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 Last Days Adam Nevill 2012 British English
17163 No One Gets Out Alive Adam Nevill 2014 British English
17163 Rawblood Catriona Ward 2015 British English
17163 Disappearance At Devil's Rock Paul Tremblay 2016 American English
17163 Little Eve Catriona Ward 2018 British English
17163 The Reddening Adam Nevill 2019 British English
17163 The Once And Future Witches Alix E. Harrow 2020 American English
17163 The Bone Ships RJ Barker 2019 British English
17163 The Bitter Twins Jen Williams 2018 British English
17163 The Tiger And The Wolf Adrian Tchaikovsky 2016 British English
17163 Cuckoo Song Frances Hardinge 2014 British English
17163 The Icarus Plot Timothy Zahn 2022 American English
17163 A Star Wheeled Sky Brad R. Torgersen 2018 American English
17163 Somewhither John C. Wright 2015 American English
17163 Witch King Martha Wells 2023 American English
17163 Book Of Night Holly Black 2022 American English
17163 Battle Ground Jim Butcher 2020 American English
17163 House Of Assassins Larry Correia 2019 American English
17163 Monster Hunter Memories Larry Correia, John Ringo 2016 American English
17163 Son Of The Black Sword Larry Correia 2015 American English
17163 A House With Good Bones T. Kingfisher 2023 American English
17163 The Book Of Accidents Chuck Wendig 2021 American English
17163 The Hollow Places T. Kingfisher 2020 American English
17163 The Twisted Ones T. Kingfisher 2019 American English
17163 Little Darlings Melanie Golding 2019 British English
17163 Sleeping Beauties Stephen King, Owen King 2017 American English
17163 Souldancer Brian Niemeier 2016 American English
17163 I'm Thinking Of Ending Things Iain Reid 2016 Canadian English
17163 Be Here To Love Me At The End Of The World Sasha Fletcher 2021 American English
17163 Young Mungo Douglas Stuart 2022 British English
17163 These Violent Delights Micah Nemerever 2020 American English
17163 Vampire Academy Richelle Mead 2007 American English
17163 The Coin Light Amidst Shadows 2007 Unknown Unknown
17163 Arthur And The Invisibles Luc Besson 2002 French French
17163 Миличко мое тефтерче! Vesela Flamburari 2009 Bulgarian Bulgarian
17163 Моливко и Сръчко в България Valentin Postnikov, Adrian Lazarovski 2007 Bulgarian Bulgarian
17163 Тина и половина Yulia Spiridonova 2009 Bulgarian Russian
17163 Humanity's End Nicholas Agar 2010 New Zealand English
17163 The Cult Of Emptiness The Western Discovery Of Buddhist Thought And The Invention Of Oriental Philosophy Urs App 2012 Swiss English
17163 From Dawn To Decadence Jacques Barzun 2000 American English
17163 Political Order And Inequality Carles Boix 2015 Spanish English
17163 Paradigms Regained John L. Casti 2000 American English
17163 Evil In Modern Thought Susan Neiman 2002 American English
17163 The Great Divergence Kenneth Pomeranz 2000 American English
17163 The Great Leveler Walter Scheidel 2017 American English
17163 Ultrasociety Peter Turchin 2016 American English
17163 If The Universe Is Teeming With Aliens ... Where Is Everybody? Second Edition Stephen Webb 2015 British English
17163 The Inescapable Self Timothy Chappell 2006 British English
17163 The Appeal John Grisham 2008 American English
17163 A Painted House John Grisham 2001 American English
17163 Cross Fire James Patterson 2010 American English
17163 The Brethren John Grisham 2000 American English
17163 P Is For Peril Sue Grafton 2001 American English
17163 The Broker John Grisham 2005 American English
17163 The Camel Club David Baldacci 2005 American English
17163 Dear John Nicholas Sparks 2006 American English
17163 Fearless Fourteen Janet Evanovich 2008 American English
17163 Cross Country James Patterson 2008 American English
17163 The Last Juror John Grisham 2004 American English
17163 The Summons John Grisham 2002 American English
