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 Directed By Desire June Jordan 2005 American English
17163 African American Music Mellonee V. Burnim, Portia K. Maultsby 2006 American English
17163 All Bound Up Together Martha S. Jones 2007 American English
17163 Blue Chip Black Karyn R. Lacy 2007 American English
17163 Blood Dazzler Patricia Smith 2008 American English
17163 The Ethnic Project Vilna Bashi Treitler 2013 American English
17163 Things I Should Have Told My Daughter Pearl Cleage 2014 American English
17163 Dark Matters Simone Browne 2015 Canadian English
17163 Pushout Monique W. Morris 2016 American English
17163 Unequal City Carla Shedd 2015 American English
17163 White Rage Carol Anderson 2016 American English
17163 Whatever Happened To Interracial Love? Kathleen Collins 2016 American English
17163 Beyond Respectability Brittney C. Cooper 2017 American English
17163 How We Get Free Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 2017 American English
17163 Race After Technology Ruha Benjamin 2019 American English
17163 Magical Negro Morgan Parker 2019 American English
17163 The Looking Glass Wars Frank Beddor 2004 American English
17163 Delirium Laura Restrepo 2004 Colombian Spanish
17163 The Other Wind Ursula K. Le Guin 2001 American English
17163 The Facts Of Life Graham Joyce 2002 British English
17163 Tooth And Claw Jo Walton 2003 British English
17163 Soldier Of Sidon Gene Wolfe 2006 American English
17163 Ysabel Guy Gavriel Kay 2007 Canadian English
17163 Osama Lavie Tidhar 2011 British English
17163 Trouble The Saints Alaya Dawn Johnson 2020 American English
17163 The Jasmine Throne Tasha Suri 2021 British English
17163 Saint Death's Daughter C. S. E. Cooney 2022 American English
17163 The Sound Of A Wild Snail Eating Renee Raudman, Elisabeth Tova Bailey 2010 American English
17163 Claws Of The Cat Susan Spann 2013 American English
17163 Harsh Cry Of The Heron Lian Hearn 2006 Japanese English
17163 Solo Leveling 02 Dubu, CHUGONG 2020 Korean Korean
17163 Lord Brocktree Brian Jacques 2000 British English
17163 Keep Moving, Keep Shooting Clay E. Novak 2022 American Unknown
17163 Jujutsu Kaisen Gege Akutami 2018 Japanese Japanese
17163 Demon Slayer Koyoharu Gotouge 2016 Japanese Japanese
17163 Tamara Drewe Posy Simmonds 2007 British English
17163 The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil Stephen Collins 2013 British English
17163 I Am Pilgrim Terry Hayes 2013 American English
17163 Empireland Sathnam Sanghera 2021 British English
17163 Spqr Mary Beard 2015 British English
17163 A Line In The Sand James Barr 2011 British English
17163 Rogue Heroes Ben Macintyre 2016 British English
17163 The War On The West Douglas Murray 2022 British English
17163 Jerusalem Simon Sebag Montefiore 2011 British English
17163 The Ruin Of All Witches Malcolm Gaskill 2021 British English
17163 Operation Mincemeat Ben Macintyre 2010 British English
17163 Viking Britain Thomas Williams 2017 British English
17163 Spitfire John Nichol 2020 British English
17163 1,000 Years Of Annoying The French Stephen Clarke 2010 British English
17163 Black And British David Olusoga 2016 British English
17163 And Away… Bob Mortimer 2021 British English
17163 Behind The Mask Tyson Fury 2019 British English
17163 Red Notice Bill Browder 2015 American English
17163 The Salt Path Raynor Winn 2018 British English
17163 Pele Pele 2006 Brazilian English
17163 Lady In Waiting Anne Glenconner 2019 British English
17163 Airhead Emily Maitlis 2019 British English
17163 Good Vibes, Good Life Vex King 2018 British English
17163 Why Men Love Bitches Sherry Argov 2002 American English
17163 Otherlands Thomas Halliday 2022 British English
17163 Other Minds Peter Godfrey-Smith 2016 Australian English
