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
14984 Bliss Montage Ling Ma 2022 American English
14984 Astrophysics For People In A Hurry Neil deGrasse Tyson 2017 American English
14984 The Day We Found The Universe Marcia Bartusiak 2009 American English
14984 White Trash Nancy Isenberg 2016 American English
14984 Treasury Of The True Dharma Eye Kazuaki Tanahashi 2010 Japanese Japanese
14984 Red Memory Tania Branigan 2023 Chinese English
14984 Christianity Diarmaid MacCulloch 2010 British English
14984 How To Read The Air Dinaw Mengestu 2010 American English
14984 Book Lust Nancy Pearl 2003 American English
14984 Sailing Alone Around The Room Billy Collins 2001 American English
14984 Cultural Amnesia Clive James 2007 Australian English
14984 Ongoingness Sarah Manguso 2015 American English
14984 Bewilderment Richard Powers 2021 British English
14984 The Discovery Of France Graham Robb 2007 British English
14984 Lullabies For Little Criminals Heather O'Neill 2006 Canadian English
14984 Natasha And Other Stories David Bezmozgis 2004 Canadian English
14984 The Golden Mean Annabel Lyon 2009 Canadian English
14984 The Outlander Gil Adamson 2007 Canadian English
14984 No One Belongs Here More Than You Miranda July 2007 American English
14984 The Battle For God Karen Armstrong 2000 British English
14984 Can't Stop Won't Stop Jeff Chang 2005 American English
14984 The Night Of The Gun David Carr 2008 American English
14984 Lab Girl Hope Jahren 2016 American English
14984 The Paper Palace Miranda Cowley Heller 2021 American English
14984 Chinaman Shehan Karunatilaka 2010 Sri Lankan English
14984 The Night Tiger Yangsze Choo 2019 Malaysian English
14984 The Year Of The Flood Margaret Atwood 2009 Canadian English
14984 Jawbone Mónica Ojeda 2018 Ecuadorian Spanish
14984 East West Street Philippe Sands 2016 British English
14984 The Enlightenment Of The Greengage Tree Shokoofeh Azar 2017 Iranian Persian
14984 Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman 2015 American English
14984 The Briar Club Kate Quinn 2024 Unknown Unknown
14984 The House Across The Lake Riley Sager 2022 American English
14984 Spare Prince Harry 2023 British English
14984 Fairy Tale Stephen King 2023 American English
14984 Maybe You Should Talk To Someone Lori Gottlieb 2019 American English
14984 Razorblade Tears S. A. Cosby 2021 American English
14984 Earthlings Sayaka Murata 2023 Japanese Japanese
14984 Outlive Peter Attia 2023 American English
14984 The Disappearing Spoon Sam Kean 2010 American English
14984 The Woman In Cabin 10 Ruth Ware 2016 British English
14984 Ringmaster Abraham Riesman 2023 American English
14984 The Travelling Cat Chronicles Hiro Arikawa 2024 Japanese Japanese
14984 Elon Musk Walter Isaacson 2023 American English
14984 Doctor Sleep Stephen King 2013 American English
14984 Cuddy Benjamin Myers 2023 British English
14984 Explicar El Mundo Steven Weinberg 2015 English
14984 On the Calculation Of Volume 2 Solvej Balle 2024 Danish Danish
14984 The Invention Of Prehistory Stefanos Geroulanos 2024 Unknown English
14984 Long Bright River Liz Moore 2020 American English
14984 In The Night Room Peter Straub 2004 American English
14984 Lisey's Story Stephen King 2006 American English
14984 The Missing Sarah Langan 2006 American English
14984 Duma Key Stephen King 2008 American English
14984 Audrey's Door Sarah Langan 2009 American English
14984 A Dark Matter Peter Straub 2010 American English
14984 My Heart Is A Chainsaw Stephen Graham Jones 2021 American English
14984 The Devil Takes You Home Gabino Iglesias 2022 American English
14984 Dark Matter Blake Crouch 2016 American English
