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 Isaac Newton James Gleick 2003 American English
17165 The Neptune File Tom Standage 2000 British English
17165 The Cogwheel Brain Doron Swade 2001 British English
17165 All The Broken Places John Boyne 2022 Irish English
17165 The Knife Of Never Letting Go Patrick Ness 2008 British English
17165 You Suck Christopher Moore 2007 American English
17165 The Swan Thieves Elizabeth Kostova 2010 American English
17165 Engineers Of Victory Paul Kennedy 2013 British English
17165 Utopia Avenue David Mitchell 2020 British English
17165 Walk In My Combat Boots James Patterson 2021 American English
17165 The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared Jonas Jonasson 2009 Swedish
17165 The Veiled Suite Agha Shahid Ali 2009 American English
17165 Corridor Sarnath Banerjee 2004 Indian English
17165 The Simoqin Prophecies Samit Basu 2003 Indian English
17165 The Manticore's Secret Samit Basu 2005 Indian English
17165 The Unwaba Revelations Samit Basu 2007 Indian English
17165 Arzee The Dwarf Chandrahas Choudhury 2009 Indian English
17165 Collected Poems, 1970 2005 Keki N. Daruwalla 2006 Indian English
17165 Solo Rana Dasgupta 2009 British English
17165 Collected Plays Mahesh Dattani 2000 Indian English
17165 The Point Of Return Siddhartha Deb 2003 Indian English
17165 Collected Stories Shashi Deshpande 2003 Indian English
17165 The Burnt Forehead Of Max Saul Indrajit Hazra 2000 Indian English
17165 The Lie Of Dawns Jayanta Mahapatra 2000 Indian English
17165 Collected Poems, 1954–2004 Dom Moraes 2004 Indian English
17165 An Atlas Of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008 Indian English
17165 The Alchemy Of Desire Tarun J. Tejpal 2005 Indian English
17165 Written Forever Rukun Advani 2014 Unknown Unknown
17165 Indian Love Poems Meena Alexander 2005 Unknown English
17165 Indivisible Neelanjana Banerjee, Summi Kaipa, Pireeni Sundaralingam 2010 Multiple English
17165 Language For A New Century Nathalie Handal, Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar 2008 Multiple English
17165 The Picador Book Of Modern Indian Literature Amit Chaudhuri 2001 Indian English
17165 Away Amitava Kumar 2003 Unknown English
17165 Speaking For Myself Sukrita Paul Kumar, Malashri Lal 2010 Unknown English
17165 A Matter Of Taste Nilanjana S. Roy 2004 Indian Unknown
17165 The Harper Collins Book Of English Poetry Sudeep Sen 2012 Unknown English
17165 The Global Soul Pico Iyer 2000 British English
17165 Poetry, Politics And Culture Akshaya Kumar 2009 Unknown English
17165 Temptations Of The West Pankaj Mishra 2006 Indian English
17165 The Perishable Empire Meenakshi Mukherjee 2000 Indian English
17165 Diddi: My Mother's Voice Ira Pande 2005 Indian English
17165 On Balance Leila Seth 2003 Indian English
17165 Thirteen Moons Charles Frazier 2006 American English
17165 Choke Chuck Palahniuk 2001 American English
17165 The Count And The Confession John Taylor 2002 Unknown English
17165 Theodore Rex Edmund Morris 2001 American English
17165 The Glorious Cause Jeff Shaara 2002 American English
17165 The Princes Of Ireland Edward Rutherfurd 2004 British English
17165 The Casual Vacancy J. K. Rowling 2012 British English
17165 Rise To Rebellion Jeff Shaara 2001 American English
17165 Dear Committee Members Julie Schumacher 2014 American English
17165 A Patriot's History Of The United States Larry Schweikart 2004 American English
17165 Lost In Shangri La Mitchell Zuckoff 2011 American English
17165 Reading Like A Writer Francine Prose 2006 American English
17165 Partners In Command Mark Perry 2007 Unknown English
17165 Diary Chuck Palahniuk 2003 American English
17165 Lullaby Chuck Palahniuk 2002 American English
17165 1776 David McCullough 2005 American English
