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
13818 The Hummingbird Sandro Veronesi 2019 Italian Italian
13818 Due Vite Emanuele Trevi 2020 Italian Italian
13818 Spatriati Mario Desiati 2021 Italian Italian
13818 Come D'aria Ada D'Adamo 2023 Italian Italian
13818 Celestial Bodies Jokha Alharthi 2010 Omani Arabic
13886 City Of Miracles Robert Jackson Bennett 2017 American English
13886 Down Among The Sticks And Bones Seanan McGuire 2017 American English
13886 Raven Stratagem Yoon Ha Lee 2017 American English
13886 An Unkindness Of Ghosts Rivers Solomon 2017 American English
13879 Thrown Kerry Howley 2014 American English
13879 Love Me Back Merritt Tierce 2014 American English
13886 Faith Singer Rosie Scott 2000 Australian English
13886 Fred And Edie Jill Dawson 2000 British English
13886 Underground Airlines Ben H. Winters 2016 American English
13886 Into The Beautiful North Luis Alberto Urrea 2009 American English
13886 Stitches David Small 2009 American English
13886 Huge James W. Fuerst 2009 Unknown English
13886 Unseen Academicals Terry Pratchett 2009 British English
13886 Elmer Gerry Alanguilan 2009 Unknown English
13886 Pygmy Chuck Palahniuk 2009 American English
13886 The Vanishing Of Katharina Linden Helen Grant 2009 British English
13886 American Voyeur Benoit Denizet-Lewis 2009 American English
13886 Anne Frank Francine Prose 2009 American English
13886 Essential Pleasures Robert Pinsky 2009 American English
13886 Googled Ken Auletta 2009 American English
13886 Louisa May Alcott Harriet Reisen 2009 Unknown English
13921 Book Of Psalms Alabaster Co. 2018 Unknown Hebrew
13922 Blind Sunflowers Alberto Méndez 2004 Spanish Spanish
13937 What It Means To Be Human O. Carter Snead 2020 Unknown English
13941 The Noonday Demon Andrew Solomon 2001 American English
13941 London Peter Ackroyd 2000 British English
13941 Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand 2010 American English
13941 Anything Is Possible Elizabeth Strout 2017 American English
13941 The Siege Helen Dunmore 2001 British English
13941 The Golem and the Jinni Helene Wecker 2013 American English
13941 Saga Vol. 1 Brian K. Vaughan 2012 American English
13941 Daring Greatly Brené Brown 2012 American English
13941 Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life Bryan Lee O'Malley 2004 Canadian English
13941 Ninth House Leigh Bardugo 2019 American English
13941 A Tale For The Time Being Ruth Ozeki 2013 American English
13941 The Tale Of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo 2003 American English
13941 The Story Of My Teeth Valeria Luiselli 2015 Mexican Spanish
13940 Daylight Saving Edward Hogan 2012 British English
13941 Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! Mo Willems 2003 American English
13961 Belonging Nora Krug 2018 German English
13941 The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet Becky Chambers 2014 American English
13962 Moonwalking With Einstein Joshua Foer 2011 American English
13963 This Time Tomorrow Emma Straub 2023 American English
13964 Barbarian Spring Jonas Lüscher 2013 Swiss German
13964 Arbeit Und Struktur Wolfgang Herrndorf 2013 German German
13964 Das Verschwinden Des Philip S. Ulrike Edschmid 2013 German German
13967 Standard Deviation Katherine Heiny 2017 American English
13968 In The Matter Of Nat Turner Christopher Tomlins 2020 Unknown English
13971 The Fated Sky Mary Robinette Kowal 2018 American English
13971 Beneath The Sugar Sky Seanan McGuire 2018 American English
13971 Revenant Gun Yoon Ha Lee 2018 Korean-American English
13971 The Monster Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2018 American English
13971 The Consuming Fire John Scalzi 2018 American English
13971 Hotel World Ali Smith 2001 British English
13971 Citrus County John Brandon 2010 American English
