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
12246 Photographic Memory Bill Griffith 2025 American English
12251 Beautiful People Simon Doonan 2005 British English
12290 The Bully Pulpit Doris Kearns Goodwin 2013 American English
12287 To Change The World James Davison Hunter 2010 American English
12286 The Waterbearers Sasha Bonét 2025 Unknown English
12288 Where Are You Really From Elaine Hsieh Chou 2025 American English
12289 The Librarians Sherry Thomas 2025 American English
12291 All Russians Love Birch Trees Olga Grjasnowa 2012 German German
12292 Blessings And Disasters Alexis Okeowo 2025 American English
12293 Strangers And Intimates Tiffany Jenkins 2025 British English
12295 A Silent Treatment Jeannie Vanasco 2025 American English
12296 The Payback Kashana Cauley 2025 American English
12294 Precious Rubbish Kayla E. 2025 Unknown English
12297 The Martians David Baron 2025 Unknown English
12298 Troublemaker Carla Kaplan 2025 American English
12300 The Intermediaries Brandy Schillace 2025 American English
12301 Languages Of Home John Edgar Wideman 2025 American English
12305 1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin 2025 Unknown English
12307 The Seers Sulaiman Addonia 2024 British English
12304 In Covid's Wake Stephen Macedo, Frances Lee 2025 American English
12306 The Last Supper Paul Elie 2025 American English
12313 Yes Please Amy Poehler 2014 American English
12313 The Obstacle Is The Way Ryan Holiday 2014 American English
12312 Twist Colum McCann 2025 Irish English
12309 The Hollow Half Sarah Aziza 2025 Unknown English
12308 The Midwatch Institute For Wayward Girls Judith Rossell 2024 Australian English
12316 Our Savage Neighbors Peter Silver 2008 Unknown English
12319 Replaceable You Mary Roach 2025 American English
12317 Electric Spark Frances Wilson 2025 British English
12315 The Names Florence Knapp 2025 Unknown English
12320 Muybridge Guy Delisle, Helge Dascher, Rob Aspinall 2024 Unknown French
12321 Angel Down Daniel Kraus 2025 American English
12322 Will There Ever Be Another You Patricia Lockwood 2025 American English
12323 Worsted Garielle Lutz 2025 American English
12324 Sympathy Tower Tokyo Rie Qudan 2025 Japanese Unknown
12378 Haunted Chuck Palahniuk 2005 American English
12380 Black Cake Charmaine Wilkerson 2022 American English
12325 Your Name Here Helen DeWitt, Ilya Gridneff 2025 American English
12379 Service John Tottenham 2025 Unknown English
12381 New Paltz, New Paltz Mike Powell 2025 Unknown English
12382 For An Ecology Of Images Peter Szendy 2025 French English
12393 Abraham Lincoln Michael Burlingame 2008 American English
12383 New Money Lana Swartz 2020 Unknown English
12384 The Dazzling Paget Sisters Ariane Bankes 2025 Unknown English
12391 Television Lauren Rothery 2025 Unknown English
12394 Little Lazarus Michael Bible 2025 American English
12395 State Champ Hilary Plum 2025 American English
12396 Helen Of Nowhere Makenna Goodman 2025 American English
12397 The Time Of The Novel Lara Mimosa Montes 2025 Unknown English
12398 Peace Richard Bausch 2008 American English
12401 The History Boys Alan Bennett 2004 British English
12403 The Future Homemakers Of America Laurie Graham 2001 British English
12401 Hot, Flat, And Crowded Thomas L. Friedman 2008 American English
12404 The Road To Tender Hearts Annie Hartnett 2025 Unknown English
12406 Shapeshifters Aimee Cox 2015 American English
12405 The Great Work Sheldon Costa 2025 Unknown English
12408 Slammerkin Emma Donoghue 2000 Irish English
12407 True Mistakes Lena Moses-Schmitt 2025 Unknown English
12409 The Scrapbook Heather Clark 2025 Unknown English
12412 Tidelines Sarah Sasson 2024 Unknown English