17163 Wilding Isabella Tree 2018 British English
17163 Adventures Of A Young Naturalist Sir David Attenborough 2017 British English
17163 The Rise And Fall Of The Dinosaurs Steven Brusatte 2018 American English
17163 Mudlarking Lara Maiklem 2019 British English
17163 The Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen 2014 British English
17163 This Much Is True Miriam Margolyes 2021 British English
17163 Tall Tales And Wee Stories Bill Connolly 2019 Scottish English
17163 Wall And Piece Banksy 2005 British English
17163 Playing To The Gallery Grayson Perry 2014 British English
17163 Art Matters Neil Gaiman 2018 British English
17163 Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That Susie Hodge 2012 British English
17163 Caravaggio Andrew Graham Dixon 2010 British English
17163 The Good, The Bad, And The Multiplex Mark Kermode 2011 British English
17163 Rooftoppers Katherine Rundell 2013 British English
17163 How To Train Your Dragon Cressida Cowell 2003 British English
17163 On A Sunbeam Tillie Walden 2018 American English
17163 The Empress Of Salt And Fortune Nghi Vo 2020 American English
17163 Gorgias/Gorgias Coleen P. Zoller, Jurgen R. Gatt, S. Montgomery Ewegen 2023 Unknown Unknown
17163 Autonomous Annalee Newitz 2017 American English
17163 Iron Widow Xiran Jay Zhao 2021 Canadian English
17163 The Darkness That Comes Before R. Scott Bakker 2003 Canadian English
17163 That Bird Has My Wings Jarvis Jay Masters 2009 American English
17163 Somebody's Daughter Ashley C. Ford 2021 American English
17163 Finding Me Viola Davis 2022 American English
17163 South To America Imani Perry 2022 American English
17163 Thomas Mann Heinrich Mann Helmut Koopmann 2005 German German
17163 Craigslist Confessional Helena Dea Bala 2020 American English
17163 Crank Ellen Hopkins 2004 American English
17163 Ttyl Lauren Myracle 2004 American English
17163 Milk And Honey & The Sun And Her Flowers By Rupi Kaur 2 Books Collection Set Rupi Kaur 2014 Canadian English
17163 F*Ck Feelings Sarah Bennett, Michael Bennett 2015 American English
17163 Dear Medusa Olivia A. Cole 2023 American English
17163 Marked (House Of Night) Unknown 2007 American English
17163 The Luxe (Luxe Series, Book 1) Anna Godbersen 2007 American English
17163 Ttfn Lauren Myracle 2006 American English
17163 L8r, G8r Lauren Myracle 2007 American English
17163 Sara's Face Melvin Burgess 2006 British English
17163 I Hope This Reaches Her In Time r.h. Sin 2017 American English
17163 She Fits Inside These Words r.h. Sin, Robert M. Drake, Samantha King Holmes 2021 American English
17163 I Would Leave Me If I Could Halsey 2020 American English
17163 She Felt Like Feeling Nothing r.h. Sin 2018 American English
17163 Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass Lana Del Rey 2020 American English
17163 Empty Bottles Full Of Stories r.h. Sin, Robert M. Drake 2019 American English
17163 Love Her Wild Atticus 2017 Canadian English
17163 Super Cannes J. G. Ballard 2000 British English
17163 The Lambs Of London Peter Ackroyd 2004 British English
17163 Far Away Caryl Churchill 2000 British English
17163 Intimate Apparel Lynn Nottage 2003 American English
17163 An Oak Tree Tim Crouch 2005 British English
17163 The Effect Lucy Prebble 2012 British English
17163 One Man, Two Guvnors Richard Bean 2011 British English
17163 The Flick Annie Baker 2014 American English
17163 Radio Golf August Wilson 2007 American English
17163 4000 Miles Amy Herzog 2011 American English
17163 Red John Logan 2009 American English
17163 The Aliens Annie Baker 2010 American English
17163 The Inheritance Matthew Lopez 2020 American English
17163 Gloria Branden Jacob-Jenkins 2015 American English
17163 Good People David Lindsay-Abaire 2011 American English