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
17163 The Golem's Eye Jonathan Stroud 2004 British English
17163 Ptolemy's Gate Jonathan Stroud 2005 British English
17163 Corbenic Catherine Fisher 2002 British English
17163 The Queen of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2000 American English
17163 The King of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2006 American English
17163 A Conspiracy of Kings Megan Whalen Turner 2010 American English
17163 Vessel Sarah Beth Durst 2012 American English
17163 Doll Bones Holly Black 2013 American English
17163 A Snicker of Magic Natalie Lloyd 2014 American English
17163 Castle Hangnail Ursula Vernon 2015 American English
17163 The Inquisitor's Tale Adam Gidwitz 2016 American English
17163 Bob Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass 2018 American English
17163 Dragon Pearl Yoon Ha Lee 2019 American English
17163 Pahua and the Soul Stealer Lori Lee 2021 American English
17163 Root Magic Eden Royce 2021 American English
17163 Nova Swing M. John Harrison 2006 British English
17163 Black Man Richard Morgan 2007 British English
17163 The Testament Of Jessie Lamb Jane Rogers 2011 British English
17163 Dark Eden Chris Beckett 2012 British English
17163 Dreams Before The Start Of Time Anne Charnock 2017 British English
17163 Deep Wheel Orcadia Harry Josephine Giles 2021 Scottish Orcadian
17163 Bug Week & Other Stories Airini Beautrais 2020 New Zealander English
17163 Auē Becky Manawatu 2019 New Zealander English
17163 This Mortal Boy Fiona Kidman 2018 New Zealander English
17163 The New Animals Pip Adam 2017 New Zealander English
17163 The Wish Child Catherine Chidgey 2016 New Zealander English
17163 Coming Rain Stephen Daisley 2015 Australian English
17163 Rangatira Paula Morris 2011 New Zealander English
17163 The Hut Builder Laurence Fearnley 2010 New Zealander English
17163 As The Earth Turns Silver Alison Wong 2009 New Zealander English
17163 Blindsight Maurice Gee 2005 New Zealander English
17163 Slow Water Annamarie Jagose 2003 New Zealander English
17163 The Shag Incident Stephanie Johnson 2002 New Zealander English
17163 Stonedogs Craig Marriner 2002 New Zealander English
17163 Monstress Vol. 1 Marjorie Liu 2015 American English
17163 Hip Hop Family Tree Ed Piskor 2013 American English
17163 Black Panther By Ta Nehisi Coates Vol. 1 Ta-Nehisi Coates 2016 American English
17163 A Bride's Story Kaoru Mori 2009 Japanese Japanese
17163 The Devil All The Time Donald Ray Pollock 2011 American English
17163 Horrorstör Grady Hendrix 2014 American English
17163 Alice Christina Henry 2015 American English
17163 The Lamb Will Slaughter The Lion Margaret Killjoy 2017 American English
17163 The War That Saved My Life Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 2015 American English
17163 Dactyl Hill Squad Daniel José Older 2018 American English
17163 Front Desk Kelly Yang 2018 American English
17163 Wolf Hollow Lauren Wolk 2016 American English
17163 Journey Aaron Becker 2013 American English
17163 The Book With No Pictures B. J. Novak 2014 American English
17163 Worm Loves Worm J.J Austrian 2016 American English
17163 Maybe Something Beautiful F. Isabel Campoy 2016 American English
17163 The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson 2018 American English
17163 When Aidan Became A Brother Kyle Lukoff 2019 American English
17163 Dreamers Yuyi Morales 2018 Mexican English
17163 Drum Dream Girl Margarita Engle 2015 Cuban English
17163 The Suffragette Scandal Courtney Milan 2014 American English
17163 A Girl Like Her Talia Hibbert 2018 British English
17163 Savor The Moment Nora Roberts 2010 American English
17163 The Lady's Guide To Celestial Mechanics Olivia Waite 2019 American English
17163 Hate To Want You Alisha Rai 2017 American English
17163 The Quantum Thief Hannu Rajaniemi 2010 Finnish English
17163 Vn Madeline Ashby 2012 Canadian English