14984 Holly Stephen King 2023 American English
14984 The Hero Of Ages Brandon Sanderson 2008 American English
14984 The Devil Of Nanking Mo Hayder 2005 British English
14984 The Given Day Dennis Lehane 2008 American English
14984 The Duke Who Didn't Courtney Milan 2020 American English
14984 You Had Me At Hola Alexis Daria 2020 American English
14984 Icebreaker Hannah Grace 2022 Unknown English
14984 Love In The Big City Sang Young Park 2019 Korean Korean
14984 Greek Lessons Han Kang 2011 Korean Korean
14984 Untold Night And Day Bae Suah 2013 Korean Korean
14984 The Hole Hye-Young Pyun 2016 Korean Korean
14984 Welcome To The Hyunam Dong Bookshop Hwang Bo-reum 2022 Unknown Korean
14984 A Psalm For The Wild Built Becky Chambers 2021 American English
14984 Into The Silence Wade Davis 2011 Canadian English
14984 Mao's Great Famine Frank Dikötter 2010 Chinese English
14984 The Heart Of Redness Zakes Mda 2000 South African English
14984 The Collector Of Worlds Iliya Troyanov 2006 German German
14984 The End Of Loneliness Benedict Wells 2016 German German
14984 Go As A River Shelley Read 2023 Unknown English
14984 The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan 2024 Unknown Unknown
14984 The Girls Emma Cline 2016 American English
14984 Here One Moment Liane Moriarty 2024 Unknown Unknown
14984 The Plot Jean Hanff Korelitz 2021 American English
14984 Horse Geraldine Brooks 2022 Australian English
14984 Tremor Teju Cole 2023 American Unknown
14984 The Midnight Feast Lucy Foley 2024 Unknown Unknown
14984 The Glass Hotel Emily St John Mandel 2020 Canadian English
14984 Strange Weather In Tokyo Hiromi Kawakami 2001 Japanese Japanese
14984 Before The Coffee Gets Cold Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2015 Japanese Japanese
14984 The Battle For Spain Antony Beevor 2006 British English
14984 Ornamentalism David Cannadine 2001 British English
14984 Citizen Clem John Bew 2016 British English
14984 Fiasco Thomas E. Ricks 2005 American English
14984 The Great Partition Yasmin Khan 2007 British English
14984 The Mercy Of Gods James S. A. Corey 2024 Unknown Unknown
14984 I Was A Teenage Slasher Stephen Graham Jones 2024 American Unknown
14984 We Used To Live Here Marcus Kliewer 2024 Unknown Unknown
14984 The Library At Mount Char Scott Hawkins 2015 American English
14984 My Death Lisa Tuttle 2004 Unknown English
14984 Monstrilio Gerardo Sámano Córdova 2023 Unknown English
14984 The Vorrh Brian Catling 2012 British English
14984 Salt Mark Kurlansky 2002 American English
14984 Crossroads Jonathan Franzen 2021 American English
14984 Purity Jonathan Franzen 2015 American English
14984 A Swim In A Pond In The Rain George Saunders 2021 American English
14984 The Empusium Olga Tokarczuk 2024 Polish English
14984 Shred Sisters Betsy Lerner 2024 Unknown English
14984 Q Craig Brown 2024 Unknown English
14984 The Most Jessica Anthony 2024 Unknown English
14984 Memory Piece Lisa Ko 2024 Unknown English
14984 Margo's Got Money Troubles Rufi Thorpe 2024 American English
14984 Blood Over Bright Haven M. L. Wang 2024 Unknown Unknown
14984 The Dead Cat Tail Assassins P. Djèlí Clark 2024 American English
14984 The Reappearance Of Rachel Price Holly Jackson 2024 Unknown English
14984 The Husbands Holly Gramazio 2024 Unknown English
14984 Cahokia Jazz Francis Spufford 2024 British English
14984 The Third Realm Karl Ove Knausgård 2024 Norwegian Norwegian
14984 How I Won A Nobel Prize Julius Taranto 2024 Unknown English
14984 You Are Here David Nicholls 2024 Unknown English
14984 The Wedding People Alison Espach 2024 Unknown English
14984 I Hope This Finds You Well Natalie Sue 2024 Unknown English