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
4151 The Devotion Of Suspect X Keigo Higashino 2005 Japanese Japanese
4153 American Genius Lynne Tillman 2006 American English
4157 Asymmetry Lisa Halliday 2018 American English
4163 No One Is Talking About This Patricia Lockwood 2021 American English
4164 The Good Lord Bird James McBride 2013 American English
4189 Age of Ambition Evan Osnos 2014 American English
4190 An Ember In The Ashes Sabaa Tahir 2015 American English
4292 Mystic River Dennis Lehane 2001 American English
4294 What Belongs to You Garth Greenwell 2016 American English
4297 The Emperor's Babe Bernardine Evaristo 2001 British English
4300 Remainder Tom McCarthy 2005 British English
4306 A Court Of Thorns And Roses Sarah J. Maas 2015 American English
4308 It Ends With Us Colleen Hoover 2016 American English
4365 The Anatomy Of A Moment Javier Cercas 2009 Spanish Spanish
4367 Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain 2000 American English
4371 Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan 2013 American English
4383 How To End A Story Helen Garner 2021 Australian English
4392 Crabwalk Günter Grass 2002 German German
4394 The Friend Sigrid Nunez 2018 American English
4396 We The Animals Justin Torres 2011 American English
4417 Detransition, Baby Torrey Peters 2021 American English
4420 The Swerve Stephen Greenblatt 2011 American English
4443 Oblivion Héctor Abad Faciolince 2006 Colombian Spanish
4444 A Long Long Way Sebastian Barry 2005 Irish English
4456 Mountains Beyond Mountains Tracy Kidder 2003 American English
4460 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 2008 British English
4461 The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake Aimee Bender 2010 American English
4470 The History of Love Nicole Krauss 2005 American English
4472 Intermezzo Sally Rooney 2024 Irish English
4500 Mister Pip Lloyd Jones 2006 New Zealand English
4502 How Should a Person Be? Sheila Heti 2010 Canadian English
4503 Parallel Stories Péter Nádas 2005 Hungarian Hungarian
4507 North Woods Daniel Mason 2023 American English
4509 The Book about Blanche and Marie Per Olov Enquist 2004 Swedish Swedish
4534 Mend The Living Maylis de Kerangal 2014 French French
4535 Annihilation Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
4538 Special Topics In Calamity Physics Marisha Pessl 2006 American English
4539 Stiff Mary Roach 2003 American English
4541 Rules Of Summer Shaun Tan 2013 Australian English
4560 Star Of The Sea Joseph O'Connor 2003 Irish English
4579 Time Shelter Georgi Gospodinov 2020 Bulgarian Bulgarian
4589 Columbine Dave Cullen 2009 American English
4590 The Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead 2019 American English
4593 Conversations With Friends Sally Rooney 2017 Irish English
4595 Last Night James Salter 2005 American English
4597 Nora Webster Colm Toibin 2014 Irish English
4605 Babel R. F. Kuang 2022 American English
4610 Here Richard McGuire 2014 American English
4615 Gulag Anne Applebaum 2003 American English
4619 Deacon King Kong James McBride 2020 American English
4624 The Party Richard McGregor 2010 Unknown English
4625 The Abyss Fernando Vallejo 2001 Colombian Spanish
4628 The Opium War Julia Lovell 2011 British English
4632 The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane Kate DiCamillo 2006 American English
4633 Christina Rossetti Christina Georgina Rossetti 2001 British English
4638 Darkmans Nicola Barker 2007 British English
4639 The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse Louise Erdrich 2001 American English
4653 The Forever War Dexter Filkins 2008 American English
4656 Coraline Neil Gaiman 2002 British English
4662 The Complete Stories Clarice Lispector 2016 Brazilian Portuguese
4663 The Swan Book Alexis Wright 2013 Australian English
4666 Building Stories Chris Ware 2012 American English
4669 Allah Is Not Obliged Ahmadou Kourouma 2000 French French
4676 The Time of Our Singing Richard Powers 2003 American English
4681 Skippy Dies Pauli Murray 2010 Irish English
4683 A Horse Walks Into A Bar David Grossman 2014 Israeli Hebrew
4687 The Tiger's Wife Téa Obreht 2011 Serbian English
4709 Six Of Crows Leigh Bardugo 2015 American English
4734 The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation M. T. Anderson 2006 American English
4739 When A Scot Ties The Knot Tessa Dare 2015 American English
4741 Tell Me How It Ends Valeria Luiselli 2017 Mexican English
4752 The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan 2006 American English
4755 Angels And Demons Dan Brown 2000 American English
4756 Home Fire Kamila Shamsie 2017 British English
4768 The Yiddish Policemen's Union Michael Chabon 2007 American English
4807 Those Who Leave And Those Who Stay Elena Ferrante 2013 Italian Italian
4815 Dreamland Sam Quinones 2015 American English
4825 Vernon Subutex Virginie Despentes 2015 French French
4829 The Largesse of the Sea Maiden Denis Johnson 2018 American English
4846 The Last Quarter Of The Moon Chi Zijian 2005 Chinese English
4852 Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, And Wear Cows Melanie Joy 2010 American English
4867 The Love Songs Of W.E.B. Dubois Honorée Fanonne Jeffers 2021 American English
4887 The Crimson Petal And The White Michel Faber 2002 British English
4888 The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry 2008 Irish English
4889 Natura Morta Josef Winkler 2001 Unknown German
4890 The Book of Salt Monique Truong 2003 American English
4890 The MaddAddam Trilogy Margaret Atwood 2003 Canadian English
4898 The Book Of Fame Lloyd Jones 2000 New Zealand English
4897 The Emissary Yoko Tawada 2014 Japanese Japanese
4932 Running Jean Echenoz 2008 French French
4934 The Terror Dan Simmons 2007 American English
4935 Who Fears Death Nnedi Okorafor 2010 Nigerian English
4940 Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood 2023 Australian English
4944 The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro 2015 British English
4943 Ghettoside Jill Leovy 2015 American English
4950 Dark Money Jane Mayer 2016 American English
4979 Klara And The Sun Kazuo Ishiguro 2021 British English
4982 The Hare with Amber Eyes Edmund de Waal 2010 British English
4983 I Want My Hat Back Jon Klassen 2011 Canadian English
4992 The Wandering Falcon Jamil Ahmed 2011 Pakistani English
4993 The Black Swan Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2007 Lebanese English
4998 Persepolis Two Marjane Satrapi 2004 Iranian French
4999 The Sun Is Also A Star Nicola Yoon 2016 American English
5006 Feel Free Zadie Smith 2018 British English
5009 Against the Day Thomas Pynchon 2006 American English
5013 Zone One Colson Whitehead 2011 American English
5015 The Lesser Bohemians Eimear McBride 2016 Irish English
5016 Slave To Sensation Nalini Singh 2006 New Zealand English
5021 Me Before You Jojo Moyes 2012 British English
5031 The City & the City China Miéville 2009 British English
5033 Honored Guest Joy Williams 2004 American English
5033 The Sluts Dennis Cooper 2004 American English
5036 I Feel Bad About My Neck Nora Ephron 2006 American English
5041 Storm Front Jim Butcher 2000 American English
5088 Imperial Life in the Emerald City Rajiv Chandrasekaran 2006 American English
5094 Amity and Prosperity Eliza Griswold 2018 American English
5099 A Hunger Like No Other Kresley Cole 2006 American English
5101 Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese 2009 American English
5110 The Ministry Of Pain Dubravka Ugrešić 2004 Croatian Croatian
5110 Dancing In Odessa Ilya Kaminsky 2004 Ukrainian English