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
12072 When You Listen To This Song Lola Lafon 2022 French French
12075 The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow 2025 Unknown English
12073 The Afghans Asne Seierstad, Seán Kinsella 2022 Norwegian English
12074 Dry Cleaned Joris Mertens 2022 Unknown English
12077 Rosewater Tade Thompson 2016 Nigerian English
12077 Ninefox Gambit Yoon Ha Lee 2016 American English
12077 A Gathering Of Shadows V. E. Schwab 2016 American English
12082 Shop Class As Soulcraft Matthew B. Crawford 2009 American English
12076 Great Big Beautiful Life Emily Henry 2025 American English
12081 The Ten Year Affair Erin Somers 2025 Unknown English
12083 Perfect Victims Mohammed El-Kurd 2025 Unknown English
12103 Vantage Point Sara Sligar 2025 Unknown English
12105 Promise Me Sunshine Cara Bastone 2025 Unknown English
12108 Good And Evil And Other Stories Samanta Schweblin 2025 Argentine Spanish
12107 The Ferryman And His Wife Frode Grytten, Alison McCullough 2023 Norwegian English
12106 Dwelling Emily Hunt Kivel 2025 Unknown English
12109 American Kings Seth Wickersham 2025 American English
12110 Valley Of Forgetting Jennie Erin Smith 2025 American English
12112 Every Riven Thing Christian Wiman 2010 American English
12115 Great Black Hope Rob Franklin 2025 Unknown English
12111 North Sun Ethan Rutherford 2025 Unknown English
12116 Joyride Susan Orlean 2025 American English
12117 Broken Monsters Lauren Beukes 2014 South African English
12118 Glitz, Glam, And A Damn Good Time Jennifer Wright 2025 American English
12120 Culpability Bruce Holsinger 2025 Unknown English
12122 Toni At Random Dana A. Williams 2025 American English
12123 The Palestine Laboratory Antony Loewenstein 2023 Australian English
12123 Songs For The Dead And The Living Sara M. Saleh 2023 Unknown English
12125 The Zorg Siddharth Kara 2025 Unknown English
12126 The Season Helen Garner 2024 Australian English
12127 The Pelican Child Joy Williams 2025 Unknown English
12128 Bad Company Megan Greenwell 2025 American English
12131 The Glass Palace Amitav Ghosh 2000 Indian English
12129 Storyteller Leo Damrosch 2025 American English
12132 The House Of The Mosque Kader Abdolah 2005 Dutch Dutch
12133 Awake Jen Hatmaker 2025 American English
12134 A Witch's Guide To Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna 2025 Unknown English
12136 The Book Of Alchemy Suleika Jaouad 2025 Unknown English
12140 August Lane Regina Black 2025 Unknown English
12141 Yellow Blue Tibia Adam Roberts 2009 British English
12144 The History Manifesto Johanna Hanink 2014 American English
12145 Venetian Vespers John Banville 2025 Irish English
12143 Gertrude Stein Francesca Wade 2025 British English
12149 Where Shall Wisdom Be Found? Harold Bloom 2004 American English
12154 Red Scare Clay Risen 2025 American English
12147 The Perfect Tuba Sam Quinones 2025 American English
12155 Is A River Alive? Robert Macfarlane 2025 British English
12157 Dead And Alive Zadie Smith 2025 British English
12159 My Work Olga Ravn 2023 Danish Danish
12158 Capitalism And Its Critics John Cassidy 2025 British English
12161 Searches Vauhini Vara 2025 Unknown English
12162 The Original Nell Stevens 2025 British English
12165 Little Bosses Everywhere Bridget Read 2025 Unknown English
12167 Mood Machine Liz Pelly 2025 Unknown English
12166 Running Close To The Wind Alexandra Rowland 2024 Unknown English
12168 Elita Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum 2025 American English
12169 Indignity Lea Ypi 2025 Unknown English
12170 Trip Amie Barrodale 2025 American English
12171 Tom's Crossing Mark Z. Danielewski 2025 American English