17165 Ghost Soldiers Hampton Sides 2001 American English
17165 Abraham Lincoln Seth Grahame-Smith 2010 American English
17165 The Food Lab J. Kenji López-Alt 2015 American English
17165 Laziness Does Not Exist Devon Price 2021 Unknown English
17165 Building A Second Brain Tiago Forte 2022 American English
17165 The Antidote Oliver Burkeman 2012 British English
17165 Winter Solstice Rosamunde Pilcher 2000 British English
17165 Free To Learn Peter O. Gray 2013 American English
17165 Life On Mars Tracy K. Smith 2011 American English
17165 Practice Rosalind Brown 2024 Unknown Unknown
17165 Pandora's Star Peter F. Hamilton 2004 British English
17165 Patron Saints Of Nothing Randy Ribay 2019 American English
17165 Agent Running In The Field John le Carré 2019 British English
17165 The Alchemaster's Apprentice Walter Moers 2007 German German
17165 Rumo Walter Moers 2003 German German
17165 The City Of Dreaming Books Walter Moers 2004 German German
17165 Spy Ski School Stuart Gibbs 2016 American English
17165 Super Infinite Katherine Rundell 2022 Unknown English
17165 One Two Three Four Craig Brown 2020 British English
17165 Chernobyl Serhii Plokhy 2018 Ukrainian English
17165 The Pike Lucy Hughes-Hallett 2013 British English
17165 The Whale Philip Hoare 2008 British English
17165 1599 James Shapiro 2005 American English
17165 Like A Fiery Elephant Jonathan Coe 2004 British English
17165 Pushkin T. J. Binyon 2002 British English
17165 The Third Reich Michael Burleigh 2000 British English
17165 The Latest Answers To The Oldest Questions Nicholas Fearn 2007 British English
17165 Twilight Of The Elites Christophe Guilluy, Malcolm Debevoise 2019 French French
17165 How Will Capitalism End? Wolfgang Streeck 2016 German English
17165 The Madonna Of Excelsior Zakes Mda 2002 South African English
17165 Confessions Of A Gambler Rayda Jacobs 2003 South African English
17165 Dis Ek, Anna Elbie Lötter 2004 South African Afrikaans
17165 Agaat Marlene van Niekerk 2004 South African Afrikaans
17165 Shirley, Goodness & Mercy Chris van Wyk 2004 South African English
17165 Spud John van de Ruit 2005 South African English
17165 Thabo Mbeki Mark Gevisser 2007 Unknown English
17165 Anderkant Pontenilo Irma Joubert 2007 South African Afrikaans
17165 The Elephant Whisperer Lawrence Anthony 2009 South African English
17165 Thula Thula Annelie Botes 2009 Unknown Unknown
17165 My Father, My Monster McIntosh Polela 2011 Unknown English
17165 Eight Days In September Frank Chikane 2012 South African English
17165 Endings & Beginnings Redi Tlhabi 2012 South African English
17165 Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman 2017 British English
17165 36 Arguments For The Existence Of God Rebecca Goldstein 2010 American English
17165 Atrocities Matthew White 2011 Unknown English
17165 Whole Earth Discipline Stewart Brand 2009 American English
17165 The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant Eric Jorgenson 2020 American English
17165 Company Of One Paul Jarvis 2019 Canadian English
17165 The 4 Hour Work Week Timothy Ferriss 2007 American English
17165 Quicksilver Callie Hart 2023 Unknown English
17165 Vengeful V. E. Schwab 2018 American English
17165 The Stillwater Girls Minka Kent 2019 American English
17165 Artificial Condition Martha Wells 2018 American English
17165 Life And Death Are Wearing Me Out Yan Mo 2006 Chinese Chinese
17165 Delirium Lauren Oliver 2011 American English
17165 Mrs Sartoris Elke Schmitter 2001 German German
17165 The Architects Stefan Heym 2000 German German
17165 Berlin Blues Sven Regener 2001 German German
17165 The Swimmer Zsuzsa Bánk 2002 German German
17165 Young Light Ralf Rothmann 2004 German German
17165 How The Soldier Repairs The Gramophone Saša Stanišić 2006 German German
17165 Babylon Berlin Volker Kutscher 2008 German German