13971 The Bridge David Remnick 2010 Unknown English
13971 The Outside Boy Jeanine Cummins 2010 Unknown English
13971 Anthill E. O. Wilson 2010 American English
13971 The Radleys Matt Haig 2010 British English
13971 Star Island Carl Hiaasen 2010 American English
13971 Doonesbury And The Art Of G.B. Trudeau Brian Walker 2010 American English
13971 What We Owe Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde 2017 Swedish English
13971 Book Of Mutter Kate Zambreno 2017 American English
14001 Conquest Of The Useless Werner Herzog 2009 German German
14006 The Five Hallie Rubenhold 2019 British English
14007 We The Fallen People Robert Tracy McKenzie 2021 Unknown English
14010 The Deep Places Ross Douthat 2021 American English
14019 The Maples Stories John Updike 2009 American English
14021 Phoenix David Stuttard 2021 Unknown English
14022 Becoming Unbecoming Una 2015 British English
14025 The Kingdom Of Copper S. A. Chakraborty 2019 American English
14025 The Rosewater Insurrection Tade Thompson 2019 British English
14025 The Rosewater Redemption Tade Thompson 2019 British English
14025 In An Absent Dream Seanan McGuire 2019 American English
14025 The True Queen Zen Cho 2019 Malaysian English
14025 Time's Monster Priya Satia 2020 American English
14025 The Big Book Of Adventure Stories Otto Penzler 2011 American English
14025 Jamrach’s Menagerie Carol Birch 2011 British English
14025 Miss New India Bharati Mukherjee 2011 American English
14025 My New American Life Francine Prose 2011 American English
14025 Pigeon English Stephen Kelman 2011 British English
14025 2030 Albert Brooks 2011 American English
14025 Ardency Kevin Young 2011 American English
14025 Split Tooth Tanya Tagaq 2018 Canadian English
14025 Heart Berries Terese Marie Mailhot 2018 Canadian English
14025 The Wife's Tale Aida Edemariam 2018 Canadian English
14043 Die Stunde Zwischen Frau Und Gitarre Clemens J. Setz 2015 Austrian German
14043 Chronik Meiner Straße Barbara Honigmann 2015 German German
14043 Memory Serves Lee Maracle 2015 Canadian English
14047 Whereas Layli Long Soldier 2017 American English
14047 Emergent Strategy adrienne maree brown 2017 American English
14051 What If? Randall Munroe 2014 American English
14051 The Power To Compete Hiroshi Mikitani, Ryoichi Mikitani 2014 Japanese English
14051 The Rosie Effect Graeme Simsion 2014 Australian English
14060 Fear Unknown 2018 Unknown English
14065 Thomas Jefferson Thomas S. Kidd 2022 Unknown English
14068 The Road To Character David Brooks 2015 American English
14070 Erste Erde Epos Raoul Schrott 2016 Austrian German
14071 Riddance Shelley Jackson 2018 American English
14072 The Girl Who Played Go Shan Sa 2001 Chinese French
14075 The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde 2001 British English
14076 The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For Alison Bechdel 2008 American English
14078 The Trouble With Peace Joe Abercrombie 2020 British English
14078 The Empire Of Gold S. A. Chakraborty 2020 American English
14078 The Relentless Moon Mary Robinette Kowal 2020 American English
14078 The Tyrant Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2020 American English
14078 Riot Baby Tochi Onyebuchi 2020 American English
14078 Deaf Republic Ilya Kaminsky 2019 American English
14086 The Burnout Society Byung-Chul Han 2010 German German
14078 Ordinary Girls Jaquira Díaz 2019 American English
14078 The Seven Necessary Sins For Women And Girls Mona Eltahawy 2019 American English
14087 The Girl With The Louding Voice Abi Daré 2020 Nigerian English
14088 La Part De L'autre Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt 2001 French French
14090 Shoe Dog Phil Knight 2016 American English
14090 String Theory David Foster Wallace 2016 American English