17163 First Family David Baldacci 2009 American English
17163 The Choice Nicholas Sparks 2007 American English
17163 The Higher Power Of Lucky Susan Patron 2006 American English
17163 The Lucky One Nicholas Sparks 2008 American English
17163 Worst Case James Patterson 2010 American English
17163 Inkspell Cornelia Funke 2005 German German
17163 Nights In Rodanthe Nicholas Sparks 2002 American English
17163 The Wedding Nicholas Sparks 2003 American English
17163 Alex Cross's Trial James Patterson 2009 American English
17163 Go Set A Watchman Harper Lee 2015 American English
17163 Bleachers John Grisham 2003 American English
17163 Elijah Of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis 2007 American English
17163 Swimsuit James Patterson 2009 American English
17163 The Associate John Grisham 2009 American English
17163 Vision In White Nora Roberts 2009 American English
17163 Thinking The Twentieth Century Tony Judt, Timothy Snyder 2012 American English
17163 The Shock Of The Old David Edgerton 2006 British English
17163 Sacred And Secular Ronald Inglehart, Pippa Norris 2004 American English
17163 Franchise Marcia Chatelain 2020 American English
17163 Covered With Night Nicole Eustace 2021 American English
17163 Cuba Ada Ferrer 2021 American English
17163 Freedom's Dominion Jefferson Cowie 2023 American English
17163 Beyond The Story BTS, Myeongseok Kang 2021 South Korean Korean
17163 The Edge Of Physics Anil Ananthaswamy 2010 Indian English
17163 Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly 2016 American English
17163 Big Bang Simon Singh 2004 British English
17163 The Planets Dava Sobel 2005 American English
17163 Brother Astronomer Guy Consolmagno 2000 American English
17163 Mapping The Heavens Priyamvada Natarajan 2016 American English
17163 The Black Hole War Leonard Susskind 2008 American English
17163 Breaking The Chains Of Gravity Amy Shira Teitel 2015 American English
17163 Exoplanets And Alien Solar Systems Tahir Yaqoob 2011 American English
17163 The Epigenetics Revolution Nessa Carey 2012 British English
17163 The Woman With A Worm In Her Head Pamela Nagami 2001 American English
17163 How To Cool The Planet Jeff Goodell 2010 American English
17163 The Death And Life Of The Great Lakes Dan Egan 2017 American English
17163 Sex In The Sea Marah J. Hardt 2016 American English
17163 Life On The Edge Johnjoe McFadden, Jim Al-Khalili 2015 British English
17163 Cannibalism Bill Schutt 2017 American English
17163 Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Joy DeGruy 2005 American English
17163 Queen Bees And Wannabes, 3rd Edition Rosalind Wiseman 2002 American English
17163 The Art Of Choosing Sheena Iyengar 2010 American English
17163 The Invisible Gorilla Christopher Chabris, Daniel Simons 2010 American English
17163 The Upside Of Irrationality Dan Ariely 2010 Israeli English
17163 How Pleasure Works Paul Bloom 2010 American English
17163 Liespotting Pamela Meyer 2010 American English
17163 Women In Science Rachel Ignotofsky 2016 American English
17163 So, You Want To Be A Coder? Jane Bedell 2016 American English
17163 Black Inventors For Children Charles Jones 2002 American Unknown
17163 Math Doesn't Suck Danica McKellar 2007 American English
17163 Bathtub Science Shar Levine 2001 British English
17163 Candy Experiments Loralee Leavitt 2013 Unknown English
17163 Mythbusters Science Fair Book Samantha Margles 2011 American English
17163 It's Not The Stork! Robie H. Harris 2006 American English
17163 The Story Of Snow Mark Cassino, Jon Nelson 2009 American English
17163 Almost Astronauts Tanya Lee Stone 2009 American English
17163 Earth Heroes Bruce Malnor, Carol Malnor 2009 American English
17163 Charged Up Jacqui Bailey 2004 British English
17163 The Periodic Table Adrian Dingle, Simon Basher 2007 British English
17163 Microlife That Helps Us Steve Parker 2005 British English