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 The Diviners Libba Bray 2012 American English
17131 Blindsight Peter Watts 2006 Canadian English
17131 The Labyrinth Of The Spirits Carlos Ruiz Zafon 2016 Spanish Spanish
17131 North American Lake Monsters Nathan Ballingrud 2013 American English
17131 This Book Is Full Of Spiders David Wong 2012 American English
17131 The Conspiracy Against The Human Race Thomas Ligotti 2010 American English
17131 Johannes Cabal The Necromancer Jonathan L. Howard 2009 British English
17131 Spook Mary Roach 2005 American English
17131 Five Quarters Of The Orange Joanne Harris 2001 British English
17131 Summerwater Sarah Moss 2020 British English
17131 The Good Man Jesus And The Scoundrel Christ Philip Pullman 2010 British English
17131 Sacré Bleu Christopher Moore 2012 American English
17131 In The Name Of The Family Sarah Dunant 2017 British English
17131 Galveston Nic Pizzolatto 2010 American English
17131 The Dante Club Matthew Pearl 2003 American English
17131 Aurora Kim Stanley Robinson 2015 American English
17131 Ajin Gamon Sakurai, Tsuina Miura 2012 Japanese Japanese
17131 Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage 村上春樹 2013 Japanese Japanese
17131 A Girl Is A Body Of Water Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi 2020 Ugandan English
17131 Willful Child Steven Erikson 2014 Canadian English
17131 Black Snake Katherine Wiltenburg Todrys 2021 Unknown English
17131 Sharks In The Rivers Ada Limón 2010 American English
17131 The Carrying Ada Limón 2018 American English
17131 Radicalized Cory Doctorow 2019 Canadian English
17131 The Actual Star Monica Byrne 2021 American English
17131 Memorial Alice Oswald 2011 British English
17131 Fox 8 George Saunders 2013 American English
17131 Give My Regards To Eighth Street Morton Feldman 2000 American English
17131 Hell Followed With Us Paperback 6 Copy Pre Pack Andrew Joseph White 2022 Unknown English
17131 The Wandering Earth Cixin Liu 2013 Chinese Chinese
17131 Dear Evan Hansen : The Novel Free Preview Edition Justin Paul, Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek, Val Emmich 2018 American English
17131 The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin 2018 American English
17131 The Serpent Of Venice Christopher Moore 2014 American English
17131 My Friend Dahmer Derf Backderf 2012 American English
17131 The Story Of A New Name Elena Ferrante 2012 Italian Italian
17131 Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage Haruki Murakami 2013 Japanese Japanese
17131 The Creative Act Rick Rubin 2023 American English
17131 These Precious Days Ann Patchett 2021 American English
17131 Drawdown Paul Hawken 2017 American English
17131 The Joy Of X Steven H. Strogatz 2012 American English
17131 Algorithms To Live By Brian Christian 2016 American English
17131 The Course Of Love Alain de Botton 2016 British English
17131 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17131 The Life You Can Save Peter Singer 2009 Australian English
17131 $2.00 A Day Kathryn J. Edin 2015 American English
17131 The Comfort Book Matt Haig 2021 British English
17131 The Dream Machine M. Mitchell Waldrop 2001 Unknown English
17131 The Morning Star Karl Ove Knausgård 2020 Norwegian Norwegian
17131 Cold Crematorium József Debreczeni 2024 Unknown English
17131 I Heard Her Call My Name Lucy Sante 2024 Unknown English
17131 Reagan Max Boot 2024 Unknown English
17131 Black River Nilanjana S. Roy 2024 Unknown English
17131 Dead In Long Beach, California Venita Blackburn 2024 Unknown English
17131 A Film In Which I Play Everyone Mary Jo Bang 2024 American English
17131 Godwin Joseph O'Neill 2024 Unknown English
17131 Joy In Service On Rue Tagore Paul Muldoon 2024 Unknown English
17131 Modern Poetry Diane Seuss 2024 Unknown English
17131 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Book 2 Emil Ferris 2024 American English
17131 The Mysterious Case Of The Alperton Angels Janice Hallett 2024 British English
17131 Neighbors And Other Stories Diane Oliver 2024 American English