12173 The Electric Michelangelo Sarah Hall 2004 British English
12172 The Finest Hotel In Kabul Lyse Doucet 2025 Canadian English
12174 The Catch Yrsa Daley-Ward 2025 British English
12177 Algorithms Of Oppression Safiya Umoja Noble 2018 American English
12178 A S L Jeanne Thornton 2025 American English
12176 The Cia Book Club Charlie English 2025 British English
12181 The Unworthy Agustina Bazterrica 2023 Argentinian Spanish
12183 The Place Of Tides James Rebanks 2024 Unknown English
12180 I'll Tell You When I'm Home Hala Alyan 2025 American English
12182 Pick A Color Souvankham Thammavongsa 2025 Canadian English
12188 Allegedly Tiffany D. Jackson 2017 American English
12188 American Street Ibi Zoboi 2017 American English
12188 When Dimple Met Rishi Sandhya Menon 2017 American English
12191 The Pleasures Of Reading In An Age Of Distraction Alan Jacobs 2011 American English
12186 Feminism For Real Jessica Yee 2011 Unknown English
12187 The Rest Of Our Lives Benjamin Markovits 2025 American English
12184 Mothers And Sons Adam Haslett 2025 American English
12194 Necessary Fiction Eloghosa Osunde 2025 Nigerian English
12193 People Like Us Jason Mott 2025 American English
12195 Being Jordan Katie Price 2004 British English
12195 Earth Richard Fortey 2004 British English
12197 Water Mirror Echo Jeff Chang 2025 American English
12205 Lola Rose Jacqueline Wilson 2003 British English
12201 The House on Via Gemito Domenico Starnone 2000 Italian Italian
12201 The Solitude Of Prime Numbers Paolo Giordano 2008 Italian Italian
12206 Apple In China Patrick McGee 2025 Unknown English
12200 The Old Man By The Sea Domenico Starnone 2025 Italian English
12207 Laurus Eugene Vodolazkin 2012 Russian Russian
12208 Playworld Adam Ross 2025 Unknown English
12209 All Consuming Ruby Tandoh 2025 British English
12210 Girls Play Dead Jen Percy 2025 American English
12214 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman 2017 British English
12212 Jesus Of Nazareth Pope Benedict XVI 2007 German German
12213 Perspective Laurent Binet 2023 Unknown French
12211 Something From Nothing Alison Roman 2025 American English
12215 Good Dirt Charmaine Wilkerson 2025 Unknown English
12222 The Swallows Of Kabul Yasmina Khadra 2002 Algerian French
12216 A Tropical Rebel Gets The Duke Adriana Herrera 2025 Unknown English
12221 The Afterlife Of Malcolm X Mark Whitaker 2025 Unknown English
12223 The Three Lives Of Cate Kay Kate Fagan 2025 Unknown English
12226 The Collapsing Empire John Scalzi 2017 American English
12226 Persepolis Rising James S. A. Corey 2017 American English
12226 A Conjuring Of Light V. E. Schwab 2017 American English
12226 Batwoman Greg Rucka 2009 American English
12226 Shades Of Grey Jasper Fforde 2009 British English
12231 Vulture Phoebe Greenwood 2025 Unknown English
12234 The Killing Fields Of East New York Stacy Horn 2025 American English
12236 Original Sin Jake Tapper 2023 American English
12237 I Deliver Parcels In Beijing Hu Anyan 2023 Chinese English
12235 Rules For Ruin Mimi Matthews 2025 American English
12238 Mercy Joan Silber 2025 American English
12240 Things Become Other Things Craig Mod 2023 Unknown English
12242 Brother Brontë Fernando A. Flores 2023 Unknown English
12239 The Uncool Cameron Crowe 2025 American English
12241 The Pretender Jo Harkin 2025 British English
12243 Wreck Catherine Newman 2025 American English
12244 Cannon Lee Lai 2025 Australian English
12245 Marriage Confidential Pamela Haag 2011 American English
12247 Cinderella Ate My Daughter Peggy Orenstein 2011 American English
12248 Reading Women Stephanie Staal 2011 Unknown English
12249 Sister Citizen Melissa Harris-Perry 2011 American English