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 Absolution Jeff VanderMeer 2024 American English
17131 Accordion Eulogies Noé Álvarez 2024 Unknown English
17131 American Diva Deborah Paredez 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Barn Wright Thompson 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Book Censor's Library Bothayna Al-Essa 2024 Kuwaiti Arabic
17131 The Bookshop Evan Friss 2024 Unknown English
17131 A Complicated Passion Carrie Rickey 2024 Unknown English
17131 Devil Is Fine John Vercher 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 Dinner For Vampires Bethany Joy Lenz 2024 Unknown English
17131 Get The Picture Bianca Bosker 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Great Divide Cristina Henríquez 2024 Unknown English
17131 Hip Hop Is History Questlove 2024 American Unknown
17131 I Cannot Control Everything Forever Emily C. Bloom 2024 Unknown English
17131 I'm Mostly Here To Enjoy Myself Glynnis MacNicol 2024 Unknown English
17131 Lessons For Survival Emily Raboteau 2024 Unknown English
17131 Lies And Weddings Kevin Kwan 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Lions' Den Iris Mwanza 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Lucky Ones Zara Chowdhary 2024 Unknown English
17131 Perfume And Pain Anna Dorn 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 The Rich People Have Gone Away Regina Porter 2024 Unknown English
17131 Root Fractures Diana Khoi Nguyen 2024 Unknown English
17131 Shanghailanders Juli Min 2024 Unknown English
17131 Sidetracks Bei Dao 2024 Chinese Chinese
17131 The Skunks Fiona Warnick 2024 Unknown English
17131 State Of Paradise Laura Van den Berg 2024 Unknown English
17131 There Is No Ethan Anna Akbari 2024 Unknown English
17131 We Loved It All Lydia Millet 2024 American English
17131 You Glow In The Dark Liliana Colanzi 2022 Unknown Spanish
17131 The Museum Of Failures Thrity Umrigar 2023 American English
17131 The Endless Vessel Charles Soule 2023 Unknown English
17131 No Two Persons Erica Bauermeister 2023 Unknown English
17131 West With Giraffes Lynda Rutledge 2021 Unknown English
17131 Oona Out Of Order Margarita Montimore 2020 Unknown English
17131 Reincarnation Blues Michael Poore 2017 American English
17131 A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor Hank Green 2020 American English
17131 Everyone Brave Is Forgiven Chris Cleave 2016 British English
17131 The Book Of Illusions Paul Auster 2002 American English
17131 The Hopefuls Jennifer Close 2016 American English
17131 The First Fifteen Lives Of Harry August Claire North 2014 British English
17131 The Antagonist Lynn Coady 2011 Canadian English
17131 Girls In White Dresses Jennifer Close 2011 American English
17131 The Expats Chris Pavone 2012 American English
17131 Trans Atlantic Colum McCann 2013 Irish English
17131 When You Are Engulfed In Flames David Sedaris 2008 American English
17131 Sputnik Sweetheart Haruki Murakami 2001 Japanese Japanese
17131 Run Ann Patchett 2007 American English
17131 Skinny Dip Carl Hiaasen 2004 American English
17131 Helen Of Troy Margaret George 2006 American English
17131 The Stupidest Angel Christopher Moore 2004 American English
17131 The Penultimate Peril Lemony Snicket 2005 American English
17131 The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists Gideon Defoe 2004 British English
17131 Politics On The Edge Rory Stewart 2023 British English
17131 The Secret Public Jon Savage 2024 Unknown English
17131 I Was There Alan Edwards 2024 Unknown English
17131 On Leadership Tony Blair 2024 British English
17131 There And Back: Diaries 1999 2009 Michael Palin 2024 British English
17131 Island Book Of Records Volume 2: 1969 1970 Neil Storey 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 The Library Mouse Frances Tosdevin 2024 Unknown English
17131 A Riddle For A King Mark Forsyth 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 Goethe, His Faustian Life AN Wilson 2024 British English
