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 Age Of Entanglement Louisa Gilder 2009 American English
17163 Only The Longest Threads Tasneem Zehra Husain 2014 Pakistani English
17163 101 Quantum Questions Kenneth W. Ford 2011 American English
17163 The Woman Who Knew Too Much Gayle Greene 2005 American English
17163 Most Wanted Particle Jon Butterworth 2015 British English
17163 Martians Of Science Istvan Hargittai 2006 Unknown English
17163 The Cosmic Landscape Leonard Susskind 2005 American English
17163 Edge Of The Universe Paul Halpern 2012 American English
17163 Classical Mechanics Leonard Susskind, George Hrabovsky 2013 American English
17163 Dignaga's Investigation Of The Percept Douglas Duckworth 2016 Unknown English
17163 Japanese Philosophy John C. Maraldo, Thomas P. Kasulis, James W. Heisig 2011 American English
17163 The Philosophical Works Of Al Kindi Peter Adamson, Peter E. Pormann 2012 Unknown English
17163 La Charte Du Mandé Et Autres Traditions Du Mali Aboubakar Fofana, Jean-Louis Sagot 2003 French Unknown
17163 The Routledge Handbook Of Panpsychism William Seager 2020 Canadian English
17163 Justice As Fairness John Rawls 2001 American English
17163 If You're An Egalitarian, How Come You're So Rich? G. A. Cohen 2000 British English
17163 Justice For Hedgehogs Ronald Dworkin 2011 American English
17163 The Trouble With Physics Lee Smolin 2006 American English
17163 Nature Via Nurture Matt Ridley 2003 British English
17163 Hiding In The Mirror Lawrence M. Krauss 2005 American English
17163 Warped Passages Lisa Randall 2005 American English
17163 Blood On The River Marjoleine Kars 2020 British English
17163 Fifth Sun Camilla Townsend 2019 American English
17163 The Dawn Watch Maya Jasanoff 2017 American English
17163 The House Of The Dead Daniel Beer 2017 British English
17163 The Work Of The Dead Thomas W. Laqueur 2015 American English
17163 The Guardians Susan Pedersen 2015 Canadian English
17163 The Blood Telegram Gary J. Bass 2013 American English
17163 Iron Curtain Anne Applebaum 2012 American English
17163 Padre Pio Sergio Luzzatto 2007 Italian Italian
17163 Going Dutch Lisa Jardine 2008 British English
17163 All Can Be Saved Stuart B. Schwartz 2008 American English
17163 Dogside Story Patricia Grace 2001 New Zealand English
17163 Shell Shaker LeAnne Howe 2001 American English
17163 Dancing In The Dark Caryl Phillips 2005 Dutch English
17163 In Other Rooms, Other Wonders Daniyal Mueenuddin 2009 Pakistani English
17163 The Feast Of Love Charles Baxter 2000 American English
17163 The Piano Shop On The Left Bank Thad Carhart 2000 American English
17163 At Canaan's Edge Taylor Branch 2006 American English
17163 A Classical Education Richard Cobb 2009 American English
17163 Bound To Please Michael Dirda 2005 American English
17163 The Spare Room Helen Garner 2008 Australian English
17163 Flour Water Salt Yeast Ken Forkish 2012 American English
17163 My Father's Fortune Michael Frayn 2010 British English
17163 Ten Years In The Tub Nick Hornby 2013 British English
17163 Book Of Ages Jill Lepore 2013 American English
17163 Mrs. Adams In Winter Michael O'Brien 2010 Unknown English
17163 Artful Ali Smith 2012 British English
17163 River Of Shadows Rebecca Solnit 2003 American English
17163 This One Summer Mariko Tamaki 2014 Canadian English
17163 Map Wislawa Szymborska 2016 Polish Polish
17163 The Great Good Thing Roderick Townley 2001 American English
17163 The Element Of Lavishness William Maxwell 2000 American English
17163 April 1865 Jay Winik 2001 American English
17163 The Water Hole Graeme Base 2001 Australian English
17163 What's The Big Idea? Oscar Brenifier 2001 French English
17163 Pensa Hi Brigitte Labbé 2002 Unknown Unknown
17163 What About Anne-Sophie Chilard 2023 French Unknown
17163 Storia Del Dove Tommaso Maccacaro, Claudio M. Tartari 2017 Italian Unknown