17131 Piglet Lottie Hazell 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Practice, The Horizon And The Chain Sofia Samatar 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 Rakesfall Vajra Chandrasekera 2024 Unknown English
17131 Reboot Justin Taylor 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Silence Of The Choir Mohamed Mbougar Sarr 2024 Senegalese English
17131 Smoke Kings Jahmal Mayfield 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 Whale Fall Elizabeth O'Connor 2024 Unknown English
17131 What Does It Feel Like? Sophie Kinsella 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Achilles Trap Steve Coll 2024 Unknown English
17131 All The Worst Humans Phil Elwood 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Bluestockings Susannah Gibson 2024 Unknown English
17131 Chop Fry Watch Learn Michelle T. King 2024 Unknown English
17131 Cocktails With George And Martha Philip Gefter 2024 Unknown English
17131 Connie Connie Chung 2024 Unknown English
17131 Do Something Guy Trebay 2024 Unknown English
17131 Every Valley Charles King 2024 Unknown English
17131 Health And Safety Emily Witt 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Hidden Globe Atossa Araxia Abrahamian 2024 Unknown English
17131 I Just Keep Talking Nell Irvin Painter 2024 Unknown English
17131 John Lewis David Greenberg 2024 Unknown English
17131 Language City Ross Perlin 2024 American English
17131 Lovely One Ketanji Brown Jackson 2024 Unknown English
17131 Madness Antonia Hylton 2024 Unknown English
17131 The New India Rahul Bhatia 2024 Unknown English
17131 The New York Game Kevin Baker 2024 American English
17131 No One Gets To Fall Apart Sarah LaBrie 2024 Unknown English
17131 Private Revolutions Yuan Yang 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Return Of Great Powers Jim Sciutto 2024 American English
17131 Stolen Pride Arlie Russell Hochschild 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Swans Of Harlem Karen Valby 2024 Unknown English
17131 Undivided Hahrie Han 2024 Unknown English
17131 A Wilder Shore Camille Peri 2024 Unknown English
17131 Building The Worlds That Kill Us David Rosner, Gerald Markowitz 2024 Unknown English
17131 Remember The First Ladies Diana B. Carlin, Anita B. McBride, Nancy Kegan Smith 2024 Unknown English
17131 Clouds In Space Teresa Robeson 2024 Unknown English
17131 When Women Ran Fifth Avenue Julie Satow 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Manicurist’s Daughter Susan Lieu 2024 Unknown English
17131 Into The Great Wide Ocean Sönke Johnsen 2024 Unknown English
17131 Insatiable City Theresa McCulla 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 The Notebooks Of Sonny Rollins Sam V. H. Reese 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Jewish Holiday Table Naama Shefi, Devra Ferst, Jewish Food Society 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 The African Decor Edit Nasozi Kakembo 2024 Unknown English
17131 Charlie Hustle Keith O'Brien 2024 Unknown English
17131 Choice Neel Mukherjee 2024 Unknown English
17131 Countdown Sarah Scoles 2024 Unknown English
17131 A Day In September Stephen Budiansky 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Notebooks Of Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 2024 Unknown English
17131 Shock Values Carola Binder 2024 Unknown English
17131 Vows Cheryl Mendelson 2024 American English
17131 We Were The Universe Kimberly King Parsons 2024 Unknown English
17131 Fire Exit Morgan Talty 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 The Anthropologists Ayşegül Savas 2024 Unknown English
17131 Women's Hotel Daniel Lavery 2024 Unknown English
17131 Set My Heart On Fire Izumi Suzuki 2024 Unknown English
17131 A Magical Girl Retires Park Seolyeon 2024 Unknown English
17131 My Lesbian Novel Renee Gladman 2024 American English
17131 Blurry Dash Shaw 2024 Unknown English
17131 Attachments Lucas Mann 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Morningside Téa Obreht 2024 Unknown English
17131 Waiting For The Fear Oğuz Atay 2024 Unknown English