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 Vanya And Sonia And Masha And Spike Christopher Durang 2013 American English
17163 Proof David Auburn 2000 American English
17163 The Motherf**Ker With The Hat Stephen Adly Guirgis 2011 American English
17163 Bad Jews Joshua Harmon 2013 American English
17163 A Doll's House, Part 2 Lucas Hnath 2017 American English
17163 Between Riverside & Crazy Stephen Adly Guirgis 2014 American English
17163 The Wolves Sarah DeLappe 2016 American English
17163 Anna In The Tropics Nilo Cruz 2003 American English
17163 The Royale Marco Ramirez 2013 American English
17163 Other Desert Cities Jon Robin Baitz 2011 American English
17163 Slave Play Jeremy O. Harris 2018 American English
17163 King Charles Iii Mike Bartlett 2014 British English
17163 Stuff Happens David Hare 2004 British English
17163 The Orphans’ Home Cycle Horton Foote 2009 American English
17163 House Of Many Ways Diana Wynne Jones 2008 British English
17163 Bad Marie Marcy Dermansky 2010 American English
17163 The Throwback Special Chris Bachelder 2016 American English
17163 A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall Will Chancellor 2014 American English
17163 Model Home Eric Puchner 2010 American English
17163 Pacific Tom Drury 2013 American English
17163 Hunts In Dreams Tom Drury 2000 American English
17163 Mister Monkey Francine Prose 2016 American English
17163 The Fates Will Find Their Way Hannah Pittard 2011 American English
17163 Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name Vendela Vida 2007 American English
17163 The Funny Man John Warner 2011 American English
17163 House Of Sky And Breath Sarah J. Maas 2022 American English
17163 The Nelson De Mille Collection Nelson DeMille 2003 American English
17163 I Am Charlotte Simmons Tom Wolfe 2004 American English
17163 Up Country Nelson DeMille 2002 American English
17163 A Breath Of Snow And Ashes Diana Gabaldon 2005 American English
17163 An Echo In The Bone Diana Gabaldon 2009 American English
17163 Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone Diana Gabaldon 2021 American English
17163 Heroines Kate Zambreno 2012 American English
17163 The Fiery Cross Diana Gabaldon 2001 American English
17163 Written In My Own Heart's Blood Diana Gabaldon 2014 American English
17163 Essential Labor Angela Garbes 2021 American English
17163 Revolting Prostitutes Molly Smith, Juno Mac 2018 British English
17163 A Kick In The Belly Stella Dadzie 2020 British English
17163 My Body Emily Ratajkowski 2021 American English
17163 Feminism For The 99% Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, Nancy Fraser 2019 American English
17163 Redefining Realness Janet Mock 2014 American English
17163 We Had To Remove This Post Hanna Bervoets 2021 Dutch Dutch
17163 Winter Ali Smith 2017 British English
17163 Spring Ali Smith 2019 British English
17163 The Terrible Yrsa Daley-Ward 2018 British English
17163 The Last Widow Karin Slaughter 2019 American English
17163 My Phantoms Gwendoline Riley 2021 British English
17163 Under Heaven Guy Gavriel Kay 2010 Canadian English
17163 The Way Of Shadows Brent Weeks 2008 American English
17163 Prince Of Thorns Mark Lawrence 2011 British English
17163 Palimpsest Catherynne M. Valente 2009 American English
17163 The Silent Land Graham Joyce 2010 British English
17163 The Killing Moon N. K. Jemisin 2012 American English
17163 Blackwing Ed McDonald 2017 British English
17163 Middlegame Seanan McGuire 2019 American English
17163 The Reading List Sara Nisha Adams 2021 British English
17163 Hollywood Park Mikel Jollett 2020 American English
17163 Dare Me Megan Abbott 2012 American English
17163 The Middlesteins Jami Attenberg 2012 American English
