Gaddis 2011 American English
11941 Margaret Fuller Megan Marshall 2013 American English
11941 The Pope and Mussolini David I. Kertzer 2014 American English
11941 Sontag Benjamin Moser 2019 American English
11941 Chasing Me To My Grave Winfred Rembert, Erin I. Kelly 2021 American English
11941 G Man Beverly Gage 2022 American English
12009 Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010 American English
12010 The Echo Maker Richard Powers 2006 American English
12013 What Art Is Arthur C. Danto 2013 American English
12013 Paying For The Party Laura Hamilton, Elizabeth A. Armstrong 2013 American English
12017 Saknaden Ulf Lundell 2021 Swedish Swedish
12018 Infidel Pornsak Pichetshote 2018 Unknown English
12019 La Danseuse Patrick Modiano 2023 French French
12024 The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud 2003 British English
12025 Cafe Scheherazade Arnold Zable 2001 Australian English
12027 Girls In Tears Jacqueline Wilson 2002 British English
12026 Biotope Orly Castel-Bloom 2022 Israeli Hebrew
12029 Night Train To Lisbon Pascal Mercier 2004 Swiss German
12031 Fighting Mc Kenzie Anzac Chaplain Col Stringer 2002 Australian English
12032 American Wife Curtis Sittenfeld 2008 American English
12033 Secrets Jacqueline Wilson 2002 British English
12036 We Are The Ants Shaun David Hutchinson 2016 American English
12036 When The Moon Was Ours Anna-Marie McLemore 2016 American English
12036 Honouring High Places Junko Tabei 2017 Japanese English
12034 Living Dolls Natasha Walter 2010 British English
12035 Reformed Expository Commentary Series Various 2005 Unknown English
12040 Ginseng Roots Craig Thompson 2024 American English
12041 Crash Override Zoë Quinn 2017 American English
12046 Strange And Perfect Account From The Permafrost Donald Niedekker 2022 Unknown Dutch; flemish
12049 Landing Light Don Paterson 2003 British English
12050 Survivor’s Guilt Robyn Gigl 2023 American English
12050 Windows On The World Frédéric Beigbeder 2003 French French
12050 The Book Of Chameleons José Eduardo Agualusa 2004 Angolan Portuguese
12050 Omega Minor Paul Verhaeghen 2004 Belgian Dutch
12050 Irakisk Kristus Hassan Blasim 2009 Unknown Arabic
12050 Red April Santiago Roncagliolo 2002 Peruvian Spanish
12050 Blooms Of Darkness Aharon Appelfeld 2005 Israeli Hebrew
12050 The Detour Gerbrand Bakker 2010 Dutch Dutch
12062 Cannonball Joseph McElroy 2013 American English
12063 O Tamanho Do Mundo António Lobo Antunes 2022 Portuguese Portuguese
12067 Discontent Beatriz Serrano, Mara Faye Lethem 2023 Unknown English
12069 Archipelago Of The Sun Yoko Tawada 2022 Unknown English
12070 Mr. Ibrahim And The Flowers Of The Koran Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt 2001 French French