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
17171 Never Ken Follett 2021 British English
17171 Warbreaker Brandon Sanderson 2009 American English
17171 Song Of Susannah Stephen King 2004 American English
17171 Yumi And The Nightmare Painter Brandon Sanderson 2023 American English
17171 The Emperor's Soul Brandon Sanderson 2012 American English
17171 Four Thousand Weeks Oliver Burkeman 2021 British English
17171 Time Management Brian Tracy 2007 American English
17171 Antifragile Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2012 American English
17171 Elantris Brandon Sanderson 2005 American English
17171 Inferno Dan Brown 2013 American English
17171 Steal Like An Artist Austin Kleon 2012 American English
17171 No Time For Goodbye Linwood Barclay 2007 Canadian English
17171 Make It Stick Peter Brown 2014 American English
17171 Die With Zero Bill Perkins 2020 American English
17171 Fooled By Randomness Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2001 American English
17171 The Millionaire Fastlane M.J. DeMarco 2011 American English
17171 House Of Earth And Blood Sarah J. Maas 2020 American English
17171 Billy Summers Stephen King 2021 American English
17171 Later Stephen King 2021 American English
17171 Crucial Conversations Kerry Patterson 2002 American English
17171 The Daily Stoic Ryan Holiday 2016 American English
17171 Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Travis Bradberry 2009 American English
17171 Negative Space B.R. Yeager 2020 American English
17171 In The Jingle Jangle Jungle Joel Gion 2024 Unknown Unknown
17171 The Prone Gunman Jean-Patrick Manchette 2002 French French
17171 The Crimson Rivers Jean-Christophe Grangé 2000 French French
17171 Des Nœuds D'acier Sandrine Collette 2013 French French
17171 Ragdoll Daniel Cole 2017 British English
17171 1991 Franck Thilliez 2021 French French
17171 The Godmother Hannelore Cayre 2017 French French
17171 L'ange Gardien Jérôme Leroy 2014 French French
17171 Prendre Des Loups Pour Des Chiens Hervé Le Corre 2017 French French
17171 Les Biffins Marc Villard 2018 French Unknown
17171 Marseille 73 Dominique Manotti 2020 French French
17171 Versus Antoine Chainas 2008 French French
17171 Romanzo Criminale Giancarlo De Cataldo 2002 Italian Italian
17171 Murder On The Eiffel Tower Claude Izner 2003 French French
17171 Tranchecaille Patrick Pécherot 2008 French French
17171 Leaving Berlin Joseph Kanon 2015 American English
17171 How To Read Literature Like A Professor Thomas C. Foster 2003 American English
17171 The Desert Spear Peter V. Brett 2010 American English
17171 The Daylight War Peter V. Brett 2013 American English
17171 The Skull Throne Peter V. Brett 2015 American English
17171 The Core Peter V. Brett 2017 American English
17171 Metro 2034 Dmitri Glukhovsky 2009 Russian Russian
17171 Metro 2035 Dmitri Glukhovsky 2015 Russian Russian
17171 Eight Dates John Mordechai Gottman, Doug Abrams, Julie Schwartz Gottman, Rachel Carlton Abrams M.D. 2019 American English
17171 Benjamin Franklin Walter Isaacson 2003 American English
17171 From The Dust Returned Ray Bradbury 2001 American English
17171 Graveyard People Gary A. Braunbeck 2003 American English
17171 In Silent Graves Gary A. Braunbeck 2003 American English
17171 The Shallow End Of The Pool Adam-Troy Castro 2008 Unknown English
17171 Shivers Richard Chizmar 2003 American English
17171 The Best Horror Of The Year Ellen Datlow 2009 American English
17171 Darkness Ellen Datlow 2010 American English
17171 Inferno Ellen Datlow 2007 American English
17171 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror Paula Guran 2010 American English
17171 20th Century Ghosts Joe Hill 2005 American English
17171 Ghoul Brian Keene 2007 American English
