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
13047 The Web Beneath The Waves Samanth Subramanian 2025 Indian English
13048 Homeland Richard Beck 2025 Unknown Unknown
13088 P.S. I Love You Cecelia Ahern 2004 Irish English
13049 The Words Of Dr. L Karen E. Bender 2025 American English
13050 Marguerite By The Lake Mary Dixie Carter 2025 Unknown English
13051 Unloved Peyton Corinne 2025 Unknown English
13052 Gaysians Mike Curato 2025 American English
13053 Old School Indian Aaron John Curtis 2025 Unknown English
13054 Chaos Constance Fay 2025 Unknown English
13055 Engines Of War R.S. Ford 2025 Unknown English
13056 Sons And Daughters Chaim Grade 2025 American Yiddish
13057 Fog And Fury Rachel Howzell Hall 2025 American English
13058 Female Fantasy Iman Hariri-Kia 2025 Iranian English
13059 Martha's Daughter David Haynes 2025 American English
13060 Detective Aunty Uzma Jalaluddin 2025 Canadian English
13061 Fonseca Jessica Francis Kane 2025 American English
13062 It Had To Be Him Adib Khorram 2025 American English
13063 Murder Takes A Vacation Laura Lippman 2025 American English
13064 The Blackfire Blade James Logan 2025 Unknown English
13065 Evensong Stewart O'Nan 2025 American English
13067 Aunt Tigress Emily Yu-Xuan Qin 2025 Unknown English
13068 The Earl That Got Away Diana Quincy 2025 Unknown English
13069 We Loved To Run Stephanie Reents 2025 American English
13070 Buried Above Ground Mike Ripley 2025 British English
13071 The Missing Kidney Maxine Rosaler 2025 Unknown English
13072 Unlikely Story Ali Rosen 2025 Unknown Unknown
13073 Can't Get Enough Kennedy Ryan 2025 American English
13074 The Dark Maestro Brendan Slocumb 2025 American English
13075 Sacrament Susan Straight 2025 American English
13076 The Isle In The Silver Sea Tasha Suri 2025 British English
13077 Thrilled To Death Lynne Tillman 2025 American English
13078 Ladies In Hating Alexandra Vasti 2025 Unknown English
13079 A Gorgeous Excitement Cynthia Weiner 2025 Unknown English
13080 To Lose A War Jon Lee Anderson 2025 American English
13081 More Everything Forever Adam Becker 2025 American English
13082 Talk To Me Rich Benjamin 2025 American English
13083 Flashes Of Brilliance Anika Burgess 2025 Unknown English
13084 No Sense In Wishing Lawrence Burney 2025 Unknown English
13085 Shadow Cell Andrew Bustamante, Jihi Bustamante 2025 American English
13086 Tonight In Jungleland Peter Ames Carlin 2025 American English
13087 Three Or More Is A Riot Jelani Cobb 2025 American English
13089 Eminent Jews David Denby 2025 American English
13090 American Scare Robert W. Fieseler 2025 American English
13092 How To Cook A Coyote Betty Fussell 2025 American English
13093 Mailman Stephen Starring Grant 2025 Unknown English
13094 Aflame Pico Iyer 2025 British English
13095 Splendid Liberators Joe Jackson 2025 Unknown English
13096 Dinner With King Tut Sam Kean 2025 American English
13097 Goliath's Curse Luke Kemp 2025 Unknown English
13098 Empty Vessel Ian Kumekawa 2025 Unknown English
13099 How To Be Well Amy Larocca 2025 American English
13100 By The Second Spring Danielle Leavitt 2025 Unknown English
13101 The Autobiography Of H. Lan Thao Lam Lana Lin 2025 American English
13102 Art Work Sally Mann 2025 American English
13191 Blob Maggie Su 2025 Unknown English
13192 These Memories Do Not Belong To Us Yiming Ma 2025 Unknown English
13193 Authority Andrea Long Chu 2025 American English
13194 Bibliophobia Sarah Chihaya 2025 American English
13195 Hot Girls With Balls Benedict Nguyễn 2025 Unknown English
13196 The Grand Paloma Resort Cleyvis Natera 2025 Unknown English
