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
17165 One Day Gene Weingarten 2019 American English
17165 My Favourite Wife Tony Parsons 2008 British English
17165 Breath and Bone Carol Berg 2008 American English
17165 Eternal Treblinka Charles Patterson 2002 American English
17165 The Purpose Driven Life Rick Warren 2002 American English
17165 Honor Sonallah Ibrahim 2017 Egyptian Arabic
17165 The Animists Ibrahim al-Koni 2012 Libyan Arabic
17165 The Return Of The Absent Munther al-Qabbani 2006 Unknown Arabic
17165 Sana’a Mohammed Abdul Wali 2005 Yemeni Unknown
17165 Seventh Day Of Creation Abdel Khaliq al-Rikabi 2008 Iraqi Arabic
17165 The Blockade Fawzia Rasheed 2017 Unknown Unknown
17165 Al Khamasseya Ismail Fahd Ismail 2002 Kuwaiti Arabic
17165 Essential Pillars Elias Farkouh 2002 Jordanian Unknown
17165 Jisr Banat Yacoub Hassan Hamid 2017 Syrian Arabic
17165 A Man From Bashmour Salwa Bakr 2007 Egyptian Arabic
17165 The River Of Doubt Candice Millard 2005 American English
17165 When Victims Become Killers Mahmood Mamdani 2001 American English
17165 Last Kingdom Series Bernard Cornwell 2004 British English
17165 The Secret Book Of Kings Yokhi Brandes 2008 Israeli Hebrew
17165 My Life On The Road Gloria Steinem 2015 American English
17165 The Truth, The Whole Truth & Nothing But The Truth Barry Zalma 2010 American Unknown
17165 My Year Abroad Chang-rae Lee 2021 American English
17165 A Golden Age Tahmima Anam 2007 Bangladeshi English
17165 The Memory Of Love Aminatta Forna 2010 British English
17165 The Bone Readers Jacob Ross 2016 British English
17165 How We Disappeared Jing-Jing Lee 2019 Singaporean English
17165 A Passage North Anuk Arudpragasam 2021 Sri Lankan English
17165 Namíbia, Não! Aldri Anunciação 2012 Brazilian Portuguese
17165 The Book Of Longings Sue Monk Kidd 2020 American English
17165 United As One (Lorien Legacies Book 7) Pittacus Lore 2016 American English
17165 The Courage To Be Disliked Ichirō Kishimi, Fumitake Koga 2013 Japanese Japanese
17165 Leica Format Daša Drndić 2003 Croatian Croatian
17165 More Than I Love My Life David Grossman 2021 Israeli Hebrew
17165 Barkskins Annie Proulx 2016 American English
17165 A Book Of American Martyrs Joyce Carol Oates 2017 American English
17165 Les Lois De L'ascension Céline Curiol 2021 French French
17165 Lo Demás Es Aire Juan Gómez Bárcena 2022 Spanish Spanish
17165 Castillos De Fuego Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 2022 Spanish Spanish
17165 Los Escorpiones Sara Barquinero 2024 Spanish Spanish; castilian
17165 Indignation Philip Roth 2008 American English
17165 Minor Feelings Cathy Park Hong 2020 American English
17165 Grand Canyon Jason Chin 2017 American English
17165 Dog Flowers Danielle Geller 2021 American English
17165 My Broken Language Quiara Alegría Hudes 2021 American English
17165 Finding Winnie Lindsay Mattick 2015 Canadian English
17165 Nothing Ever Dies Viet Thanh Nguyen 2016 American English
17165 Once Upon A Time In The East Xiaolu Guo 2017 British English
17165 Beijing Coma Ma Jian 2008 Chinese Chinese
17165 Frog Yan Mo 2009 Chinese Chinese
17165 Esv Unknown 2001 Unknown Unknown
17165 Wolf Totem Jiang Rong 2004 Chinese Chinese
17165 Leave Me Alone Murong Xuecun 2002 Chinese Chinese
17165 The Flowers Of War Yan Geling 2006 Chinese Chinese
17165 Happy Dreams Jia Pingwa 2007 Chinese Chinese
17165 The Fat Years Chan Koonchung 2009 Chinese Chinese
17165 Lotus Lijia Zhang 2017 Chinese English
17165 War And Peace And War Peter Turchin 2005 American English
17165 Permafrost Eva Baltasar 2018 Spanish Catalan
17165 A Girl Returned Donatella Di Pietrantonio 2017 Italian Italian
17165 Motherhood Sheila Heti 2018 Canadian English
17165 Accabadora Michela Murgia 2009 Italian Italian
17165 The Love Object Edna O'Brien 2013 Irish English
