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
5112 Let The Right One In John Ajvide Lindqvist 2004 Swedish Swedish
5111 The War Of Art Steven Pressfield 2002 American English
5116 Swamplandia! Karen Russell 2011 American English
5119 Baudolino Umberto Eco 2000 Italian Italian
5120 In The Night Of Time Antonio Muñoz Molina 2012 Spanish Spanish
5142 Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert 2006 American English
5147 Before We Were Free Julia Alvarez 2002 American English
5151 Midnight In Peking Paul French 2012 British English
5153 Cursed Bunny Bora Chung 2021 Korean Korean
5154 Where The Crawdads Sing Delia Owens 2018 American English
5167 Bad Feminist Roxane Gay 2014 American English
5187 Stay True Hua Hsu 2022 Chinese English
5249 The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach 2011 American English
5257 Tiny Beautiful Things Cheryl Strayed 2012 American English
5259 Cockroaches Scholastique Mukasonga 2006 French French
5263 The Great Influenza John Barry 2004 American English
5267 A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah 2007 Sierra Leonean English
5268 What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Haruki Murakami 2007 Japanese Japanese
5273 Uncanny Valley Anna Wiener 2020 American English
5275 The Stone Sky N. K. Jemisin 2017 American English
5280 At Last Edward St Aubyn 2011 British English
5281 Declare Tim Powers 2000 American English
5283 Strangers To Ourselves Rachel Aviv 2022 American English
5300 The Museum Of Innocence Orhan Pamuk 2008 Turkish Turkish
5301 The Swarm Frank Schatzing 2004 German German
5309 The Emperor's Children Claire Messud 2006 American English
5313 A General Theory Of Oblivion José Eduardo Agualusa 2012 Angolan Portuguese
5317 Eleanor And Park Rainbow Rowell 2012 American English
5316 Faithless Joyce Carol Oates 2001 American English
5329 Grant Ron Chernow 2017 American English
5339 Days Without End Sebastian Barry 2016 Irish English
5343 White Girls Hilton Als 2013 American English
5352 Stasiland Anna Funder 2002 Australian English
5355 Praiseworthy Alexis Wright 2024 Australian English
5358 Team of Rivals Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005 American English
5374 Packing For Mars Mary Roach 2010 American English
5387 In Memory Of Memory Maria Stepanova 2017 Russian Russian
5390 Tom Lake Ann Patchett 2023 American English
5405 Murambi, The Book Of Bones Boubacar Boris Diop 2000 Senegalese French
5407 A Constellation of Vital Phenomena Anthony Marra 2013 American English
5413 Bad Science Ben Goldacre 2008 British English
5416 The Brodeck Report Philippe Claudel 2007 French French
5421 What The Dead Know Laura Lippman 2007 American English
5425 Glorious Exploits Ferdia Lennon 2024 Irish English
5426 At Night All Blood Is Black David Diop 2018 French French
5446 The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson 2010 American English
5457 Mercy Among The Children David Adams Richards 2000 Canadian English
5458 Forgotten Ally Rana Mitter 2013 British English
5460 The Yellow House Sarah M. Broom 2019 American English
5461 Giving up the Ghost Hilary Mantel 2003 British English
5462 The Animals In That Country Laura Jean McKay 2020 Australian English
5465 Child 44 Tom Rob Smith 2008 Russian English
5480 The Ministry For the Future Kim Stanley Robinson 2020 American English
5485 Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty 2014 Australian English
5490 The Slap Christos Tsiolkas 2008 Australian English
5492 The Lost Daniel Mendelsohn 2006 American English
5493 Royally Screwed Emma Chase 2016 American English
5507 Seven Days In June Tia Williams 2021 American English
5529 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride 2023 American English
5568 Everything I Never Told You Celeste Ng 2014 American English
5572 Stranger Things Happen Kelly Link 2001 American English
5573 Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser 2001 American English
5581 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
5588 Caste Isabel Wilkerson 2020 American English
5594 World War Z Max Brooks 2006 American English
5595 Poetry And Truth From My Own Life Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 2004 German English
5596 The Sound Of Things Falling Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2011 Colombian Spanish
5597 The Lazarus Project Aleksandar Hemon 2008 Bosnian English
5598 Bloodlands Timothy Snyder 2010 American English
5599 Changing My Mind Zadie Smith 2009 British English
5599 The Lost City of Z David Grann 2009 American English
5602 Jar City Arnaldur Indriðason 2000 Icelandic Icelandic
5603 Canada Richard Ford 2012 American English
5605 Krakatoa Simon Winchester 2003 Krakatoa English
5605 Sex, Drugs, And Cocoa Puffs Chuck Klosterman 2003 American English
5611 The Righteous Mind Jonathan Haidt 2012 American English
5612 Zuleikha Guzel Yakhina 2015 Russian Russian
5614 The Mushroom At The End Of The World Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing 2015 American English
5618 Our Share of Night Mariana Enríquez 2019 Argentinian Spanish
5619 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney 2007 American English
5621 The Thing About December Donal Ryan 2013 Irish English
5623 Biography Of X Catherine Lacey 2023 American English
5624 Wave Sonali Deraniyagala 2013 Sri Lankan English
5634 A Life's Work Rachel Cusk 2001 British English
5633 Sabrina Nick Drnaso 2018 American English
5636 Book Lovers Emily Henry 2021 American English
5642 Enlightenment Now Steven Pinker 2018 American English
5642 These Truths Jill Lepore 2018 American English
5651 Nothing To See Here Kevin Wilson 2019 American English
5661 Bluebird, Bluebird Attica Locke 2017 American English
5679 The Covenant Of Water Abraham Verghese 2023 American English
5686 The Constant Gardener John le Carré 2001 British English
5687 The Saint Of Bright Doors Vajra Chandrasekera 2023 Unknown English
5689 Life Begins On Friday Ioana Pârvulescu 2009 Romanian Romanian
5693 Night Boat To Tangier Kevin Barry 2019 Irish English
5701 Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie 2013 American English
5706 The Sum Of Us Heather McGhee 2021 American English
5715 The Twin Gerbrand Bakker 2006 Dutch Dutch
5719 Manhood For Amateurs Michael Chabon 2009 American English
5721 Youth J. M. Coetzee 2002 South African English
5720 Warlight Michael Ondaatje 2018 Canadian English
5728 My Kind of Place Susan Orlean 2004 American English
5729 I, The Divine Rabih Alameddine 2001 Lebanese English
5731 In The Presence Of Absence Mahmoud Darwish 2006 Palestinian Arabic
5732 At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O'Neill 2001 Irish English
5735 Vernon God Little DBC Pierre 2003 British English
5739 Anil's Ghost Michael Ondaatje 2000 Canadian English
5740 One Of Us Asne Seierstad 2013 Norwegian Norwegian
5743 Can You Keep A Secret? Sophie Kinsella 2003 British English
5758 Come Closer Sara Gran 2003 American English
5761 The Scar China Miéville 2002 British English
5780 Entangled Life Merlin Sheldrake 2020 British English
5802 Kruso Lutz Seiler 2014 German German
5804 Martyr! Kaveh Akbar 2024 American English
5806 Five Days at Memorial Sheri Fink 2013 American English
5808 Prairie Fires Caroline Fraser 2017 American English
5811 John Dies At The End David Wong 2007 American English
5819 Perma Red Debra Magpie Earling 2002 American English
5819 The Russian Debutante’s Handbook Gary Shteyngart 2002 American English
5927 Hope in the Dark Rebecca Solnit 2004 American English