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
12071 When You Listen To This Song Lola Lafon 2022 French French
12074 The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow 2025 Unknown English
12072 The Afghans Asne Seierstad, Seán Kinsella 2022 Norwegian English
12073 Dry Cleaned Joris Mertens 2022 Unknown English
12076 Rosewater Tade Thompson 2016 Nigerian English
12076 Ninefox Gambit Yoon Ha Lee 2016 American English
12076 A Gathering Of Shadows V. E. Schwab 2016 American English
12081 Shop Class As Soulcraft Matthew B. Crawford 2009 American English
12075 Great Big Beautiful Life Emily Henry 2025 American English
12080 The Ten Year Affair Erin Somers 2025 Unknown English
12082 Perfect Victims Mohammed El-Kurd 2025 Unknown English
12102 Vantage Point Sara Sligar 2025 Unknown English
12104 Promise Me Sunshine Cara Bastone 2025 Unknown English
12107 Good And Evil And Other Stories Samanta Schweblin 2025 Argentine Spanish
12106 The Ferryman And His Wife Frode Grytten, Alison McCullough 2023 Norwegian English
12105 Dwelling Emily Hunt Kivel 2025 Unknown English
12108 American Kings Seth Wickersham 2025 American English
12109 Valley Of Forgetting Jennie Erin Smith 2025 American English
12111 Every Riven Thing Christian Wiman 2010 American English
12114 Great Black Hope Rob Franklin 2025 Unknown English
12110 North Sun Ethan Rutherford 2025 Unknown English
12115 Joyride Susan Orlean 2025 American English
12116 Broken Monsters Lauren Beukes 2014 South African English
12117 Glitz, Glam, And A Damn Good Time Jennifer Wright 2025 American English
12119 Culpability Bruce Holsinger 2025 Unknown English
12121 Toni At Random Dana A. Williams 2025 American English
12122 The Palestine Laboratory Antony Loewenstein 2023 Australian English
12122 Songs For The Dead And The Living Sara M. Saleh 2023 Unknown English
12124 The Zorg Siddharth Kara 2025 Unknown English
12125 The Season Helen Garner 2024 Australian English
12126 The Pelican Child Joy Williams 2025 Unknown English
12127 Bad Company Megan Greenwell 2025 American English
12130 The Glass Palace Amitav Ghosh 2000 Indian English
12128 Storyteller Leo Damrosch 2025 American English
12131 The House Of The Mosque Kader Abdolah 2005 Dutch Dutch
12132 Awake Jen Hatmaker 2025 American English
12133 A Witch's Guide To Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna 2025 Unknown English
12135 The Book Of Alchemy Suleika Jaouad 2025 Unknown English
12139 August Lane Regina Black 2025 Unknown English
12140 Yellow Blue Tibia Adam Roberts 2009 British English
12143 The History Manifesto Johanna Hanink 2014 American English
12144 Venetian Vespers John Banville 2025 Irish English
12142 Gertrude Stein Francesca Wade 2025 British English
12148 Where Shall Wisdom Be Found? Harold Bloom 2004 American English
12153 Red Scare Clay Risen 2025 American English
12146 The Perfect Tuba Sam Quinones 2025 American English
12154 Is A River Alive? Robert Macfarlane 2025 British English
12156 Dead And Alive Zadie Smith 2025 British English
12158 My Work Olga Ravn 2023 Danish Danish
12157 Capitalism And Its Critics John Cassidy 2025 British English
12160 Searches Vauhini Vara 2025 Unknown English
12161 The Original Nell Stevens 2025 British English
12164 Little Bosses Everywhere Bridget Read 2025 Unknown English
12166 Mood Machine Liz Pelly 2025 Unknown English
12165 Running Close To The Wind Alexandra Rowland 2024 Unknown English
12167 Elita Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum 2025 American English
12168 Indignity Lea Ypi 2025 Unknown English
12169 Trip Amie Barrodale 2025 American English
12170 Tom's Crossing Mark Z. Danielewski 2025 American English
