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
4149 The Devotion Of Suspect X Keigo Higashino 2005 Japanese Japanese
4151 American Genius Lynne Tillman 2006 American English
4155 Asymmetry Lisa Halliday 2018 American English
4161 No One Is Talking About This Patricia Lockwood 2021 American English
4162 The Good Lord Bird James McBride 2013 American English
4187 Age of Ambition Evan Osnos 2014 American English
4188 An Ember In The Ashes Sabaa Tahir 2015 American English
4290 Mystic River Dennis Lehane 2001 American English
4292 What Belongs to You Garth Greenwell 2016 American English
4295 The Emperor's Babe Bernardine Evaristo 2001 British English
4298 Remainder Tom McCarthy 2005 British English
4304 A Court Of Thorns And Roses Sarah J. Maas 2015 American English
4306 It Ends With Us Colleen Hoover 2016 American English
4363 The Anatomy Of A Moment Javier Cercas 2009 Spanish Spanish
4365 Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain 2000 American English
4369 Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan 2013 American English
4381 How To End A Story Helen Garner 2021 Australian English
4390 Crabwalk Günter Grass 2002 German German
4392 The Friend Sigrid Nunez 2018 American English
4394 We The Animals Justin Torres 2011 American English
4415 Detransition, Baby Torrey Peters 2021 American English
4418 The Swerve Stephen Greenblatt 2011 American English
4441 Oblivion Héctor Abad Faciolince 2006 Colombian Spanish
4442 A Long Long Way Sebastian Barry 2005 Irish English
4454 Mountains Beyond Mountains Tracy Kidder 2003 American English
4458 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 2008 British English
4459 The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake Aimee Bender 2010 American English
4468 The History of Love Nicole Krauss 2005 American English
4470 Intermezzo Sally Rooney 2024 Irish English
4498 Mister Pip Lloyd Jones 2006 New Zealand English
4500 How Should a Person Be? Sheila Heti 2010 Canadian English
4501 Parallel Stories Péter Nádas 2005 Hungarian Hungarian
4505 North Woods Daniel Mason 2023 American English
4507 The Book about Blanche and Marie Per Olov Enquist 2004 Swedish Swedish
4532 Mend The Living Maylis de Kerangal 2014 French French
4533 Annihilation Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
4536 Special Topics In Calamity Physics Marisha Pessl 2006 American English
4537 Stiff Mary Roach 2003 American English
4539 Rules Of Summer Shaun Tan 2013 Australian English
4558 Star Of The Sea Joseph O'Connor 2003 Irish English
4577 Time Shelter Georgi Gospodinov 2020 Bulgarian Bulgarian
4587 Columbine Dave Cullen 2009 American English
4588 The Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead 2019 American English
4591 Conversations With Friends Sally Rooney 2017 Irish English
4593 Last Night James Salter 2005 American English
4595 Nora Webster Colm Toibin 2014 Irish English
4603 Babel R. F. Kuang 2022 American English
4608 Here Richard McGuire 2014 American English
4613 Gulag Anne Applebaum 2003 American English
4617 Deacon King Kong James McBride 2020 American English
4622 The Party Richard McGregor 2010 Unknown English
4623 The Abyss Fernando Vallejo 2001 Colombian Spanish
4626 The Opium War Julia Lovell 2011 British English
4630 The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane Kate DiCamillo 2006 American English
4631 Christina Rossetti Christina Georgina Rossetti 2001 British English
4636 Darkmans Nicola Barker 2007 British English
4637 The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse Louise Erdrich 2001 American English
4651 The Forever War Dexter Filkins 2008 American English
4654 Coraline Neil Gaiman 2002 British English
4660 The Complete Stories Clarice Lispector 2016 Brazilian Portuguese
4661 The Swan Book Alexis Wright 2013 Australian English
4664 Building Stories Chris Ware 2012 American English
4667 Allah Is Not Obliged Ahmadou Kourouma 2000 French French
4674 The Time of Our Singing Richard Powers 2003 American English
4679 Skippy Dies Pauli Murray 2010 Irish English
4681 A Horse Walks Into A Bar David Grossman 2014 Israeli Hebrew
4685 The Tiger's Wife Téa Obreht 2011 Serbian English
4707 Six Of Crows Leigh Bardugo 2015 American English
4732 The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation M. T. Anderson 2006 American English
4737 When A Scot Ties The Knot Tessa Dare 2015 American English
4739 Tell Me How It Ends Valeria Luiselli 2017 Mexican English
4750 The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan 2006 American English
4753 Angels And Demons Dan Brown 2000 American English
4754 Home Fire Kamila Shamsie 2017 British English
4766 The Yiddish Policemen's Union Michael Chabon 2007 American English
4805 Those Who Leave And Those Who Stay Elena Ferrante 2013 Italian Italian
4813 Dreamland Sam Quinones 2015 American English
4823 Vernon Subutex Virginie Despentes 2015 French French
4827 The Largesse of the Sea Maiden Denis Johnson 2018 American English
4844 The Last Quarter Of The Moon Chi Zijian 2005 Chinese English
4850 Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, And Wear Cows Melanie Joy 2010 American English
4865 The Love Songs Of W.E.B. Dubois Honorée Fanonne Jeffers 2021 American English
4885 The Crimson Petal And The White Michel Faber 2002 British English
4886 The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry 2008 Irish English
4887 Natura Morta Josef Winkler 2001 Unknown German
4888 The Book of Salt Monique Truong 2003 American English
4888 The MaddAddam Trilogy Margaret Atwood 2003 Canadian English
4896 The Book Of Fame Lloyd Jones 2000 New Zealand English
4895 The Emissary Yoko Tawada 2014 Japanese Japanese
4930 Running Jean Echenoz 2008 French French
4932 The Terror Dan Simmons 2007 American English
4933 Who Fears Death Nnedi Okorafor 2010 Nigerian English
4938 Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood 2023 Australian English
4942 The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro 2015 British English
4941 Ghettoside Jill Leovy 2015 American English
4948 Dark Money Jane Mayer 2016 American English
4977 Klara And The Sun Kazuo Ishiguro 2021 British English
4979 The Hare with Amber Eyes Edmund de Waal 2010 British English
4980 I Want My Hat Back Jon Klassen 2011 Canadian English
4989 The Wandering Falcon Jamil Ahmed 2011 Pakistani English
4990 The Black Swan Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2007 Lebanese English
4995 Persepolis Two Marjane Satrapi 2004 Iranian French
4996 The Sun Is Also A Star Nicola Yoon 2016 American English
5003 Feel Free Zadie Smith 2018 British English
5006 Against the Day Thomas Pynchon 2006 American English
5010 Zone One Colson Whitehead 2011 American English
5012 The Lesser Bohemians Eimear McBride 2016 Irish English
5013 Slave To Sensation Nalini Singh 2006 New Zealand English
5018 Me Before You Jojo Moyes 2012 British English
5028 The City & the City China Miéville 2009 British English
5030 Honored Guest Joy Williams 2004 American English
5030 The Sluts Dennis Cooper 2004 American English
5033 I Feel Bad About My Neck Nora Ephron 2006 American English
5038 Storm Front Jim Butcher 2000 American English
5086 Imperial Life in the Emerald City Rajiv Chandrasekaran 2006 American English
5092 Amity and Prosperity Eliza Griswold 2018 American English
5097 A Hunger Like No Other Kresley Cole 2006 American English
5099 Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese 2009 American English
5108 The Ministry Of Pain Dubravka Ugrešić 2004 Croatian Croatian
5108 Dancing In Odessa Ilya Kaminsky 2004 Ukrainian English