12410 The House On Buzzards Bay Dwyer Murphy 2025 American English
12411 Fools For Love Helen Schulman 2025 American English
12420 Ripeness Sarah Moss 2025 British English
12422 Herculine Grace Byron 2025 Unknown English
12423 A Mouthful Of Dust Nghi Vo 2025 American English
12424 The Queen Of Swords Jazmina Barrera, Christina MacSweeney 2025 Mexican English
12425 The Lord Soraya Antonius 2025 Unknown English
12428 The Twenty Six Words That Created The Internet Jeff Kosseff 2019 American English
12429 The Good Liar Denise Mina 2025 Scottish English
12430 To Smithereens Rosalyn Drexler 2025 American English
12433 Savaging The Dark Christopher Conlon 2014 Unknown English
12431 Born In Flames Bench Ansfield 2025 Unknown English
12432 Capitalism Sven Beckert 2025 American English
12434 The Gods Of New York Jonathan Mahler 2025 American English
12435 Night Watch Kevin Young 2025 American English
12437 Onyx Storm Rebecca Yarros 2025 Unknown English
12442 Liquid Mariam Rahmani 2025 Unknown English
12444 The Summer Is Ended And We Are Not Yet Saved Joey Comeau 2014 Canadian English
12443 You Look Like A Thing And I Love You Janelle Shane 2019 American English
12445 Hungerstone Kat Dunn 2025 Unknown English
12452 The Weather Makers Tim Flannery 2005 Australian English
12446 When The Moon Hits Your Eye John Scalzi 2025 Unknown English
12448 Julie Chan Is Dead Liann Zhang 2025 Unknown English
12449 Three Days In June Anne Tyler 2025 Unknown English
12453 The Possession Of Alba Díaz Isabel Cañas 2025 Unknown English
12454 My Name Is Emilia Del Valle Isabel Allende 2025 Unknown English
12456 A Very Large Expanse Of Sea Tahereh Mafi 2018 American English
12456 The Astonishing Color Of After Emily X. R. Pan 2018 American English
12459 The Collected Schizophrenias Esmé Weijun Wang 2019 American English
12455 Among Friends Hal Ebbott 2025 Unknown English
12458 So Far Gone Jess Walter 2025 Unknown English
12460 Marble Hall Murders Anthony Horowitz 2025 British English
12461 This Book Will Bury Me Ashley Winstead 2025 Unknown English
12462 Harlem Rhapsody Victoria Christopher Murray 2025 Unknown English
12463 The Inheritance Trisha Sakhlecha 2025 Unknown English
12464 El Dorado Drive Megan Abbott 2025 Unknown English
12465 Something Rotten Andrew Lipstein 2025 Unknown English
12466 Kakigori Summer Emily Itami 2025 Unknown English
12467 Immaculate Conception Ling Ling Huang 2025 Unknown English
12468 I See You've Called In Dead John Kenney 2025 Unknown English
12469 The Note Alafair Burke 2025 American English
12470 Figuring Maria Popova 2019 American English
12470 And The Pursuit Of Happiness Maira Kalman 2010 American English
12470 The Last Boy Jane Leavy 2010 American English
12473 Helen Of Troy, 1993 Maria Zoccola 2025 Unknown English
12475 The Experiment Rebecca Stead 2025 Unknown English
12476 I, Medusa Ayana Gray 2025 Unknown English
12482 Seveneves Neal Stephenson 2015 American English
12483 EEG Daša Drndić 2016 Croatian Croatian
12484 The Sisters Of Sinai Janet Soskice 2009 Unknown English
12477 Blood In The Water Tiffany D. Jackson 2025 Unknown English
12478 The Manor Of Dreams Christina Li 2025 Unknown English
12480 Poets Square Courtney Gustafson 2025 Unknown English
12485 Looking At Women Looking At War Victoria Amelina 2025 Ukrainian English
12479 The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz 2024 Unknown English
12488 Sea Of Tranquility Emily St John Mandel 2022 Canadian English
12487 Secret Lives Of The Dead Tim Lebbon 2025 British English
12489 When The Wolf Comes Home Nat Cassidy 2025 Unknown English
12490 The Raven Scholar Antonia Hodgson 2025 Unknown English
12491 They Bloom At Night Trang Thanh Tran 2025 Unknown English