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
14985 Bliss Montage Ling Ma 2022 American English
14985 Astrophysics For People In A Hurry Neil deGrasse Tyson 2017 American English
14985 The Day We Found The Universe Marcia Bartusiak 2009 American English
14985 White Trash Nancy Isenberg 2016 American English
14985 Treasury Of The True Dharma Eye Kazuaki Tanahashi 2010 Japanese Japanese
14985 Red Memory Tania Branigan 2023 Chinese English
14985 Christianity Diarmaid MacCulloch 2010 British English
14985 How To Read The Air Dinaw Mengestu 2010 American English
14985 Book Lust Nancy Pearl 2003 American English
14985 Sailing Alone Around The Room Billy Collins 2001 American English
14985 Cultural Amnesia Clive James 2007 Australian English
14985 Ongoingness Sarah Manguso 2015 American English
14985 Bewilderment Richard Powers 2021 British English
14985 The Discovery Of France Graham Robb 2007 British English
14985 Lullabies For Little Criminals Heather O'Neill 2006 Canadian English
14985 Natasha And Other Stories David Bezmozgis 2004 Canadian English
14985 The Golden Mean Annabel Lyon 2009 Canadian English
14985 The Outlander Gil Adamson 2007 Canadian English
14985 No One Belongs Here More Than You Miranda July 2007 American English
14985 The Battle For God Karen Armstrong 2000 British English
14985 Can't Stop Won't Stop Jeff Chang 2005 American English
14985 The Night Of The Gun David Carr 2008 American English
14985 Lab Girl Hope Jahren 2016 American English
14985 The Paper Palace Miranda Cowley Heller 2021 American English
14985 Chinaman Shehan Karunatilaka 2010 Sri Lankan English
14985 The Night Tiger Yangsze Choo 2019 Malaysian English
14985 The Year Of The Flood Margaret Atwood 2009 Canadian English
14985 Jawbone Mónica Ojeda 2018 Ecuadorian Spanish
14985 East West Street Philippe Sands 2016 British English
14985 The Enlightenment Of The Greengage Tree Shokoofeh Azar 2017 Iranian Persian
14985 Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman 2015 American English
14985 The Briar Club Kate Quinn 2024 Unknown Unknown
14985 The House Across The Lake Riley Sager 2022 American English
14985 Spare Prince Harry 2023 British English
14985 Fairy Tale Stephen King 2023 American English
14985 Maybe You Should Talk To Someone Lori Gottlieb 2019 American English
14985 Razorblade Tears S. A. Cosby 2021 American English
14985 Earthlings Sayaka Murata 2023 Japanese Japanese
14985 Outlive Peter Attia 2023 American English
14985 The Disappearing Spoon Sam Kean 2010 American English
14985 The Woman In Cabin 10 Ruth Ware 2016 British English
14985 Ringmaster Abraham Riesman 2023 American English
14985 The Travelling Cat Chronicles Hiro Arikawa 2024 Japanese Japanese
14985 Elon Musk Walter Isaacson 2023 American English
14985 Doctor Sleep Stephen King 2013 American English
14985 Cuddy Benjamin Myers 2023 British English
14985 Explicar El Mundo Steven Weinberg 2015 English
14985 On the Calculation Of Volume 2 Solvej Balle 2024 Danish Danish
14985 The Invention Of Prehistory Stefanos Geroulanos 2024 Unknown English
14985 Long Bright River Liz Moore 2020 American English
14985 In The Night Room Peter Straub 2004 American English
14985 Lisey's Story Stephen King 2006 American English
14985 The Missing Sarah Langan 2006 American English
14985 Duma Key Stephen King 2008 American English
14985 Audrey's Door Sarah Langan 2009 American English
14985 A Dark Matter Peter Straub 2010 American English
14985 My Heart Is A Chainsaw Stephen Graham Jones 2021 American English
14985 The Devil Takes You Home Gabino Iglesias 2022 American English
14985 Dark Matter Blake Crouch 2016 American English
