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
13148 Those Passions T. J. Clark 2025 British English
13149 Get In Gabriel Pogrund, Patrick Maguire 2025 British English
13150 2016 Sarah Hesketh 2025 Unknown English
13151 The Book Of Jonah Luke Kennard 2025 British English
13152 The New Carthaginians Nick Makoha 2025 Ugandan English
13153 Southernmost Leo Boix 2025 British English
13154 Wellwater Karen Solie 2025 Canadian English
13155 Avidya Vidyan Ravinthiran 2025 Unknown English
13156 Chaotic Good Isabelle Baafi 2025 Unknown English
13157 Minx Karen Downs-Barton 2025 Unknown English
13158 Nature Matters Mona Arshi, Karen McCarthy Woolf 2025 British English
13159 Dwell Simon Armitage 2025 English English
13160 Lode Gillian Allnutt 2025 English English
13161 Foretokens Sarah Howe 2025 British English
13162 That Broke Into Shining Crystals Richard Scott 2025 Unknown English
13163 Oh Dear, Look What I Got! Michael Rosen 2025 British English
13164 The Great Bear Annie Booker 2025 Unknown English
13165 This Is Who I Am Rashmi Sirdeshpande 2025 British English
13166 The Night Creatures Robert Macfarlane 2025 British English
13167 Omnibird Giselle Clarkson 2025 New Zealander English
13168 Donut Squad Neill Cameron 2025 British English
13169 Letters From The Upside Katya Balen 2025 British English
13170 Dracula & Daughters Emma Carroll 2025 British English
13171 Deep Dark Zohra Nabi 2025 Unknown English
13172 Torchfire Moira Buffini 2025 British English
13173 We Are Your Children David Roberts 2025 Unknown English
13174 No Refuge Patrice Aggs, Joe Brady 2025 Unknown English
13175 What Happens Online Nathanael Lessore 2025 Unknown English
13176 Feminist History For Every Day Of The Year Kate Mosse 2025 British English
13177 Vanished Sadiah Qureshi 2025 British English
13178 Super Agers Eric Topol M.D. 2025 American English
13179 Our Brains, Our Selves Masud Husain 2025 British English
13180 Proto Laura Spinney 2025 British English
13181 Destroyer Of Worlds Frank Close 2025 British English
13182 Lugma Noor Murad 2025 Unknown English
13183 Indian Kitchens Roopa Gulati 2025 Unknown English
13184 Baking And The Meaning Of Life Helen Goh 2025 Australian English
13185 The Once And Future Riot Joe Sacco 2025 American English
13186 Big Pool Chris Harnan 2025 Unknown Unknown
13187 The Witch's Egg Donya Todd 2025 Unknown English
13188 Milk White Steed Michael Kennedy 2025 Unknown English
13189 Misery Of Love Yvan Alagbe, Donald Nicholson-Smith 2025 Beninese French
13190 Raised By Ghosts Briana Loewinsohn 2025 American English
13213 Hyperbole And A Half Allie Brosh 2013 American English
13213 Stuff Matters Mark Miodownik 2013 British English
13213 The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion 2013 Australian English
13219 Summer Blonde Adrian Tomine 2002 American English
13219 10th Grade Joe Weisberg 2002 American English
13219 The Year Of Ice Brian Malloy 2002 American English
13219 One Hundred Demons Lynda Barry 2002 American English
13225 A Haunting Beauty Charles Birkin 2000 British Unknown
13226 Through The Eye Of A Needle Peter Brown 2012 Unknown English
13230 My Best Friend’s Exorcism Grady Hendrix 2016 American English
13238 Black Sun Rebecca Roanhorse 2020 American English
13238 The Space Between Worlds Micaiah Johnson 2020 American English
13238 Harrow The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2020 New Zealand English
13238 The Burning God R. F. Kuang 2020 American English
13238 The Last Emperox John Scalzi 2020 American English
13245 When God Talks Back Tanya Luhrmann 2012 American English
13246 God, Sexuality, And The Self Sarah Coakley 2013 British English