17165 44 Scotland Street Collection Alexander McCall Smith 2005 British English
17165 The Sum Of Our Days Isabel Allende 2008 Chilean Spanish
17165 Soloman (Torre De Papel) Ramon Garcia 2021 Spanish Unknown
17165 Tyranny Of Merit Michael J. Sandel 2020 American English
17165 Wild Robot Peter Brown 2016 American English
17165 The Informant Kurt Eichenwald 2000 American English
17165 Ay, William / Oh William! Elizabeth Strout 2021 American English
17165 On Trails Robert Moor 2016 American English
17165 Meet Me In The Bathroom Lizzy Goodman 2017 American English
17165 Y The Last Man Brian K. Vaughan 2002 American English
17165 The Last Murder At The End Of The World Stuart Turton 2024 British English
17165 Murder Road Simone St. James 2024 Canadian English
17165 None Of This Is True Lisa Jewell 2023 British English
17165 The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes Suzanne Collins 2020 American English
17165 Unreasonable Hospitality Will Guidara 2022 American English
17165 Lean In Sheryl Sandberg 2013 American English
17165 Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice For Murderers Jesse Q. Sutanto 2023 British English
17165 Wrong Place Wrong Time Gillian McAllister 2022 British English
17165 A Heart That Works Rob Delaney 2022 British English
17165 As Good As Dead Holly Jackson 2021 British English
17165 Last Summer At The Golden Hotel Elyssa Friedland 2021 American English
17165 Good Girl, Bad Blood Holly Jackson 2020 British English
17165 Carrie Soto Is Back Taylor Jenkins Reid 2022 American English
17165 A Good Girl's Guide To Murder Holly Jackson 2019 British English
17165 Stolen Focus Johann Hari 2022 British English
17165 Mythos Stephen Fry 2017 British English
17165 Finding Freedom Erin French 2021 American English
17165 The Alice Network Kate Quinn 2017 American English
17165 The 7 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Stuart Turton 2018 English
17165 Conviction Denise Mina 2019 Scottish English
17165 Sharp Objects Gillian Flynn 2006 American English
17165 The Flatshare Beth O'Leary 2019 British English
17165 Talking To Strangers Malcolm Gladwell 2019 Canadian English
17165 The Rose Code Kate Quinn 2021 American English
17165 Words That Work Frank I. Luntz 2007 American English
17165 Malibu Rising Taylor Jenkins Reid 2021 American English
17165 Pete The Cat Kimberly Dean 2008 American English
17165 Ready Player Two Ernest Cline 2020 American English
17165 Armada Ernest Cline 2015 American English
17165 Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Sherri Duskey Rinker 2011 American English
17165 Problems Of Knowledge Michael J. Williams 2001 American English
17165 We Are In A Book! Mo Willems 2010 American English
17165 Is There A Dog In This Book? Viviane Schwarz 2014 British English
17165 Pirate Latitudes Michael Crichton 2009 American English
17165 Each Kindness Jacqueline Woodson 2012 American English
17165 The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan 2005 American English
17165 The Day The Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt 2013 American English
17165 Η θεραπεία του Σοπενάουερ Irvin D. Yalom 2005 English
17165 Woodworm Layla Martínez 2024 Spanish Unknown
17165 A Short Stay In Hell Steven L. Peck 2012 American English
17165 The Gone World Tom Sweterlitsch 2018 American English
17165 The Last Kingdom Bernard Cornwell 2004 British English
17165 Real Americans Rachel Khong 2024 American Unknown
17165 Mickey7 Edward Ashton 2022 American English
17165 Paris, 1919 Margaret MacMillan 2001 Canadian English
17165 Rock Paper Scissors Alice Feeney 2021 British English
17165 And The Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini 2013 American English
17165 Breath James Nestor 2020 American English