17171 Silk Caitlín R. Kiernan 2002 American English
17171 The Taking Dean R. Koontz 2004 American English
17171 Mr. Gaunt And Other Uneasy Encounters John Langan 2008 American English
17171 The Keeper Sarah Langan 2006 American English
17171 Berserk Tim Lebbon 2005 British English
17171 The Nature Of Balance Tim Lebbon 2001 British English
17171 The Shadow At The Bottom Of The World Thomas Ligotti 2005 American English
17171 Ghost Road Blues Jonathan Maberry 2006 American English
17171 Mock Marek Krajewski 2013 Polish Polish
17171 It's Only Temporary Eric Shapiro 2005 American English
17171 The Viscount Who Loved Me Julia Quinn 2000 American English
17171 Devil In Winter Lisa Kleypas 2006 American English
17171 Lover Awakened J. R. Ward 2006 American English
17171 All Through The Night Suzanne Brockmann 2007 American English
17171 A Night To Surrender Tessa Dare 2011 American English
17171 The Lotus Palace Jeannie Lin 2013 American English
17171 The Luckiest Lady In London Sherry Thomas 2013 American English
17171 All In Simona Ahrnstedt 2014 Swedish Swedish
17171 Wildfire Ilona Andrews 2017 American English
17171 Intercepted Alexa Martin 2018 American English
17171 Ayesha At Last Uzma Jalaluddin 2018 Canadian English
17171 Forget Me Not Brenda Jackson 2019 American English
17171 The Bride Test Helen Hoang 2019 American English
17171 Xeni Rebekah Weatherspoon 2019 American English
17171 Dating Dr. Dil Nisha Sharma 2022 American English
17171 The Vibrant Years Sonali Dev 2022 American English
17171 Chef's Choice TJ Alexander 2023 American English
17171 Love, Theoretically Ali Hazelwood 2023 American English
17171 The Meaning Of Freedom Angela Davis 2012 American English
17171 The Poetry Of Arab Women Nathalie Handal 2001 Multiple English
17171 Miss Iceland Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir 2018 Icelandic Icelandic
17171 Magma Thora Hjörleifsdóttir 2019 Icelandic Icelandic
17171 The Book Of Reykjavik Becca Parkinson, Vera Juliusdottir 2020 Unknown English
17171 Quake Auður Jónsdóttir 2015 Icelandic Icelandic
17171 A Fist Or A Heart Kristín Eiríksdóttir 2017 Icelandic Icelandic
17171 Woman At 1000 Degrees Hallgrímur Helgason 2011 Icelandic Icelandic
17171 Cold Moons Magnús Sigurðsson 2017 Icelandic Icelandic
17171 Moonstone Sjón 2013 Icelandic Icelandic
17171 Violets Kyung-sook Shin 2001 Korean Korean
17171 Walking Practice Dolki Min 2023 Unknown Korean
17171 The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre Yeeun Cho 2019 Unknown Unknown
17171 I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki Baek Se-hee 2018 Korean Korean
17171 The Cabinet Un-su Kim 2006 Korean Korean
17171 Tower Bae Myung-hoon 2009 Korean Korean
17171 I'm Waiting For You And Other Stories Kim Bo-young 2021 Korean Korean
17171 The Specters Of Algeria Hwang Yeo Jung 2023 Unknown Unknown
17171 The Age Of Doubt Pak Kyongni 2021 Unknown Unknown
17171 My Brilliant Life Ae-ran Kim 2014 Korean Korean
17171 The Court Dancer Kyung-sook Shin 2007 Korean Korean
17171 B, Book, And Me Kim Sagwa 2011 Korean Korean
17171 The White Book Han Kang 2016 Korean Korean
17171 At Dusk Hwang Sok-yong 2018 Korean Korean
17171 To The Warm Horizon Choi Jin-young 2017 Korean Korean
17171 Endless Blue Sky Yi Hyoseok 2018 Korean Korean
17171 City Of Ash And Red Hye-Young Pyun 2010 Korean Korean
17171 The Color Of The Sky Is The Shape Of The Heart Chesil 2022 Japanese Japanese
17171 Fortunately, The Milk Neil Gaiman 2013 British English
17171 Why Fish Don’t Exist Lulu Miller 2020 American English
17171 The First Law Trilogy Joe Abercrombie 2006 British English
17171 Skulduggery Pleasant Derek Landy 2007 Irish English
17171 Vita Nostra Marina Dyachenko 2007 Ukrainian Russian