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
17131 Summer Resort Esther Kinsky 2011 German German
17131 In Times Of Fading Light Eugen Ruge 2011 German German
17131 The Giraffe's Neck Judith Schalansky 2011 German German
17131 Atlas Of An Anxious Man Christoph Ransmayr 2016 Austrian German
17131 Bricks And Mortar Clemens Meyer 2006 German German
17131 A Whole Life Robert Seethaler 2014 Austrian German
17131 This House Is Mine Dörte Hansen 2015 German German
17131 Hooligan Philipp Winkler 2016 German German
17131 Blood And Thunder Hampton Sides 2006 American English
17131 Tales From Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin 2001 American English
17131 The Monk Of Mokha Dave Eggers 2018 American English
17131 Don't Waste Your Life John Piper 2003 American English
17131 The Stranger In The Woods Michael Finkel 2017 American English
17131 Colonel Roosevelt Edmund Morris 2010 American English
17131 To The Last Man Jeff Shaara 2004 American English
17131 Gone For Soldiers Jeff Shaara 2000 American English
17131 Give Unto Others Donna Leon 2022 American English
17131 Uniform Justice Donna Leon 2003 American English
17131 The Man In The Red Coat Julian Barnes 2019 British English
17131 The Measure Nikki Erlick 2022 Unknown English
17131 The Paris Wife Paula McLain 2011 American English
17131 Where They Last Saw Her Marcie R. Rendon 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 The Sequel Jean Hanff Korelitz 2024 American English
17131 Munich Robert Harris 2017 British English
17131 Death At The Sign Of The Rook Kate Atkinson 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 The Marriage Portrait Maggie O'Farrell 2022 British English
17131 Anita De Monte Laughs Last Xóchitl González 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 Things We Lost To The Water Eric Nguyen 2021 Unknown English
17131 Turn Right At Machu Picchu Mark Adams 2011 American English
17131 The Great Escape Saket Soni 2023 Unknown English
17131 Not Even The Dead Juan Gómez Bárcena 2023 Spanish Spanish
17131 Bright Young Women Jessica Knoll 2023 Unknown English
17131 Between Two Kingdoms Suleika Jaouad 2021 Unknown English
17131 Funny Girl Nick Hornby 2014 British English
17131 We Are The Middle Of Forever Dahr Jamail 2022 Unknown English
17131 The Lost Journals Of Sacajewea Debra Magpie Earling 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Climate Book Greta Thunberg 2022 Swedish English
17131 An Uneasy Inheritance Polly Toynbee 2023 British English
17131 Wandering Souls Cecile Pin 2023 Unknown English
17131 A House For Alice Diana Evans 2023 British English
17131 Our Missing Hearts Celeste Ng 2022 American English
17131 How To Stop Time Matt Haig 2017 British English
17131 Harlem Shuffle Colson Whitehead 2021 American English
17131 When The Stars Go Dark Paula McLain 2021 American English
17131 The Secret Place Tana French 2014 Irish English
17131 The Wych Elm Tana French 2018 Irish English
17131 The Searcher Tana French 2020 Irish English
17131 Broken Harbor Tana French 2012 Irish English
17131 Still Alice Lisa Genova 2007 American English
17131 The Boy Tami Hoag 2018 American English
17131 Bad Luck And Trouble Lee Child 2007 British English
17131 Memory Man David Baldacci 2015 American English
17131 The Perfume Collector Kathleen Tessaro 2013 Unknown English
17131 Secret Daughter Shilpi Somaya Gowda 2010 Unknown English
17131 What Alice Forgot Liane Moriarty 2009 Australian English
17131 Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008 British English
17131 The Book Of Lost Things John Connolly 2006 Irish English
17131 Gone Michael Grant 2008 American English
17131 Das Flüstern Der Feigenbäume Elif Shafak 2023 Turkish German
17131 Im Wasser Sind Wir Schwerelos Tomasz Jedrowski 2020 Unknown German
