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
13149 Those Passions T. J. Clark 2025 British English
13150 Get In Gabriel Pogrund, Patrick Maguire 2025 British English
13151 2016 Sarah Hesketh 2025 Unknown English
13152 The Book Of Jonah Luke Kennard 2025 British English
13153 The New Carthaginians Nick Makoha 2025 Ugandan English
13154 Southernmost Leo Boix 2025 British English
13155 Wellwater Karen Solie 2025 Canadian English
13156 Avidya Vidyan Ravinthiran 2025 Unknown English
13157 Chaotic Good Isabelle Baafi 2025 Unknown English
13158 Minx Karen Downs-Barton 2025 Unknown English
13159 Nature Matters Mona Arshi, Karen McCarthy Woolf 2025 British English
13160 Dwell Simon Armitage 2025 English English
13161 Lode Gillian Allnutt 2025 English English
13162 Foretokens Sarah Howe 2025 British English
13163 That Broke Into Shining Crystals Richard Scott 2025 Unknown English
13164 Oh Dear, Look What I Got! Michael Rosen 2025 British English
13165 The Great Bear Annie Booker 2025 Unknown English
13166 This Is Who I Am Rashmi Sirdeshpande 2025 British English
13167 The Night Creatures Robert Macfarlane 2025 British English
13168 Omnibird Giselle Clarkson 2025 New Zealander English
13169 Donut Squad Neill Cameron 2025 British English
13170 Letters From The Upside Katya Balen 2025 British English
13171 Dracula & Daughters Emma Carroll 2025 British English
13172 Deep Dark Zohra Nabi 2025 Unknown English
13173 Torchfire Moira Buffini 2025 British English
13174 We Are Your Children David Roberts 2025 Unknown English
13175 No Refuge Patrice Aggs, Joe Brady 2025 Unknown English
13176 What Happens Online Nathanael Lessore 2025 Unknown English
13177 Feminist History For Every Day Of The Year Kate Mosse 2025 British English
13178 Vanished Sadiah Qureshi 2025 British English
13179 Super Agers Eric Topol M.D. 2025 American English
13180 Our Brains, Our Selves Masud Husain 2025 British English
13181 Proto Laura Spinney 2025 British English
13182 Destroyer Of Worlds Frank Close 2025 British English
13183 Lugma Noor Murad 2025 Unknown English
13184 Indian Kitchens Roopa Gulati 2025 Unknown English
13185 Baking And The Meaning Of Life Helen Goh 2025 Australian English
13186 The Once And Future Riot Joe Sacco 2025 American English
13187 Big Pool Chris Harnan 2025 Unknown Unknown
13188 The Witch's Egg Donya Todd 2025 Unknown English
13189 Milk White Steed Michael Kennedy 2025 Unknown English
13190 Misery Of Love Yvan Alagbe, Donald Nicholson-Smith 2025 Beninese French
13191 Raised By Ghosts Briana Loewinsohn 2025 American English
13214 Hyperbole And A Half Allie Brosh 2013 American English
13214 Stuff Matters Mark Miodownik 2013 British English
13214 The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion 2013 Australian English
13220 Summer Blonde Adrian Tomine 2002 American English
13220 10th Grade Joe Weisberg 2002 American English
13220 The Year Of Ice Brian Malloy 2002 American English
13220 One Hundred Demons Lynda Barry 2002 American English
13226 A Haunting Beauty Charles Birkin 2000 British Unknown
13227 Through The Eye Of A Needle Peter Brown 2012 Unknown English
13231 My Best Friend’s Exorcism Grady Hendrix 2016 American English
13239 Black Sun Rebecca Roanhorse 2020 American English
13239 The Space Between Worlds Micaiah Johnson 2020 American English
13239 Harrow The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2020 New Zealand English
13239 The Burning God R. F. Kuang 2020 American English
13239 The Last Emperox John Scalzi 2020 American English
13246 When God Talks Back Tanya Luhrmann 2012 American English
13247 God, Sexuality, And The Self Sarah Coakley 2013 British English
13249 Felix Ever After Kacen Callender 2020 American English
