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
5114 Let The Right One In John Ajvide Lindqvist 2004 Swedish Swedish
5113 The War Of Art Steven Pressfield 2002 American English
5118 Swamplandia! Karen Russell 2011 American English
5121 Baudolino Umberto Eco 2000 Italian Italian
5122 In The Night Of Time Antonio Muñoz Molina 2012 Spanish Spanish
5144 Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert 2006 American English
5149 Before We Were Free Julia Alvarez 2002 American English
5153 Midnight In Peking Paul French 2012 British English
5155 Cursed Bunny Bora Chung 2021 Korean Korean
5156 Where The Crawdads Sing Delia Owens 2018 American English
5169 Bad Feminist Roxane Gay 2014 American English
5189 Stay True Hua Hsu 2022 Chinese English
5250 The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach 2011 American English
5258 Tiny Beautiful Things Cheryl Strayed 2012 American English
5260 Cockroaches Scholastique Mukasonga 2006 French French
5264 The Great Influenza John Barry 2004 American English
5268 A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah 2007 Sierra Leonean English
5269 What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Haruki Murakami 2007 Japanese Japanese
5274 Uncanny Valley Anna Wiener 2020 American English
5276 The Stone Sky N. K. Jemisin 2017 American English
5281 At Last Edward St Aubyn 2011 British English
5282 Declare Tim Powers 2000 American English
5284 Strangers To Ourselves Rachel Aviv 2022 American English
5301 The Museum Of Innocence Orhan Pamuk 2008 Turkish Turkish
5302 The Swarm Frank Schatzing 2004 German German
5310 The Emperor's Children Claire Messud 2006 American English
5314 A General Theory Of Oblivion José Eduardo Agualusa 2012 Angolan Portuguese
5318 Eleanor And Park Rainbow Rowell 2012 American English
5317 Faithless Joyce Carol Oates 2001 American English
5330 Grant Ron Chernow 2017 American English
5340 Days Without End Sebastian Barry 2016 Irish English
5344 White Girls Hilton Als 2013 American English
5353 Stasiland Anna Funder 2002 Australian English
5356 Praiseworthy Alexis Wright 2024 Australian English
5359 Team of Rivals Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005 American English
5375 Packing For Mars Mary Roach 2010 American English
5388 In Memory Of Memory Maria Stepanova 2017 Russian Russian
5391 Tom Lake Ann Patchett 2023 American English
5406 Murambi, The Book Of Bones Boubacar Boris Diop 2000 Senegalese French
5408 A Constellation of Vital Phenomena Anthony Marra 2013 American English
5414 Bad Science Ben Goldacre 2008 British English
5417 The Brodeck Report Philippe Claudel 2007 French French
5422 What The Dead Know Laura Lippman 2007 American English
5426 Glorious Exploits Ferdia Lennon 2024 Irish English
5427 At Night All Blood Is Black David Diop 2018 French French
5447 The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson 2010 American English
5458 Mercy Among The Children David Adams Richards 2000 Canadian English
5459 Forgotten Ally Rana Mitter 2013 British English
5461 The Yellow House Sarah M. Broom 2019 American English
5462 Giving up the Ghost Hilary Mantel 2003 British English
5463 The Animals In That Country Laura Jean McKay 2020 Australian English
5466 Child 44 Tom Rob Smith 2008 Russian English
5481 The Ministry For the Future Kim Stanley Robinson 2020 American English
5486 Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty 2014 Australian English
5491 The Slap Christos Tsiolkas 2008 Australian English
5493 The Lost Daniel Mendelsohn 2006 American English
5494 Royally Screwed Emma Chase 2016 American English
5508 Seven Days In June Tia Williams 2021 American English
5530 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride 2023 American English
5569 Everything I Never Told You Celeste Ng 2014 American English
5573 Stranger Things Happen Kelly Link 2001 American English
5574 Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser 2001 American English
5582 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
5589 Caste Isabel Wilkerson 2020 American English
5595 World War Z Max Brooks 2006 American English
5596 Poetry And Truth From My Own Life Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 2004 German English
5597 The Sound Of Things Falling Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2011 Colombian Spanish
5598 The Lazarus Project Aleksandar Hemon 2008 Bosnian English
5599 Bloodlands Timothy Snyder 2010 American English
5600 Changing My Mind Zadie Smith 2009 British English
5600 The Lost City of Z David Grann 2009 American English
5603 Jar City Arnaldur Indriðason 2000 Icelandic Icelandic
5604 Canada Richard Ford 2012 American English
5606 Krakatoa Simon Winchester 2003 Krakatoa English
5606 Sex, Drugs, And Cocoa Puffs Chuck Klosterman 2003 American English
5612 The Righteous Mind Jonathan Haidt 2012 American English
5613 Zuleikha Guzel Yakhina 2015 Russian Russian
5615 The Mushroom At The End Of The World Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing 2015 American English
5619 Our Share of Night Mariana Enríquez 2019 Argentinian Spanish
5620 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney 2007 American English
5622 The Thing About December Donal Ryan 2013 Irish English
5624 Biography Of X Catherine Lacey 2023 American English
5625 Wave Sonali Deraniyagala 2013 Sri Lankan English
5635 A Life's Work Rachel Cusk 2001 British English
5634 Sabrina Nick Drnaso 2018 American English
5637 Book Lovers Emily Henry 2021 American English
5643 Enlightenment Now Steven Pinker 2018 American English
5643 These Truths Jill Lepore 2018 American English
5652 Nothing To See Here Kevin Wilson 2019 American English
5662 Bluebird, Bluebird Attica Locke 2017 American English
5680 The Covenant Of Water Abraham Verghese 2023 American English
5687 The Constant Gardener John le Carré 2001 British English
5688 The Saint Of Bright Doors Vajra Chandrasekera 2023 Unknown English
5690 Life Begins On Friday Ioana Pârvulescu 2009 Romanian Romanian
5694 Night Boat To Tangier Kevin Barry 2019 Irish English
5702 Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie 2013 American English
5707 The Sum Of Us Heather McGhee 2021 American English
5716 The Twin Gerbrand Bakker 2006 Dutch Dutch
5720 Manhood For Amateurs Michael Chabon 2009 American English
5722 Youth J. M. Coetzee 2002 South African English
5721 Warlight Michael Ondaatje 2018 Canadian English
5729 My Kind of Place Susan Orlean 2004 American English
5730 I, The Divine Rabih Alameddine 2001 Lebanese English
5732 In The Presence Of Absence Mahmoud Darwish 2006 Palestinian Arabic
5733 At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O'Neill 2001 Irish English
5736 Vernon God Little DBC Pierre 2003 British English
5740 Anil's Ghost Michael Ondaatje 2000 Canadian English
5741 One Of Us Asne Seierstad 2013 Norwegian Norwegian
5744 Can You Keep A Secret? Sophie Kinsella 2003 British English
5759 Come Closer Sara Gran 2003 American English
5762 The Scar China Miéville 2002 British English
5781 Entangled Life Merlin Sheldrake 2020 British English
5803 Kruso Lutz Seiler 2014 German German
5805 Martyr! Kaveh Akbar 2024 American English
5807 Five Days at Memorial Sheri Fink 2013 American English
5809 Prairie Fires Caroline Fraser 2017 American English
5812 John Dies At The End David Wong 2007 American English
5821 Perma Red Debra Magpie Earling 2002 American English
5821 The Russian Debutante’s Handbook Gary Shteyngart 2002 American English
5928 Hope in the Dark Rebecca Solnit 2004 American English