12172 The Electric Michelangelo Sarah Hall 2004 British English
12171 The Finest Hotel In Kabul Lyse Doucet 2025 Canadian English
12173 The Catch Yrsa Daley-Ward 2025 British English
12176 Algorithms Of Oppression Safiya Umoja Noble 2018 American English
12177 A S L Jeanne Thornton 2025 American English
12175 The Cia Book Club Charlie English 2025 British English
12180 The Unworthy Agustina Bazterrica 2023 Argentinian Spanish
12182 The Place Of Tides James Rebanks 2024 Unknown English
12179 I'll Tell You When I'm Home Hala Alyan 2025 American English
12181 Pick A Color Souvankham Thammavongsa 2025 Canadian English
12187 Allegedly Tiffany D. Jackson 2017 American English
12187 American Street Ibi Zoboi 2017 American English
12187 When Dimple Met Rishi Sandhya Menon 2017 American English
12190 The Pleasures Of Reading In An Age Of Distraction Alan Jacobs 2011 American English
12185 Feminism For Real Jessica Yee 2011 Unknown English
12186 The Rest Of Our Lives Benjamin Markovits 2025 American English
12183 Mothers And Sons Adam Haslett 2025 American English
12193 Necessary Fiction Eloghosa Osunde 2025 Nigerian English
12192 People Like Us Jason Mott 2025 American English
12194 Being Jordan Katie Price 2004 British English
12194 Earth Richard Fortey 2004 British English
12196 Water Mirror Echo Jeff Chang 2025 American English
12204 Lola Rose Jacqueline Wilson 2003 British English
12200 The House on Via Gemito Domenico Starnone 2000 Italian Italian
12200 The Solitude Of Prime Numbers Paolo Giordano 2008 Italian Italian
12205 Apple In China Patrick McGee 2025 Unknown English
12199 The Old Man By The Sea Domenico Starnone 2025 Italian English
12206 Laurus Eugene Vodolazkin 2012 Russian Russian
12207 Playworld Adam Ross 2025 Unknown English
12208 All Consuming Ruby Tandoh 2025 British English
12209 Girls Play Dead Jen Percy 2025 American English
12213 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman 2017 British English
12211 Jesus Of Nazareth Pope Benedict XVI 2007 German German
12212 Perspective Laurent Binet 2023 Unknown French
12210 Something From Nothing Alison Roman 2025 American English
12214 Good Dirt Charmaine Wilkerson 2025 Unknown English
12221 The Swallows Of Kabul Yasmina Khadra 2002 Algerian French
12215 A Tropical Rebel Gets The Duke Adriana Herrera 2025 Unknown English
12220 The Afterlife Of Malcolm X Mark Whitaker 2025 Unknown English
12222 The Three Lives Of Cate Kay Kate Fagan 2025 Unknown English
12225 The Collapsing Empire John Scalzi 2017 American English
12225 Persepolis Rising James S. A. Corey 2017 American English
12225 A Conjuring Of Light V. E. Schwab 2017 American English
12225 Batwoman Greg Rucka 2009 American English
12225 Shades Of Grey Jasper Fforde 2009 British English
12230 Vulture Phoebe Greenwood 2025 Unknown English
12233 The Killing Fields Of East New York Stacy Horn 2025 American English
12235 Original Sin Jake Tapper 2023 American English
12236 I Deliver Parcels In Beijing Hu Anyan 2023 Chinese English
12234 Rules For Ruin Mimi Matthews 2025 American English
12237 Mercy Joan Silber 2025 American English
12239 Things Become Other Things Craig Mod 2023 Unknown English
12241 Brother Brontë Fernando A. Flores 2023 Unknown English
12238 The Uncool Cameron Crowe 2025 American English
12240 The Pretender Jo Harkin 2025 British English
12242 Wreck Catherine Newman 2025 American English
12243 Cannon Lee Lai 2025 Australian English
12244 Marriage Confidential Pamela Haag 2011 American English
12246 Cinderella Ate My Daughter Peggy Orenstein 2011 American English
12247 Reading Women Stephanie Staal 2011 Unknown English
12248 Sister Citizen Melissa Harris-Perry 2011 American English