13197 Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Kristen Arnett 2025 American English
13198 Big Chief Jon Hickey 2025 Unknown English
13199 Loca Alejandro Heredia 2025 Unknown English
13200 The High Heaven Joshua Wheeler 2025 Unknown English
13201 Middle Spoon Alejandro Varela 2025 American English
13202 Fulfillment Lee Cole 2025 American English
13203 Awakened A.E. Osworth 2025 Unknown English
13204 Aggregated Discontent Harron Walker 2025 Unknown English
13205 Goblin Mode Caroline Hagood 2025 American English
13206 Nightshining Jennifer Kabat 2025 Unknown English
13207 Human Animal Amie Souza Reilly 2025 Unknown Unknown
13208 You Have A New Memory Aiden Arata 2025 Unknown English
13209 Gaza Fatima Bhutto and Sonia Faleiro 2025 Multiple English
13210 How To Be Unmothered Camille U. Adams 2025 Unknown English
13211 So Many Stars Carolina De Robertis 2025 American English
13211 The Wanderer's Curse Jennifer Hope Choi 2025 American English
13103 The Life And Poetry Of Frank Stanford James McWilliams 2025 American English
13104 A Year With The Seals Alix Morris 2025 Unknown English
13105 This Unruly Witness Lauren Muller, Becky Thompson, Dominique C. Hill, Durell M. Callier 2025 American English
13106 The Right Of The People Osita Nwanevu 2025 American English
13107 Love And Need Adam Plunkett 2025 Unknown English
13108 Banished Citizens Marla A. Ramírez 2025 Unknown English
13109 Ubac And Me Cédric Sapin-Defour, Adriana Hunter 2025 French French
13110 Hotshot River Selby 2025 Unknown English
13111 Taking Manhattan Russell Shorto 2025 American English
13112 Their Accomplices Wore Robes Brando Simeo Starkey 2025 Unknown English
13113 The Conjuring Of America Lindsey Stewart 2025 Unknown English
13114 The Running Ground Nicholas Thompson 2025 Unknown English
13115 The Next One Is For You Ali Watkins 2025 American English
13116 Kicking The Hornet's Nest Daniel E. Zoughbie 2025 Unknown English
13117 Saraswati Gurnaik Johal 2025 Unknown English
13118 The Tiger's Share Keshava Guha 2025 Unknown English
13119 Gunk Saba Sams 2025 British English
13120 Slags Emma Jane Unsworth 2025 British English
13121 Havoc Rebecca Wait 2025 British English
13122 Eden's Shore Oisin Fagan 2025 Unknown English
13123 The Benefactors Wendy Erskine 2025 Scottish English
13124 Open, Heaven Sean Hewitt 2025 Unknown English
13125 We Pretty Pieces Of Flesh Colwill Brown 2025 Unknown English
13126 To Rest Our Minds And Bodies Harriet Armstrong 2025 Unknown English
13127 We Did Ok, Kid Sir Anthony Hopkins 2025 British Unknown
13128 Vagabond Tim Curry 2025 British English
13129 Truly Lionel Richie 2025 American English
13131 Frankly Nicola Sturgeon 2025 Scottish English
13132 A Different Kind Of Power Jacinda Ardern 2025 New Zealander English
13133 Death Of An Ordinary Man Sarah Perry 2025 British English
13134 Lifeblood Mina Holland 2025 British English
13135 Vermeer Andrew Graham Dixon 2025 British English
13136 Katherine Mansfield Gerri Kimber 2025 Unknown English
13137 Josephine Baker's Secret War Hanna Diamond 2025 British English
13138 The Acid Queen Susannah Cahalan 2025 American English
13139 Erik Satie Three Piece Suite Ian Penman 2025 British English
13140 The Confessions Paul Bradley Carr 2025 Unknown English
13141 The Bureau Eoin McNamee 2025 Irish English
13142 The Alienation Effect Owen Hatherley 2025 British English
13143 A Historian In Gaza Jean-Pierre Filiu 2025 French Unknown
13144 What Is Free Speech? Fara Dabhoiwala 2025 British English
13145 Friends In Youth Minoo Dinshaw 2025 Unknown English
13146 Minority Rule Ash Sarkar 2025 British English
13147 Wages For Housework Emily Callaci 2025 Unknown English