14985 Holly Stephen King 2023 American English
14985 The Hero Of Ages Brandon Sanderson 2008 American English
14985 The Devil Of Nanking Mo Hayder 2005 British English
14985 The Given Day Dennis Lehane 2008 American English
14985 The Duke Who Didn't Courtney Milan 2020 American English
14985 You Had Me At Hola Alexis Daria 2020 American English
14985 Icebreaker Hannah Grace 2022 Unknown English
14985 Love In The Big City Sang Young Park 2019 Korean Korean
14985 Greek Lessons Han Kang 2011 Korean Korean
14985 Untold Night And Day Bae Suah 2013 Korean Korean
14985 The Hole Hye-Young Pyun 2016 Korean Korean
14985 Welcome To The Hyunam Dong Bookshop Hwang Bo-reum 2022 Unknown Korean
14985 A Psalm For The Wild Built Becky Chambers 2021 American English
14985 Into The Silence Wade Davis 2011 Canadian English
14985 Mao's Great Famine Frank Dikötter 2010 Chinese English
14985 The Heart Of Redness Zakes Mda 2000 South African English
14985 The Collector Of Worlds Iliya Troyanov 2006 German German
14985 The End Of Loneliness Benedict Wells 2016 German German
14985 Go As A River Shelley Read 2023 Unknown English
14985 The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan 2024 Unknown Unknown
14985 The Girls Emma Cline 2016 American English
14985 Here One Moment Liane Moriarty 2024 Unknown Unknown
14985 The Plot Jean Hanff Korelitz 2021 American English
14985 Horse Geraldine Brooks 2022 Australian English
14985 Tremor Teju Cole 2023 American Unknown
14985 The Midnight Feast Lucy Foley 2024 Unknown Unknown
14985 The Glass Hotel Emily St John Mandel 2020 Canadian English
14985 Strange Weather In Tokyo Hiromi Kawakami 2001 Japanese Japanese
14985 Before The Coffee Gets Cold Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2015 Japanese Japanese
14985 The Battle For Spain Antony Beevor 2006 British English
14985 Ornamentalism David Cannadine 2001 British English
14985 Citizen Clem John Bew 2016 British English
14985 Fiasco Thomas E. Ricks 2005 American English
14985 The Great Partition Yasmin Khan 2007 British English
14985 The Mercy Of Gods James S. A. Corey 2024 Unknown Unknown
14985 I Was A Teenage Slasher Stephen Graham Jones 2024 American Unknown
14985 We Used To Live Here Marcus Kliewer 2024 Unknown Unknown
14985 The Library At Mount Char Scott Hawkins 2015 American English
14985 My Death Lisa Tuttle 2004 Unknown English
14985 Monstrilio Gerardo Sámano Córdova 2023 Unknown English
14985 The Vorrh Brian Catling 2012 British English
14985 Salt Mark Kurlansky 2002 American English
14985 Crossroads Jonathan Franzen 2021 American English
14985 Purity Jonathan Franzen 2015 American English
14985 A Swim In A Pond In The Rain George Saunders 2021 American English
14985 The Empusium Olga Tokarczuk 2024 Polish English
14985 Shred Sisters Betsy Lerner 2024 Unknown English
14985 Q Craig Brown 2024 Unknown English
14985 The Most Jessica Anthony 2024 Unknown English
14985 Memory Piece Lisa Ko 2024 Unknown English
14985 Margo's Got Money Troubles Rufi Thorpe 2024 American English
14985 Blood Over Bright Haven M. L. Wang 2024 Unknown Unknown
14985 The Dead Cat Tail Assassins P. Djèlí Clark 2024 American English
14985 The Reappearance Of Rachel Price Holly Jackson 2024 Unknown English
14985 The Husbands Holly Gramazio 2024 Unknown English
14985 Cahokia Jazz Francis Spufford 2024 British English
14985 The Third Realm Karl Ove Knausgård 2024 Norwegian Norwegian
14985 How I Won A Nobel Prize Julius Taranto 2024 Unknown English
14985 You Are Here David Nicholls 2024 Unknown English
14985 The Wedding People Alison Espach 2024 Unknown English
14985 I Hope This Finds You Well Natalie Sue 2024 Unknown English