13249 Stamped Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds 2020 American English
13249 The Henna Wars Adiba Jaigirdar 2020 Irish English
13249 We Are Not Free Traci Chee 2020 American English
13249 You Should See Me In A Crown Leah Johnson 2020 American English
13255 House Of Psychotic Women Kier-La Janisse 2012 Unknown English
13256 Tales From The Haunted South Tiya Miles 2015 Unknown English
13258 You Shall Know Our Velocity Dave Eggers 2002 American English
13279 Golden Child Claire Adam 2019 Trinidadian English
13279 This Blinding Absence Of Light Tahar Ben Jelloun 2001 French French
13279 Even The Dogs Jon McGregor 2010 British English
13279 Idaho Emily Ruskovich 2017 American English
13279 Marzahn, Mon Amour Katja Oskamp 2019 German German
13259 The Great Escape Angus Deaton 2013 British English
13259 The Idealist Nina Munk 2013 American English
13259 The Meaning Of Consuelo Judith Ortiz Cofer 2003 American English
13259 The True Account Howard Frank Mosher 2003 American English
13259 Wonder When You’ll Miss Me Amanda Davis 2003 American English
13259 The Photographer Emmanuel Guibert 2003 French English
13259 She’s Not There Jennifer Finney Boylan 2003 American English
13259 The Spoken Word Revolution Mark Eleveld 2003 Unknown English
13259 True Notebooks Mark Salzman 2003 American English
13279 The Adversary Michael Crummey 2024 Canadian English
13259 The Corpse Washer Sinan Antoon 2010 Iraqi Arabic
13286 How To Live Safely In A Science Fictional Universe Charles Yu 2010 American English
13287 Swimming Home Deborah Levy 2011 British English
13288 Nocilla Dream Agustín Fernández Mallo 2006 Spanish Spanish
13289 Seltsame Sterne Starren Zur Erde Emine Sevgi Özdamar 2003 German German
13295 Outside The Gates Of Eden Peter Bacon Hales 2014 Unknown English
13296 The Taste Of Ashes Marci Shore 2013 Unknown English
13305 Kushiel's Dart Jacqueline Carey 2001 American English
13304 Maze Of Blood Marly Youmans 2015 American English
13315 Everything I Need I Get From You Kaitlyn Tiffany 2022 Unknown English
13317 Schubert’s Winter Journey Ian Bostridge 2015 British English
13321 Rainbows End Vernor Vinge 2006 American English
13321 Redshirts John Scalzi 2012 American English
13321 Jade Legacy Fonda Lee 2021 American English
13321 Nettle & Bone T. Kingfisher 2022 American English
13321 The Tainted Cup Robert Jackson Bennett 2024 American Unknown
13331 Landnahme Christoph Hein 2004 German German
13331 Wir Schlafen Nicht Kathrin Röggla 2004 Austrian German
13330 Olio Tyehimba Jess 2016 American English
13337 Change We Can Believe In Barack Obama 2008 American English
13339 Home Toni Morrison 2012 American English
13340 The Rule Of Four Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason 2004 American English
13340 Rats Robert Sullivan 2004 American English
13340 Candyfreak Steve Almond 2004 American English
13340 Caleb's Crossing Geraldine Brooks 2011 Australian English
13340 Project X Jim Shepard 2004 American English
13340 Upstate Kalisha Buckhanon 2004 American English
13340 Name All The Animals Alison Smith 2004 American English
13340 The Radioactive Boy Scout Ken Silverstein 2004 American English
13340 River Of Smoke Amitav Ghosh 2011 Indian English
13352 New York 2140 Kim Stanley Robinson 2017 American English
13353 Si Bob Ong 2014 Filipino Filipino
13354 In My Brother's Shadow Uwe Timm 2005 German German
13360 Burnout Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski 2019 American English
13360 Period Power Maisie Hill 2019 British English
13500 Fruit Fields In My Blood Toby Sonneman 2011 American English
13500 Jerusalem Plays Hide And Seek Ariella Deem 2021 Unknown Unknown