17163 Earth Iain Stewart, John Lynch 2008 British English
17163 Oceans Paul Rose, Anne Laking 2008 British English
17163 Life Martha Holmes, Michael Gunton 2009 British English
17163 Design John Heskett 2005 British English
17163 Being Logical D. Q. McInerny 2004 American English
17163 Lost Memory Of Skin Russell Banks 2011 American English
17163 The Girl Who Drank The Moon Kelly Barnhill 2016 American English
17163 The Line Becomes A River Francisco Cantú 2018 American English
17163 Moonglow Michael Chabon 2016 American English
17163 New Kid Jerry Craft 2019 American English
17163 Claire Of The Sea Light Edwidge Danticat 2013 Haitian English
17163 The Doomsday Machine Daniel Ellsberg 2017 American English
17163 Feast Your Eyes Myla Goldberg 2019 American English
17163 Hello, Universe Erin Entrada Kelly 2017 American English
17163 Dig A. S. King 2019 American English
17163 On Such A Full Sea Chang-rae Lee 2014 American English
17163 Merci Suárez Changes Gears Meg Medina 2018 Mexican-American English
17163 Blood At The Root Patrick Phillips 2016 British English
17163 Bone Gap Laura Ruby 2015 British English
17163 The Book Of Aron Jim Shepard 2015 American English
17163 The Fishermen Chigozie Obioma 2015 Nigerian English
17163 Trampling Out The Vintage Frank Bardacke 2011 American English
17163 The American Crucible Robin Blackburn 2011 British English
17163 Thelonious Monk Robin D. G. Kelley 2009 American English
17163 Threatening Anthropology David H. Price 2004 American English
17163 The Dictionary Of Fashionable Nonsense Ophelia Benson, Jeremy Stangroom 2004 British English
17163 The Fall Of Rome Bryan Ward-Perkins 2005 British English
17163 Persian Fire Tom Holland 2005 British English
17163 Just The Arguments Michael Bruce, Steven Barbone 2011 American English
17163 Real Materialism And Other Essays Galen Strawson 2008 British English
17163 America Right Or Wrong Anatol Lieven 2004 British English
17163 5150 One Who Flew Into The Cuckoo's Nest Kathi Stringer 2007 American Unknown
17163 Eastern Philosophy Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad 2005 British English
17163 Explaining Social Behavior Jon Elster 2007 Norwegian English
17163 Think Like A Monk Jay Shetty 2020 British English
17163 Religion Explained Pascal Boyer 2001 French English
17163 The Problem Of The Soul Owen J. Flanagan 2002 American English
17163 Human Nature After Darwin Janet Radcliffe Richards 2000 British English
17163 Our Posthuman Future Francis Fukuyama 2002 American English
17163 The Courtier And The Heretic Matthew Stewart 2006 American English
17163 Our Final Century Martin Rees 2003 British English
17163 Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2000 American English
17163 Super Crunchers How Anything Can Be Predicted Ian Ayres 2007 American English
17163 How To Dunk A Doughnut Len Fisher 2002 British English
17163 The Secret Of Our Success Joseph Henrich 2015 American English
17163 The Social Conquest Of Earth E. O. Wilson 2012 American English
17163 The Man Game Lee Henderson 2008 Canadian English
17163 Louis Riel Chester Brown 2003 Canadian English
17163 Eunoia Christian Bök 2001 Canadian English
17163 The Middle Stories Sheila Heti 2001 Canadian English
17163 The Last Crossing Guy Vanderhaeghe 2002 Canadian English
17163 George Sprott Seth 2009 Canadian English
17163 The Slynx Tatyana Tolstaya 2000 Russian Russian
17163 Borrowed Finery Paula Fox 2001 American English
17163 American Ground William Langewiesche 2002 American English
17163 The Master Switch Tim Wu 2010 American English
17163 Travels In Siberia Ian Frazier 2010 American English
17163 Harlem Is Nowhere Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts 2011 American English
17163 The Old Ways Robert Macfarlane 2012 British English
17163 Lost Girls Robert Kolker 2013 American English
17163 The Trip To Echo Spring Olivia Laing 2013 British English