17163 The Stars Are Legion Kameron Hurley 2017 American English
17163 The Book Of Joy Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho 2016 Tibetan English
17163 Women & Money Suze Orman 2007 American English
17163 10% Happier Dan Harris 2014 American English
17163 Love Wins Debbie Cenziper 2016 American English
17163 No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference Greta Thunberg 2019 Swedish English
17163 In A Dark, Dark Wood Ruth Ware 2015 British English
17163 The Widow Fiona Barton 2016 British English
17163 The Woman In The Window A. J. Finn 2018 American English
17163 Heroine Mindy McGinnis 2019 American English
17163 When I Lived In Modern Times Linda Grant 2000 British English
17163 The Impressionist Hari Kunzru 2002 British English
17163 Boomerang Helen Simpson 2000 British English
17163 Something Like A House Sid Smith 2001 British English
17163 Our Horses In Egypt Rosalind Belben 2007 British English
17163 The Lotus Eaters Tatjani Soli 2010 American English
17163 You And I Padgett Powell 2011 American English
17163 The Deadman’s Pedal Alan Warner 2012 Scottish English
17163 In The Light Of What We Know Zia Haider Rahman 2014 British English
17163 You Don’t Have To Live Like This Benjamin Markovits 2015 American English
17163 Attrib. And Other Stories Eley Williams 2017 British English
17163 Lote Shola von Reinhold 2020 British English
17163 A Shock Keith Ridgway 2021 Irish English
17163 Living With Risk the British Medical Association Board of Science 2003 British English
17163 Mapping The Deep Robert Kunzig 2000 American English
17163 The Universe In A Nutshell Stephen Hawking 2001 British English
17163 Right Hand, Left Hand Chris McManus 2002 British English
17163 Electric Universe David Bodanis 2005 British English
17163 Six Degrees Mark Lynas 2007 British English
17163 Life Ascending Nick Lane 2009 British English
17163 The Wavewatcher's Companion Gavin Pretor-Pinney 2010 British English
17163 The Particle At The End Of The Universe Sean Carroll 2012 American English
17163 Adventures In The Anthropocene Gaia Vince 2014 British English
17163 Testosterone Rex Cordelia Fine 2017 Australian English
17163 Inventing Ourselves Sarah-Jayne Blakemore 2018 British English
17163 Explaining Humans Camilla Pang 2020 British English
17163 A (Very) Short History Of Life On Earth Henry Gee​ 2021 British English
17163 The Thousand Crimes Of Ming Tsu Tom Lin 2021 American English
17163 The Swimmers Julie Otsuka 2022 American English
17163 Doughnut Economics Kate Raworth 2017 British English
17163 So Many Ways To Begin Jon McGregor 2006 British English
17163 Reservoir 13 Jon McGregor 2017 British English
17163 Lighter Than My Shadow Katie Green 2013 British English
17163 With The End In Mind Kathryn Mannix 2017 British English
17163 Destiny Disrupted Tamim Ansary 2009 American English
17163 A Sunlit Absence Martin Laird 2011 American English
17163 Into The Silent Land Martin Laird 2006 British English
17163 Die Wise Stephen Jenkinson 2015 Canadian English
17163 The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog Bruce D. Perry, Danny Campbell, Maia Szalavita 2006 American English
17163 Stillness Speaks Eckhart Tolle 2003 German English
17163 The Wise Heart Jack Kornfield 2008 American English
17163 The Five Invitations Frank Ostaseski 2017 American English
17163 Words Of Radiance Brandon Sanderson, Kate Reading, Michael Kramer 2014 American English
17163 Her Last Flight Beatriz Williams 2020 American English
17163 Suburban Nation Andres Duany, Jeff Speck, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk 2000 American English
17163 The Beauty And The Sorrow Peter Englund 2011 Swedish Swedish
17163 The Selected Poems Of Nikki Giovanni Nikki Giovanni 2003 American English
17163 Where We Stand bell hooks 2000 American English
17163 Fledgling Octavia E. Butler 2005 American English