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 Mina's Matchbox Yōko Ogawa 2024 Japanese English
14984 Sandwich Catherine Newman 2024 Unknown English
14984 The Teller Of Small Fortunes Julie Leong 2024 Unknown English
14984 The Haunting Of Velkwood Gwendolyn Kiste 2024 Unknown English
14984 Bury Your Gays Chuck Tingle 2024 Unknown English
14984 Help Wanted Adelle Waldman 2024 Unknown English
14984 Worry Alexandra Tanner 2024 Unknown English
14984 City Of Night Birds Juhea Kim 2024 Unknown English
14984 Tyranny Of The Minority Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt 2024 American English
14984 The Coming Wave Mustafa Suleyman, Michael Bhaskar 2024 English
14984 The Wright Brothers David McCullough 2015 American English
14984 Middle Of The Night Riley Sager 2024 American English
14984 Cheri Jo Ann Beard 2023 Unknown English
14984 Parade Rachel Cusk 2024 Unknown English
14984 Emily Wilde's Map Of The Otherlands Heather Fawcett 2024 Unknown English
14984 The Prospects KT Hoffman 2024 Unknown English
14984 Kareem Between Shifa Saltagi Safadi 2024 Unknown English
14984 Beneath A Scarlet Sky Mark T. Sullivan 2017 American English
14984 The Ask Sam Lipsyte 2010 American English
14984 The Blue Fox Sjón 2003 Icelandic Icelandic
14984 There Is No Antimemetics Division qntm 2020 Unknown English
14984 The Deluge Stephen Markley 2023 Unknown English
14984 The New Life Tom Crewe 2023 Unknown English
14984 The Crisis Of Narration Byung-Chul Han 2023 German German
14984 A City On Mars Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith 2023 Unknown English
14984 A Stroke Of The Pen Terry Pratchett 2023 British English
14984 Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell 2023 British English
14984 The Four Winds Kristin Hannah 2021 American English
14984 Benediction Kent Haruf 2013 American English
14984 Anthony Blunt: His Lives Miranda Carter 2001 British English
14984 Monica Daniel Clowes 2023 American English
14984 The Last Mughal William Dalrymple 2006 British English
14984 Sacred Games Vikram Chandra 2006 Indian English
14984 Ru Kim Thuy 2009 Canadian French
14984 Starling House Alix E. Harrow 2023 American English
14984 Brotherless Night V.V. Ganeshananthan 2023 Unknown English
14984 Hijab Butch Blues Lamya H. 2023 Unknown English
14984 Genentech Sally Smith Hughes 2009 Unknown English
14984 Tokyo Ueno Station Miri, Yu 2014 Japanese Japanese
14984 Mouth To Mouth Antoine Wilson 2022 American English
14984 The Art Of Hearing Heartbeats Jan-Philipp Sendker 2002 German German
14984 Oscar Wars Michael Schulman 2023 Unknown English
14984 The Adventures Of Amina Al Sirafi S. A. Chakraborty 2023 American English
14984 They Called Us Enemy George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott 2019 American English
14984 Eve Cat Bohannon 2023 Unknown English
14984 Winter's Orbit Everina Maxwell 2021 British English
14984 The Water Outlaws S. L. Huang 2023 Unknown English
14984 The Hurricane Wars Thea Guanzon 2023 Unknown English
14984 A Marvellous Light Freya Marske 2021 British English
14984 The Book Of Azrael Amber Nicole 2022 Unknown English
14984 Assistant To The Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023 Unknown English
14984 A Touch Of Darkness Scarlett St. Clair 2019 Unknown English
14984 Powerless Lauren Roberts 2023 Unknown English
14984 The Fragile Threads Of Power V. E. Schwab 2023 American English
14984 This Will Be Fun E. B. Asher 2024 Unknown English
14984 Ultra Processed People Chris van Tulleken 2023 British English
14984 Lady Tan’s Circle Of Women Lisa See 2023 Unknown English
14984 The Faculty of Dreams Sara Stridsberg 2006 Swedish Swedish
14984 Baboon Naja Marie Aidt 2006 Danish Danish