17131 Café Cecilia Cookbook Max Rocha, Diana Henry 2024 Unknown English
17131 Aphex Twin — A Disco Pogo Tribute Jim Butler 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 Revolutionary Acts Jason Okundaye 2024 Unknown English
17131 Becoming Bulletproof Evy Poumpouras 2020 Unknown English
17131 1177 B.C. Eric H. Cline 2014 American English
17131 The Myth Of Normal Gabor Maté 2023 Canadian English
17131 Lessons Ian McEwan 2022 British English
17131 Down From The Mountain Bryce Andrews 2019 American English
17131 The Joy Of Movement Kelly McGonigal 2019 American English
17131 Empire Of The Summer Moon S.C. Gwynne 2010 American English
17131 The Last White Man Mohsin Hamid 2022 Pakistani English
17131 Circling The Sun Paula McLain 2015 American English
17131 The Pearl That Broke Its Shell Nadia Hashimi 2014 American English
17131 A Primate's Memoir Robert Sapolsky 2001 American English
17131 Teacher Man Frank McCourt 2005 American English
17131 Mornings In Jenin Susan Abulhawa 2010 American English
17131 The Comfort Crisis Michael Easter 2021 American English
17131 Alone With You In The Ether Olivie Blake 2022 Unknown English
17131 The Shell Collector Anthony Doerr 2002 American English
17131 Bittersweet Susan Cain 2022 American English
17131 Inner Engineering Sadhguru 2016 Indian English
17131 Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010 American English
17131 The Yacoubian Building علاء الأسواني 2002 Egyptian Arabic
17131 The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter Hazel Gaynor 2018 British English
17131 The Last Days Of The Incas Kim MacQuarrie 2007 Unknown English
17131 The Oregon Trail Rinker Buck 2015 American English
17131 The Unthinkable Amanda Ripley 2008 American English
17131 Astoria Peter Stark 2014 American English
17131 The Last Lecture Randy Pausch 2008 American English
17131 Sea Of Glory Nathaniel Philbrick 2003 American English
17131 Always Looking Up Michael J. Fox 2009 American English
17131 Into Africa Martin Dugard 2003 American English
17131 The Other Olympians Michael Waters 2024 Unknown English
17131 How To Live Free In A Dangerous World Shayla Lawson 2024 Unknown English
17131 Blue Light Hours Bruna Dantas Lobato 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Eighth Moon Jennifer Kabat 2024 Unknown English
17131 The West Passage Jared Pechaček 2024 Unknown English
17131 We Refuse Kellie Carter Jackson 2024 Unknown English
17131 Flowers From The Void Gianni Washington 2024 Unknown English
17131 Village Weavers Myriam J.A. Chancy 2024 Unknown English
17131 My Heavenly Favorite Lucas Rijneveld 2020 Unknown English
17131 What's Not Mine Nora Decter 2024 Unknown English
17131 Thanks For This Riot Janelle Bassett 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Fetishist Katherine Min 2024 Unknown English
17131 This Great Hemisphere Mateo Askaripour 2024 Unknown English
17131 Housemates Emma Copley Eisenberg 2024 Unknown English
17131 My Parents’ Marriage Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 Obligations To The Wounded Mubanga Kalimamukwento 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Road To The Country Chigozie Obioma 2024 Unknown English
17131 A Thousand Times Before Asha Thanki 2024 Unknown English
17131 Untethered Angela Jackson-Brown 2024 Unknown English
17131 Us Fools Nora Lange 2024 Argentinian English
17131 Who Will Bury You? Chido Muchemwa 2024 Unknown English
17131 American Scary Jeremy Dauber 2024 Unknown English
17131 Briefly Perfectly Human Alua Arthur 2024 Unknown English
17131 God And The Devil Peter Cowie 2024 Unknown English
17131 Imagination Ruja Benjamin 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 I’m Laughing Because I’m Crying Youngmi Mayer 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 Missing Persons Clair Wills 2024 Unknown English
17131 Shakespeare’s Sisters Ramie Targoff 2024 Unknown English