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 Let's Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson 2012 American English
17163 The Blue Zones Dan Buettner 2008 American English
17163 Determined Robert Sapolsky 2023 American English
17163 When Crack Was King Donovan X. Ramsey 2023 American English
17163 Dark Places Gillian Flynn 2009 American English
17163 Zero Charles Seife 2000 American English
17163 Cinema Speculation Quentin Tarantino 2022 American English
17163 A Man With One Of Those Faces Caimh McDonnell 2016 Irish English
17163 Between Two Fires Christopher Buehlman 2012 American English
17163 Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone Benjamin Stevenson 2022 Australian English
17163 Unwind Neal Shusterman 2007 American English
17163 Digital Minimalism Cal Newport 2019 American English
17163 Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat Samin Nosrat 2017 American English
17163 Extreme Ownership Jocko Willink 2015 American English
17163 The Ghost Map Steven Johnson 2006 American English
17163 At Home Bill Bryson 2010 American English
17163 Predictably Irrational Dan Ariely 2008 American English
17163 The Night Swim Megan Goldin 2020 Australian English
17163 Lapvona Ottessa Moshfegh 2022 American English
17163 Hidden Pictures Jason Rekulak 2022 American English
17163 How To Be An Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi 2019 American English
17163 Greenlights Matthew McConaughey 2020 American English
17163 Zero To One Peter Thiel 2014 American English
17163 Deep Work Cal Newport 2016 American English
17163 Never Split The Difference Chris Voss 2016 American English
17163 Ikigai Héctor García 2016 Spanish Spanish
17163 Craft Ananda Lima 2024 Unknown English
17163 Haunting Adeline H. D. Carlton 2021 Unknown English
17163 Gone To See The River Man Kristopher Triana 2020 American English
17163 The Heat Will Kill You First Jeff Goodell 2023 American English
17163 Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros 2023 American English
17163 Once Upon A Broken Heart Stephanie Garber 2021 American English
17163 My Dark Vanessa Kate Elizabeth Russell 2020 American English
17163 Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross 2023 American English
17163 Caraval Stephanie Garber 2017 American English
17163 Matty Matheson Richard Matheson 2024 American Unknown
17163 Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell 2007 American English
17163 American Predator Maureen Callahan 2019 American English
17163 Five Decembers James Kestrel 2021 American English
17163 If We Were Villains M. L. Rio 2017 American English
17163 Credence Penelope Douglas 2020 American English
17163 Ideas Peter Watson 2005 British English
17163 Would You Kill The Fat Man? David Edmonds 2013 British English
17163 Pink Slime Fernanda Trías 2024 Uruguayan Spanish
17163 Whiskey Tender Deborah Jackson Taffa 2024 American Unknown
17163 A Great Disorder Richard Slotkin 2024 American Unknown
17163 Circle Of Hope Eliza Griswold 2024 American English
17163 Our Moon Rebecca Boyle 2024 Unknown English
17163 Catalina Karla Cornejo Villavicencio 2024 American Unknown
17163 La Isla De Las Mujeres Del Mar Lisa See 2019 English
17163 Great Circle Maggie Shipstead 2021 American English
17163 Idlewild James Frankie Thomas 2023 American English
17163 Look To Windward Iain Banks 2000 British English
17163 Las Malas Camila Sosa Villada 2019 Argentinian Spanish
17163 Lecciones De Química Bonnie Garmus 2022 American English
17163 V13 Emmanuel Carrère 2024 French French
17163 Troya Stephen Fry 2020 British English
17163 Tomás Nevinson Javier Marias 2021 Spanish Spanish
17163 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer 2008 English
17163 The Children Act Ian McEwan 2014 English
17163 Irène Pierre Lemaitre 2006 French French
17163 Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate 2017 American English
17163 Monsieur Linh and His Child Philippe Claudel 2005 French French
17163 My Cat Yugoslavia Pajtim Statovci 2014 Finnish Finnish
17163 Harry Potter And The Methods Of Rationality Eliezer Yudkowsky 2010 American English
17163 She Comes First Ian Kerner 2004 American English
17163 Models Mark Manson 2011 American English
17163 The House Of Hades Rick Riordan 2013 American English
17163 Crooked Kingdom Leigh Bardugo 2016 American English
17163 Thinking In Bets Annie Duke 2018 American English
17163 How Democracies Die Steven Levitsky 2018 American English
17163 Good To Great Jim Collins 2001 American English
17163 Blink Malcolm Gladwell 2005 Canadian English
17163 David And Goliath Malcolm Gladwell 2013 Canadian English
17163 The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse Charlie Mackesy 2019 British English
17163 Creativity, Inc. Ed Catmull 2014 American English
17163 The Shards Bret Easton Ellis 2023 American English
17163 A Mind For Numbers Barbara Oakley 2014 American English
17163 Leave the World Behind Rumaan Alam 2020 English
17163 Unlimited Memory Kevin Horsley 2014 Unknown English
17163 The Personal Mba Josh Kaufman 2010 American English
17163 Us Against You Fredrik Backman 2017 Swedish Swedish
17163 Lying Sam Harris 2011 American English
17163 Arvet Efter Arn Jan Guillou 2001 Swedish Swedish
17163 Stalker Lars Kepler 2014 Swedish Swedish
17163 No Excuses! Brian Tracy 2010 American English
17163 Mastery Robert Greene 2012 American English
17163 How To Talk To Anyone Leil Lowndes 2003 American English
17163 The Fine Art Of Small Talk Debra Fine 2005 American English
17163 Divergent Veronica Roth 2011 American English
17163 The Game Neil Strauss 2005 American English
17163 Beautiful World, Where Are You Sally Rooney 2021 Irish English
17163 Can't Hurt Me David Goggins 2018 American English
17163 The Truth Neil Strauss 2015 American English
17163 Perfectly Ordinary People Nick Alexander 2023 British English
17163 The Strangler William Landay 2007 American English
17163 Doing Harm Kelly Parsons 2014 American English
17163 Road Of Bones Christopher Golden 2022 American English
17163 Nothing But Blackened Teeth Cassandra Khaw 2021 Malaysian English
17163 The Night Eaters Marjorie Liu 2022 Unknown English
17163 The Wizard And The Prophet Charles C. Mann 2018 American English
17163 Losing Earth Nathaniel Rich 2019 American English
17163 The Broken Ladder Keith Payne 2017 American English
17163 How Music Got Free Stephen Richard Witt 2015 American English
17163 Liquid Modernity Zygmunt Bauman 2000 Polish English
17163 How The World Became Rich Mark Koyama 2022 British English
17163 Frostbite Nicola Twilley 2024 Unknown Unknown
17163 How The World Ran Out Of Everything Peter S. Goodman 2024 American English
17163 Becoming Earth Ferris Jabr 2024 Unknown Unknown
17163 Every Living Thing Jason Roberts 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Allure Of The Multiverse Paul Halpern 2024 American English
17163 The Secret Life Of The Universe Nathalie A. Cabrol 2024 Unknown English
17163 Code Dependent Madhumita Murgia 2024 British Unknown
17163 Humanly Possible Sarah Bakewell 2023 British English
17163 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17163 How The World Made The West Josephine Quinn 2024 Unknown Unknown
17163 Into The Clear Blue Sky Rob Jackson 2024 Unknown Unknown
17163 The Storyteller Dave Grohl 2021 American English
17163 The Gifts Of Imperfection Brené Brown 2010 American English
17163 Wish You Were Here Jodi Picoult 2021 American English