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
11661 No Ashes In The Fire C. L. Moore 2018 Unknown English
11661 Patriot Number One Lauren Hilgers 2018 Unknown English
11661 Rise And Kill First Hjalmar Bergman 2018 Unknown Unknown
11661 She Has Her Mother's Laugh Carl Zimmer 2018 American English
11661 The Souls Of Yellow Folk Wesley Yang 2018 American English
11661 We The Corporations Adam Winkler 2018 American English
11796 Leviathan Falls James S. A. Corey 2021 American English
11800 The Ballad Of Black Tom Victor LaValle 2016 American English
11801 The Attention Merchants Tim Wu 2016 American English
11802 Point Blanc Anthony Horowitz 2001 British English
11803 Culture Creep Alice Bolin 2021 American English
11808 The Reason For God Timothy J. Keller 2008 American English
11805 The Meursault Investigation Kamel Daoud 2013 Algerian French
11809 Little Labors Rivka Galchen 2016 American English
11810 Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? Elizabeth Blackburn 2022 Unknown English
11824 The Wax Child Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken 2023 Danish English
11827 The Mother Of All Questions Rebecca Solnit 2017 American English
11831 61 Hours Lee Child 2010 British English
11832 Cibola Burn James S. A. Corey 2014 American English
11832 Wayfarers Becky Chambers 2014 American English
11835 I Gave You Eyes And You Looked Toward Darkness Irene Solà 2023 Unknown Catalan
11834 These Days Lucy Caldwell 2022 British English
11836 Sleepovers Jacqueline Wilson 2001 British English
11837 The Balance Of Nature John Kricher 2009 Unknown English
11841 Freaks Of Fortune Jonathan Levy 2012 American English
11840 Broad Band Claire Evans 2018 Unknown English
11839 Reality Bites Back Jennifer L. Pozner 2009 American English
11842 The Fate Of Rome Kyle Harper 2017 American English
11847 Them Francine du Plessix Gray 2005 French English
11843 Dustbin Baby Jacqueline Wilson 2001 British English
11845 The House Of Government Yuri Slezkine 2017 American English
11845 Ghosts Of The Tsunami Richard Lloyd Parry 2017 British English
11850 Havana Real Yoani Sánchez 2011 Cuban Spanish
11852 Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation Allen Guelzo 2004 American English
11851 Chosen Peoples Anthony D. Smith 2003 British English
11855 Mahmoud Ou La Montée Des Eaux Antoine Wauters 2021 Belgian French
11856 Dominion Tom Holland 2019 British English
11858 The Return Of The Dancing Master Henning Mankell 2000 Swedish Swedish
11859 Highwire Moon Susan Straight 2001 American English
11863 Dumplin' Julie Murphy 2015 American English
11863 More Happy Than Not Adam Silvera 2015 American English
11863 Welcome To The Goddamn Ice Cube Blair Braverman 2016 American English
11862 Evening In The Palace Of Reason James R. Gaines 2005 Unknown English
11867 Bad Blood Lorna Sage 2000 British English
11871 Weapons Of Math Destruction Cathy O'Neil 2016 American English
11873 London Orbital Iain Sinclair 2002 British English
11878 Sololand Hassan Blasim 2021 Iraqi Arabic
11880 Watching Over Her Jean-Baptiste Andrea 2021 French French
11882 Honor Thrity Umrigar 2022 American English
11882 Root And Branch Eda Gunaydin 2022 Unknown English
11882 Translating Myself And Others Jhumpa Lahiri 2022 Multiple English
11882 Losing Face George Haddad 2022 Unknown English
11882 This All Come Back Now Mykaula Saunders 2022 Unknown English
11882 All That’s Left Unsaid Tracey Lien 2022 Unknown English
11894 Kinder Than Solitude Yiyun Li 2014 American English
11919 Lake Of Urine Guillermo Stitch 2020 British English
11898 The Drama Of Doctrine Kevin Vanhoozer 2004 American English
11921 The Ritual Adam Nevill 2011 British English
11920 Skeleton Man Tony Hillerman 2004 American English
11922 A People's History Of Computing In The United States Joy Lisi Rankin 2018 American English
