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
13500 Once Upon An Eskimo Time Edna Wilder 2009 American English
13500 The Power Of Horses And Other Stories Elizabeth Cook 2021 British Unknown
13500 The Ship Of Fools Cristina Peri Rossi 2021 Uruguayan Spanish
13509 Feesters In The Lake And Other Stories Bob Leman 2002 American English
13512 Prophecy Without Contempt Cathleen Kaveny 2016 Unknown English
13513 As Simple As Snow Gregory Galloway 2005 American English
13513 Gil's All Fright Diner A. Lee Martinez 2005 American English
13513 Indecision Benjamin Kunkel 2005 American English
13513 More Like Not Running Away Paul Shepherd 2005 Unknown English
13513 Jesus Land Julia Scheeres 2005 American English
13513 The Norton Anthology Of Latino Literature Ilan Stavans 2005 Multiple English
13532 Born To Run Bruce Springsteen 2016 American English
13543 Three Junes Julia Glass 2002 American English
13550 How To Be A Good Creature Sy Montgomery 2018 American English
13552 The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri 2013 American English
13553 Tell The Machine Goodnight Katie Williams 2018 American English
13560 I Am Malala Malala Yousafzai 2013 Pakistani English
13556 Part Of The Solution Ulrich Peltzer 2007 German German
13564 Betty Tiffany McDaniel 2020 American English
13566 Old Man's War John Scalzi 2005 American English
13577 Anxious People Fredrik Backman 2019 Swedish Swedish
13567 The Woman Who Lost Her Soul Bob Shacochis 2013 American English
13567 The Poe Shadow Matthew Pearl 2006 American English
13567 J Pod Douglas Coupland 2006 Canadian English
13567 Pride Of Baghdad Brian K. Vaughan 2006 American English
13567 Sammy And Juliana In Hollywood Benjamin Alire Sáenz 2006 American English
13567 Butterfly Boy Rigoberto González 2006 American English
13567 Johnny Cash Reinhard Kleist 2006 German German
13578 One With Others C. D. Wright 2010 American English
13579 Grey Bees Andrey Kurkov 2018 Ukrainian Ukrainian
13580 More Tomorrow & Other Stories Michael Marshall Smith 2003 British English
13590 Taxi Karen Duve 2008 German German
13591 Papyrus Irene Vallejo 2019 Spanish Spanish
13592 The School For Good Mothers Jessamine Chan 2022 American English
13594 The Book Of Joe Jonathan Tropper 2004 American English
13600 Trois Jours Chez Ma Mère Weyergans-F 2005 French French
13600 The Patience Stone Atiq Rahimi 2008 French French
13600 Not Everybody Lives the Same Way Jean-Paul Dubois 2019 French French
13600 Live Fast Brigitte Giraud 2022 French French
13600 Brazil Red Jean-Christophe Rufin 2001 French French
13600 The Roving Shadows Pascal Quignard 2002 French English
13600 Brecht's Lover Jacques-Pierre Amette 2003 French French
13600 Alabama Song Gilles Leroy 2007 French French
13600 Cry, Mother Spain Lydie Salvayre 2014 French French
13600 And Their Children After Them Nicolas Mathieu 2018 French French
13600 Houris Kamel Daoud 2024 French French
13703 Polio David M. Oshinsky 2005 American English
13703 Collapse Jared Diamond 2005 American English
13703 Poor Charlie's Almanack Charlie Munger 2005 American English
13709 Canto Yo Y La Montaña Baila Irene Solà 2019 Spanish Catalan
13710 Lo Que No Tiene Nombre Piedad Bonnett 2013 Colombian Spanish
13711 The Fruit Thief Peter Handke 2017 Austrian German
13716 The Just City Jo Walton 2015 Canadian English
13716 The Philosopher Kings Jo Walton 2015 Canadian English
13716 Radiance Catherynne M. Valente 2015 American English
13716 The Traitor Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2015 American English
13716 Tweak Nic Sheff 2007 American English
13716 The God Of Animals Aryn Kyle 2007 American English
13716 The Headmaster Ritual Taylor Antrim 2007 American English
13716 I Love You, Beth Cooper Larry Doyle 2007 American English