14984 The Happiest Man On Earth Eddie Jaku 2020 Unknown English
14984 Olivia Ian Falconer 2000 American English
14984 Press Here Herve Tullet 2010 French French
14984 The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore William Joyce 2011 American English
14984 The Wednesday Wars Gary D. Schmidt 2007 American English
14984 The History Of Bees Maja Lunde 2015 Norwegian Norwegian
14984 Faces In The Crowd Valeria Luiselli 2011 Mexican Spanish
14984 Please Look After Mom Kyung-sook Shin 2008 Korean Korean
14984 Starter Villain John Scalzi 2023 American English
14984 The Fairy Tale Detectives Michael Buckley 2005 American English
14984 Fatherland Burkhard Bilger 2023 Unknown English
14984 Of Boys And Men Richard Reeves 2022 Unknown English
14984 My Name Is Yoon Helen Recorvits 2003 American English
14984 Rosarita Anita Desai 2024 Unknown English
14984 Held Anne Michaels 2023 Unknown English
14984 All My Rage Sabaa Tahir 2022 American English
14984 The Unit Ninni Holmqvist 2006 Swedish Swedish
14984 The Vegan Andrew Lipstein 2023 Unknown English
14984 How Much Of These Hills Is Gold C Pam Zhang 2020 American English
14984 The End Of Drum Time Hanna Pylväinen 2023 Unknown English
14984 Harold Steven Wright 2023 Unknown English
14984 Other People's Clothes Calla Henkel 2022 Unknown English
14984 The Road To Roswell Connie Willis 2023 American English
14984 The Latecomer Jean Hanff Korelitz 2022 American English
14984 Treacle Walker Alan Garner 2023 British English
14984 The Most Secret Memory Of Men Mohamed Mbougar Sarr 2023 Senegalese French
14984 The Blazing World Jonathan Healey 2023 Unknown English
14984 The Wager David Grann 2023 American English
14984 Poverty, By America Matthew Desmond 2023 American English
14984 Above Ground Clint Smith 2023 American English
14984 Absolution Alice McDermott 2023 American English
14984 Affinities Brian Dillon 2023 British English
14984 We Were Once A Family Roxanna Asgarian 2023 Unknown English
14984 Sharks In The Time Of Saviors Kawai Strong Washburn 2020 American English
14984 The Secret Lives Of Church Ladies Deesha Philyaw 2020 American English
14984 Normal Women Philippa Gregory 2023 British English
14984 Siete Casas Vacías Samanta Schweblin 2015 Argentinian Spanish
15565 Loonshots Safi Bahcall 2019 American English
15565 The Ride Of A Lifetime Robert Iger 2019 American English
15565 The Moment Of Lift Melinda Gates 2019 American English
15565 Tools And Weapons Brad Smith 2019 American English
15565 Hacking Darwin Jamie Metzl 2019 American English
15565 From The Ground Up Howard Schultz 2019 American English
15565 Blueprint Nicholas A. Christakis 2019 American English
15565 The Mosquito Timothy C. Winegard 2019 Canadian English
15565 Growth Vaclav Smil 2019 Canadian English
15565 Good Economics For Hard Times Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo 2019 American English
15565 Prepared Diane Tavenner 2019 American English
15565 A Song For The Dark Times Ian Rankin 2020 British English
15565 In The Valley Ron Rash 2020 American English
15565 The Last Trial Scott Turow 2020 American English
15565 A Private Cathedral James Lee Burke 2020 American English
15565 Music For Wartime Rebecca Makkai 2015 American English
15565 Beyond Words Carl Safina 2015 American English
15587 Ghana Must Go Taiye Selasi 2013 American English
15592 Broken Genius Joel N. Shurkin 2020 American English
15592 Breath From Salt Bijal P. Trivedi 2020 American English
15592 The Mandela Plot Kenneth Bonert 2018 Canadian English
15614 Play Nice But Win Michael Dell 2021 American English
15614 The Code Breaker Walter Isaacson 2021 American English
15614 A Thousand Brains Jeff Hawkins 2021 American English