11924 Spirit Hunters Ellen Oh 2017 American English
11925 Ancillary Mercy Ann Leckie 2015 American English
11925 Sorcerer To The Crown Zen Cho 2015 Singaporean English
11925 Nemesis Games James S. A. Corey 2015 American English
11925 World Without End Ken Follett 2007 British English
11925 Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult 2007 American English
11930 Bad Dirt Annie Proulx 2004 American English
11931 The Land In Winter Andrew Miller 2024 British English
11932 This Young Monster Charlie Fox 2017 British English
11932 Animals Strike Curious Poses Elena Passarello 2017 American English
11934 Super Pumped Mike Isaac 2019 American English
11935 Wolf Bells Leni Zumas 2024 American English
11939 American Lion Jon Matteson 2008 American English
11939 Eden's Outcasts Jon Matteson 2007 American Unknown
11939 The Most Famous Man in America Debby Applegate 2006 American English
11939 Khrushchev William Taubman 2003 American English
11939 George F. Kennan John Lewis Gaddis 2011 American English
11939 Margaret Fuller Megan Marshall 2013 American English
11939 The Pope and Mussolini David I. Kertzer 2014 American English
11939 Sontag Benjamin Moser 2019 American English
11939 Chasing Me To My Grave Winfred Rembert, Erin I. Kelly 2021 American English
11939 G Man Beverly Gage 2022 American English
12007 Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010 American English
12008 The Echo Maker Richard Powers 2006 American English
12011 What Art Is Arthur C. Danto 2013 American English
12011 Paying For The Party Laura Hamilton, Elizabeth A. Armstrong 2013 American English
12015 Saknaden Ulf Lundell 2021 Swedish Swedish
12016 Infidel Pornsak Pichetshote 2018 Unknown English
12017 La Danseuse Patrick Modiano 2023 French French
12022 The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud 2003 British English
12023 Cafe Scheherazade Arnold Zable 2001 Australian English
12025 Girls In Tears Jacqueline Wilson 2002 British English
12024 Biotope Orly Castel-Bloom 2022 Israeli Hebrew
12027 Night Train To Lisbon Pascal Mercier 2004 Swiss German
12029 Fighting Mc Kenzie Anzac Chaplain Col Stringer 2002 Australian English
12030 American Wife Curtis Sittenfeld 2008 American English
12031 Secrets Jacqueline Wilson 2002 British English
12034 We Are The Ants Shaun David Hutchinson 2016 American English
12034 When The Moon Was Ours Anna-Marie McLemore 2016 American English
12034 Honouring High Places Junko Tabei 2017 Japanese English
12032 Living Dolls Natasha Walter 2010 British English
12033 Reformed Expository Commentary Series Various 2005 Unknown English
12038 Ginseng Roots Craig Thompson 2024 American English
12039 Crash Override Zoë Quinn 2017 American English
12044 Strange And Perfect Account From The Permafrost Donald Niedekker 2022 Unknown Dutch; flemish
12047 Landing Light Don Paterson 2003 British English
12048 Survivor’s Guilt Robyn Gigl 2023 American English
12048 Windows On The World Frédéric Beigbeder 2003 French French
12048 The Book Of Chameleons José Eduardo Agualusa 2004 Angolan Portuguese
12048 Omega Minor Paul Verhaeghen 2004 Belgian Dutch
12048 Irakisk Kristus Hassan Blasim 2009 Unknown Arabic
12048 Red April Santiago Roncagliolo 2002 Peruvian Spanish
12048 Blooms Of Darkness Aharon Appelfeld 2005 Israeli Hebrew
12048 The Detour Gerbrand Bakker 2010 Dutch Dutch
12060 Cannonball Joseph McElroy 2013 American English
12061 O Tamanho Do Mundo António Lobo Antunes 2022 Portuguese Portuguese
12063 Strange Pictures Uketsu 2022 Unknown Unknown
12066 Discontent Beatriz Serrano, Mara Faye Lethem 2023 Unknown English
12068 Archipelago Of The Sun Yoko Tawada 2022 Unknown English
12069 Mr. Ibrahim And The Flowers Of The Koran Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt 2001 French French