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
12245 Photographic Memory Bill Griffith 2025 American English
12250 Beautiful People Simon Doonan 2005 British English
12289 The Bully Pulpit Doris Kearns Goodwin 2013 American English
12286 To Change The World James Davison Hunter 2010 American English
12285 The Waterbearers Sasha Bonét 2025 Unknown English
12287 Where Are You Really From Elaine Hsieh Chou 2025 American English
12288 The Librarians Sherry Thomas 2025 American English
12290 All Russians Love Birch Trees Olga Grjasnowa 2012 German German
12291 Blessings And Disasters Alexis Okeowo 2025 American English
12292 Strangers And Intimates Tiffany Jenkins 2025 British English
12294 A Silent Treatment Jeannie Vanasco 2025 American English
12295 The Payback Kashana Cauley 2025 American English
12293 Precious Rubbish Kayla E. 2025 Unknown English
12296 The Martians David Baron 2025 Unknown English
12297 Troublemaker Carla Kaplan 2025 American English
12299 The Intermediaries Brandy Schillace 2025 American English
12300 Languages Of Home John Edgar Wideman 2025 American English
12304 1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin 2025 Unknown English
12306 The Seers Sulaiman Addonia 2024 British English
12303 In Covid's Wake Stephen Macedo, Frances Lee 2025 American English
12305 The Last Supper Paul Elie 2025 American English
12312 Yes Please Amy Poehler 2014 American English
12312 The Obstacle Is The Way Ryan Holiday 2014 American English
12311 Twist Colum McCann 2025 Irish English
12308 The Hollow Half Sarah Aziza 2025 Unknown English
12307 The Midwatch Institute For Wayward Girls Judith Rossell 2024 Australian English
12315 Our Savage Neighbors Peter Silver 2008 Unknown English
12318 Replaceable You Mary Roach 2025 American English
12316 Electric Spark Frances Wilson 2025 British English
12314 The Names Florence Knapp 2025 Unknown English
12319 Muybridge Guy Delisle, Helge Dascher, Rob Aspinall 2024 Unknown French
12320 Angel Down Daniel Kraus 2025 American English
12321 Will There Ever Be Another You Patricia Lockwood 2025 American English
12322 Worsted Garielle Lutz 2025 American English
12323 Sympathy Tower Tokyo Rie Qudan 2025 Japanese Unknown
12377 Haunted Chuck Palahniuk 2005 American English
12379 Black Cake Charmaine Wilkerson 2022 American English
12324 Your Name Here Helen DeWitt, Ilya Gridneff 2025 American English
12378 Service John Tottenham 2025 Unknown English
12380 New Paltz, New Paltz Mike Powell 2025 Unknown English
12381 For An Ecology Of Images Peter Szendy 2025 French English
12392 Abraham Lincoln Michael Burlingame 2008 American English
12382 New Money Lana Swartz 2020 Unknown English
12383 The Dazzling Paget Sisters Ariane Bankes 2025 Unknown English
12390 Television Lauren Rothery 2025 Unknown English
12393 Little Lazarus Michael Bible 2025 American English
12394 State Champ Hilary Plum 2025 American English
12395 Helen Of Nowhere Makenna Goodman 2025 American English
12396 The Time Of The Novel Lara Mimosa Montes 2025 Unknown English
12397 Peace Richard Bausch 2008 American English
12400 The History Boys Alan Bennett 2004 British English
12402 The Future Homemakers Of America Laurie Graham 2001 British English
12400 Hot, Flat, And Crowded Thomas L. Friedman 2008 American English
12403 The Road To Tender Hearts Annie Hartnett 2025 Unknown English
12405 Shapeshifters Aimee Cox 2015 American English
12404 The Great Work Sheldon Costa 2025 Unknown English
12407 Slammerkin Emma Donoghue 2000 Irish English
12406 True Mistakes Lena Moses-Schmitt 2025 Unknown English
12408 The Scrapbook Heather Clark 2025 Unknown English
12411 Tidelines Sarah Sasson 2024 Unknown English