17131 Three Days Of Happiness Sugaru Miaki 2013 Japanese Japanese
17131 The Words That Remain Stênio Gardel 2020 Brazilian Portuguese
17131 Love Is A Mix Tape Rob Sheffield 2007 American English
17131 Hppy Nicola Barker 2017 British English
17131 The Factory Hiroko Oyamada 2013 Japanese Japanese
17131 Peaceland Séverine Autesserre 2014 Unknown English
17131 Against Everything Mark Greif 2016 American English
17131 Delighting In The Trinity Michael Reeves 2012 British English
17131 The Dangers Of Smoking In Bed Mariana Enríquez 2009 Argentinian Spanish
17131 Lie With Me Philippe Besson 2017 French French
17131 Babysitter Joyce Carol Oates 2022 American English
17131 Cleopatra And Frankenstein Coco Mellors 2022 Unknown English
17131 Doppler Erlend Loe 2004 Norwegian Norwegian
17131 Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Bryan Lee O'Malley 2004 Canadian English
17131 We Both Laughed In Pleasure Lou Sullivan 2019 American English
17131 Margaret Thatcher Charles Moore 2013 British English
17131 Churchill Roy Jenkins 2001 British English
17131 Jeremy Thorpe Michael Bloch 2006 British English
17131 A View From The Foothills Chris Mullin 2009 British English
17131 House Music Oona King 2008 Unknown Korean
17131 Unjust Rewards Polly Toynbee, David Walker 2008 British English
17131 The End Of The Party Andrew Rawnsley 2010 British English
17131 After The Coalition Kwasi Kwarteng 2011 British English
17131 From The Ruins Of Empire Pankaj Mishra 2012 Indian English
17131 The Endtimes Of Human Rights Stephen Hopgood 2013 British English
17131 The History Of White People Nell Irvin Painter 2010 American English
17131 All Out War Tim Shipman 2016 British English
17131 Revolt On The Right Robert Ford, Matthew Goodwin 2014 British English
17131 The Road To Somewhere David Goodhart 2017 British English
17131 Corbyn Richard Seymour 2016 British English
17131 The Magician's Land Lev Grossman 2014 American English
17131 La Belle Sauvage Philip Pullman 2017 British English
17131 I Found Puppets Living In My Apartment Walls Ben Farthing 2021 Unknown English
17131 Coup De Grâce Sofia Ajram 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 American Rapture C.J. Leede 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 House Of Bone And Rain Gabino Iglesias 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 Sacrificial Animals Kailee Pedersen 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 Fever House Keith Rosson 2023 Unknown English
17131 Natural Beauty Ling Ling Huang 2023 Unknown English
17131 Bad Cree Jessica Johns 2023 Unknown English
17131 White Horse Erika T. Wurth 2022 Unknown English
17131 Our Wives Under The Sea Julia Armfield 2022 British English
17131 To Rouse Leviathan Matt Cardin 2019 American English
17131 Philosophy Of Science Samir Okasha 2002 British English
17131 A Closed And Common Orbit Becky Chambers 2016 American English
17131 Bonk Mary Roach 2008 American English
17131 Dark Archives Megan Rosenbloom 2020 Unknown English
17131 Kings Of The Wyld Nicholas Eames 2017 Canadian English
17131 The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires Grady Hendrix 2020 American English
17131 The Return Rachel Harrison 2020 Unknown English
17131 Vicious V. E. Schwab 2013 American English
17131 The Woman In Me Britney Spears 2023 American English
17131 Fool Moon Jim Butcher 2001 American English
17131 On Bullshit Harry G. Frankfurt 2005 American English
17131 The Last Days Of Jack Sparks Jason Arnopp 2016 British English
17131 Red Seas Under Red Skies Scott Lynch 2007 American English
17131 Lexicon Max Barry 2013 Australian English
17131 Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls David Sedaris 2013 American English
17131 Eleanor & Park Rainbow Rowell 2012 American English
17131 The Weird And The Eerie Mark Fisher 2016 British English