13716 What I Was Meg Rosoff 2007 British English
13716 When We Were Romans Matthew Kneale 2007 British English
13716 Age Of Bronze Eric Shanower 2007 American English
13716 Kintu Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi 2014 Ugandan English
13729 Oscar And The Lady In Pink Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt 2002 French French
13731 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Philip K. Dick 2002 American English
13734 The Spanish Love Deception Elena Armas 2021 Spanish English
13735 Atlas Der Abgelegenen Inseln Judith Schalansky 2009 German German
13736 Christianity In The Twentieth Century Brian Stanley 2018 British English
13739 Mindset Carol S. Dweck 2006 American English
13748 The Home Place J. Drew Lanham 2016 American English
13749 The Enchantments Of Mammon Eugene McCarraher 2019 American English
13750 When My Brother Was An Aztec Natalie Diaz 2012 American English
13752 The Furry Trap Josh Simmons 2012 American English
13760 Drop City T. Coraghessan Boyle 2003 American English
13760 This Book Will Save Your Life A. M. Homes 2006 American English
13762 Everything Sad Is Untrue Daniel Nayeri 2020 American English
13765 Anathem Neal Stephenson 2008 American English
13767 The Serpent And The Wings Of Night Carissa Broadbent 2022 Unknown English
13764 Invisible Ink Patrick Modiano 2019 French French
13772 Necessity Jo Walton 2016 Canadian English
13772 City Of Blades Robert Jackson Bennett 2016 American English
13772 Every Heart A Doorway Seanan McGuire 2016 American English
13772 Logicomix Apostolos Doxiadis 2008 Greek English
13772 Beautiful Boy David Sheff 2008 American English
13772 All Souls Christine Schutt 2008 American English
13772 The Flowers Dagoberto Gilb 2008 American English
13772 Over And Under Todd Tucker 2008 Unknown English
13772 The Third Angel Alice Hoffman 2008 American English
13772 When We Get There Shauna Seliy 2008 Unknown English
13772 Likewise Ariel Schrag 2008 American English
13772 Flood Of Fire Amitav Ghosh 2015 Indian English
13772 The Sunken Cathedral Kate Walbert 2015 American English
13787 Dschinns Fatma Aydemir 2022 German German
13792 When Death Takes Something From You Give It Back Naja Marie Aidt 2017 Danish Danish
13793 Vampires In The Lemon Grove Karen Russell 2013 American English
13800 Blumenberg Sibylle Lewitscharoff 2011 German German
13800 Dancing On Our Turtle's Back Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 2011 Canadian English
13805 J Curve Paul E. Miller 2019 Unknown English
13814 The Bad Girl Mario Vargas Llosa 2006 Peruvian Spanish
13815 The Bastard of Istanbul Elif Shafak 2006 Turkish English
13816 The Checklist Manifesto Atul Gawande 2009 American English
13817 Morality Jonathan Sacks 2019 British English
13818 N. Ernesto Ferrero 2000 Italian Italian
13818 Don't Move Margaret Mazzantini 2001 Italian Italian
13818 Vita Melania Mazzucco 2003 Italian Italian
13818 Il Dolore Perfetto Ugo Riccarelli 2004 Italian Italian
13818 Il Viaggiatore Notturno Maurizio Maggiani 2005 Italian Italian
13818 As God Commands Niccolò Ammaniti 2006 Italian Italian
13818 Stabat Mater Tiziano Scarpa 2008 Italian Italian
13818 The Mussolini Canal Antonio Pennacchi 2010 Italian Italian
13818 Story Of My People Edoardo Nesi 2011 Italian Italian
13818 Inseparabili Alessandro Piperno 2012 Italian Italian
13818 Resistere Non Serve A Niente Walter Siti 2012 Italian Italian
13818 Il Desiderio Di Essere Come Tutti Francesco Piccolo 2013 Italian Italian
13818 Ferocity Nicola Lagioia 2014 Italian Italian
13818 The Catholic School Edoardo Albinati 2016 Italian Italian
13818 The Eight Mountains Paolo Cognetti 2016 Italian Italian
13818 The Girl With The Leica Helena Janeczek 2017 Italian Italian
13818 M Antonio Scurati 2018 Italian Italian