17163 Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self Danielle Evans 2010 American English
17163 Thank You For Your Service David Finkel 2013 American English
17163 Time Warped Claudia Hammond 2012 British English
17163 The Short And Tragic Life Of Robert Peace Jeff Hobbs 2014 American English
17163 Slow Getting Up Nate Jackson 2013 American English
17163 Submergence J. M. Ledgard 2011 British English
17163 We Were Liars E. Lockhart 2014 American English
17163 Those Guys Have All The Fun James Andrew Miller 2011 American English
17163 Bark Lorrie Moore 2014 American English
17163 Evil And The Mask Fuminori Nakamura 2010 Japanese Japanese
17163 Before I Fall Lauren Oliver 2010 American English
17163 The Psychopath Test Jon Ronson 2011 British English
17163 Adam Ariel Schrag 2014 American English
17163 Swimming Studies Leanne Shapton 2012 Canadian English
17163 And So It Goes Charles J. Shields 2011 American English
17163 I'll Be Right There Kyung-sook Shin 2010 South Korean Korean
17163 The Isle Of Youth Laura Van den Berg 2013 American English
17163 The Hills Have Spies Mercedes Lackey 2018 American English
17163 Rise Of The Dragons Morgan Rice 2014 American English
17163 The White Tower Michael Wisehart 2017 American English
17163 Evolution Stephen Baxter 2003 British English
17163 Hell Is The Absence Of God Ted Chiang 2001 American English
17163 Little Brother Cory Doctorow 2008 Canadian English
17163 Aftermath Chuck Wendig 2015 American English
17163 Life Debt Chuck Wendig 2016 American English
17163 Empire's End Chuck Wendig 2017 American English
17163 Universal Consciousness alexis karpouzos 2016 Greek Unknown
17163 Ruby Finley Vs. The Interstellar Invasion K. Tempest Bradford 2023 American English
17163 Riverland Fran Wilde 2019 American English
17163 The Art Of Starving Sam J. Miller 2017 American English
17163 Arabella Of Mars David D. Levine 2016 American English
17163 Updraft Fran Wilde 2015 American English
17163 Love Is The Drug Alaya Dawn Johnson 2014 American English
17163 Sister Mine Nalo Hopkinson 2013 Canadian English
17163 Fair Coin E. C. Myers 2012 American English
17163 The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making Catherynne M. Valente 2011 American English
17163 Flora's Dare Ysabeau S. Wilce 2008 American English
17163 Magic Or Madness Justine Larbalestier 2005 Australian English
17163 Valiant Holly Black 2005 American English
17163 City Of Last Chances Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022 British English
17163 Shards Of Earth Adrian Tchaikovsky 2021 British English
17163 Children Of Ruin Adrian Tchaikovsky 2019 British English
17163 Embers Of War Gareth L. Powell 2018 British English
17163 The Rift Nina Allan 2017 British English
17163 Europe In Winter Dave Hutchinson 2016 British English
17163 The House Of Shattered Wings Aliette de Bodard 2015 French English
17163 Ack Ack Macaque Gareth L. Powell 2012 British English
17163 Jack Glass Adam Roberts 2012 British English
17163 The Islanders Christopher Priest 2011 British English
17163 Brasyl Ian McDonald 2007 British English
17163 End Of The World Blues Jon Courtenay Grimwood 2006 British English
17163 Felaheen Jon Courtenay Grimwood 2003 British English
17163 Ash Mary Gentle 2000 British English
17163 The Tsar Of Love And Techno Anthony Marra 2015 American English
17163 City Of Thieves David Benioff 2008 American English
17163 The Night Of The Triffids Simon Clark 2001 British English
17163 Full Dark House Christopher Fowler 2003 British English
17163 Dusk Tim Lebbon 2006 British English
17163 The Grin Of The Dark Ramsey Campbell 2007 British English
17163 Memoirs Of A Master Forger William Heaney 2008 British English
17163 One Conrad Williams 2009 British English