13248 Felix Ever After Kacen Callender 2020 American English
13248 Stamped Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds 2020 American English
13248 The Henna Wars Adiba Jaigirdar 2020 Irish English
13248 We Are Not Free Traci Chee 2020 American English
13248 You Should See Me In A Crown Leah Johnson 2020 American English
13254 House Of Psychotic Women Kier-La Janisse 2012 Unknown English
13255 Tales From The Haunted South Tiya Miles 2015 Unknown English
13257 You Shall Know Our Velocity Dave Eggers 2002 American English
13278 Golden Child Claire Adam 2019 Trinidadian English
13278 This Blinding Absence Of Light Tahar Ben Jelloun 2001 French French
13278 Even The Dogs Jon McGregor 2010 British English
13278 Idaho Emily Ruskovich 2017 American English
13278 Marzahn, Mon Amour Katja Oskamp 2019 German German
13258 The Great Escape Angus Deaton 2013 British English
13258 The Idealist Nina Munk 2013 American English
13258 The Meaning Of Consuelo Judith Ortiz Cofer 2003 American English
13258 The True Account Howard Frank Mosher 2003 American English
13258 Wonder When You’ll Miss Me Amanda Davis 2003 American English
13258 The Photographer Emmanuel Guibert 2003 French English
13258 She’s Not There Jennifer Finney Boylan 2003 American English
13258 The Spoken Word Revolution Mark Eleveld 2003 Unknown English
13258 True Notebooks Mark Salzman 2003 American English
13278 The Adversary Michael Crummey 2024 Canadian English
13258 The Corpse Washer Sinan Antoon 2010 Iraqi Arabic
13285 How To Live Safely In A Science Fictional Universe Charles Yu 2010 American English
13286 Swimming Home Deborah Levy 2011 British English
13287 Nocilla Dream Agustín Fernández Mallo 2006 Spanish Spanish
13288 Seltsame Sterne Starren Zur Erde Emine Sevgi Özdamar 2003 German German
13294 Outside The Gates Of Eden Peter Bacon Hales 2014 Unknown English
13295 The Taste Of Ashes Marci Shore 2013 Unknown English
13304 Kushiel's Dart Jacqueline Carey 2001 American English
13303 Maze Of Blood Marly Youmans 2015 American English
13314 Everything I Need I Get From You Kaitlyn Tiffany 2022 Unknown English
13316 Schubert’s Winter Journey Ian Bostridge 2015 British English
13320 Rainbows End Vernor Vinge 2006 American English
13320 Redshirts John Scalzi 2012 American English
13320 Jade Legacy Fonda Lee 2021 American English
13320 Nettle & Bone T. Kingfisher 2022 American English
13320 The Tainted Cup Robert Jackson Bennett 2024 American Unknown
13330 Landnahme Christoph Hein 2004 German German
13330 Wir Schlafen Nicht Kathrin Röggla 2004 Austrian German
13329 Olio Tyehimba Jess 2016 American English
13336 Change We Can Believe In Barack Obama 2008 American English
13338 Home Toni Morrison 2012 American English
13339 The Rule Of Four Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason 2004 American English
13339 Rats Robert Sullivan 2004 American English
13339 Candyfreak Steve Almond 2004 American English
13339 Caleb's Crossing Geraldine Brooks 2011 Australian English
13339 Project X Jim Shepard 2004 American English
13339 Upstate Kalisha Buckhanon 2004 American English
13339 Name All The Animals Alison Smith 2004 American English
13339 The Radioactive Boy Scout Ken Silverstein 2004 American English
13339 River Of Smoke Amitav Ghosh 2011 Indian English
13351 New York 2140 Kim Stanley Robinson 2017 American English
13352 Si Bob Ong 2014 Filipino Filipino
13353 In My Brother's Shadow Uwe Timm 2005 German German
13359 Burnout Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski 2019 American English
13359 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