12409 The House On Buzzards Bay Dwyer Murphy 2025 American English
12410 Fools For Love Helen Schulman 2025 American English
12419 Ripeness Sarah Moss 2025 British English
12421 Herculine Grace Byron 2025 Unknown English
12422 A Mouthful Of Dust Nghi Vo 2025 American English
12423 The Queen Of Swords Jazmina Barrera, Christina MacSweeney 2025 Mexican English
12424 The Lord Soraya Antonius 2025 Unknown English
12427 The Twenty Six Words That Created The Internet Jeff Kosseff 2019 American English
12428 The Good Liar Denise Mina 2025 Scottish English
12429 To Smithereens Rosalyn Drexler 2025 American English
12432 Savaging The Dark Christopher Conlon 2014 Unknown English
12430 Born In Flames Bench Ansfield 2025 Unknown English
12431 Capitalism Sven Beckert 2025 American English
12433 The Gods Of New York Jonathan Mahler 2025 American English
12434 Night Watch Kevin Young 2025 American English
12436 Onyx Storm Rebecca Yarros 2025 Unknown English
12441 Liquid Mariam Rahmani 2025 Unknown English
12443 The Summer Is Ended And We Are Not Yet Saved Joey Comeau 2014 Canadian English
12442 You Look Like A Thing And I Love You Janelle Shane 2019 American English
12444 Hungerstone Kat Dunn 2025 Unknown English
12451 The Weather Makers Tim Flannery 2005 Australian English
12445 When The Moon Hits Your Eye John Scalzi 2025 Unknown English
12447 Julie Chan Is Dead Liann Zhang 2025 Unknown English
12448 Three Days In June Anne Tyler 2025 Unknown English
12452 The Possession Of Alba Díaz Isabel Cañas 2025 Unknown English
12453 My Name Is Emilia Del Valle Isabel Allende 2025 Unknown English
12455 A Very Large Expanse Of Sea Tahereh Mafi 2018 American English
12455 The Astonishing Color Of After Emily X. R. Pan 2018 American English
12458 The Collected Schizophrenias Esmé Weijun Wang 2019 American English
12454 Among Friends Hal Ebbott 2025 Unknown English
12457 So Far Gone Jess Walter 2025 Unknown English
12459 Marble Hall Murders Anthony Horowitz 2025 British English
12460 This Book Will Bury Me Ashley Winstead 2025 Unknown English
12461 Harlem Rhapsody Victoria Christopher Murray 2025 Unknown English
12462 The Inheritance Trisha Sakhlecha 2025 Unknown English
12463 El Dorado Drive Megan Abbott 2025 Unknown English
12464 Something Rotten Andrew Lipstein 2025 Unknown English
12465 Kakigori Summer Emily Itami 2025 Unknown English
12466 Immaculate Conception Ling Ling Huang 2025 Unknown English
12467 I See You've Called In Dead John Kenney 2025 Unknown English
12468 The Note Alafair Burke 2025 American English
12469 Figuring Maria Popova 2019 American English
12469 And The Pursuit Of Happiness Maira Kalman 2010 American English
12469 The Last Boy Jane Leavy 2010 American English
12472 Helen Of Troy, 1993 Maria Zoccola 2025 Unknown English
12474 The Experiment Rebecca Stead 2025 Unknown English
12475 I, Medusa Ayana Gray 2025 Unknown English
12481 Seveneves Neal Stephenson 2015 American English
12482 EEG Daša Drndić 2016 Croatian Croatian
12483 The Sisters Of Sinai Janet Soskice 2009 Unknown English
12476 Blood In The Water Tiffany D. Jackson 2025 Unknown English
12477 The Manor Of Dreams Christina Li 2025 Unknown English
12479 Poets Square Courtney Gustafson 2025 Unknown English
12484 Looking At Women Looking At War Victoria Amelina 2025 Ukrainian English
12478 The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz 2024 Unknown English
12487 Sea Of Tranquility Emily St John Mandel 2022 Canadian English
12486 Secret Lives Of The Dead Tim Lebbon 2025 British English
12488 When The Wolf Comes Home Nat Cassidy 2025 Unknown English
12489 The Raven Scholar Antonia Hodgson 2025 Unknown English
12490 They Bloom At Night Trang Thanh Tran 2025 Unknown English