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 Fishing In Utopia Andrew Brown 2008 Unknown English
17131 Palestinian Walks Raja Shehadeh 2008 Palestinian English
17131 Having It So Good Peter Hennessy 2006 British English
17131 Moses, Citizen And Me Delia Jarrett-Macauley 2005 British English
17131 The Likes Of Us Michael Collins 2004 British English
17131 The Breaking Of Nations Robert Cooper 2003 British English
17131 Hoo Hahs And Passing Frenzies Francis Wheen 2002 British English
17131 Virtual War Michael Ignatieff 2000 Canadian English
17131 The Immortals Of Meluha Amish Tripathi 2010 Indian English
17131 The Art Of Seduction Robert Greene 2001 American English
17131 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17131 Nigeria Culture Smart! Diane Lemieux 2012 Unknown English
17131 Endure Alex Hutchinson 2018 Canadian English
17131 The Good Life Robert Waldinger 2023 Unknown English
17131 Secret Wars Jonathan Hickman 2015 American English
17131 The Soul Of An Octopus Sy Montgomery 2015 American English
17131 Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman Matt Wagner 2005 American English
17131 New X Men, Vol. 1 Grant Morrison 2001 British English
17131 Runaways, Vol. 1 Brian K. Vaughan 2003 American English
17131 The 33 Strategies Of War New Edition By Robert Greene Paperback Robert Greene 2006 American English
17131 The Bedwetter Sarah Silverman 2010 American English
17131 Miracle At St. Anna James McBride 2002 American English
17131 Hope Shalom Auslander 2012 American English
17131 Dear Lupin Roger Mortimer, Charlie Mortimer 2011 British English
17131 Stuart Alexander Masters 2005 British English
17131 The Flaneur Edmund White 2001 American English
17131 Mountains Of The Mind Robert Macfarlane 2003 British English
17131 I Too Had A Love Story Ravinder Singh 2007 Indian Hindi
17131 Tamil David Dean Shulman 2016 Unknown English
17131 The Spirit Of Indian Painting B. N. Goswamy 2014 Indian English
17131 India Unbound Gurcharan Das 2000 Indian English
17131 Don't Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight Rujuta Diwekar 2009 Indian English
17131 The Flaming Feet And Other Essays D. R. Nagaraj 2011 Indian English
17131 Five Point Someone Chetan Bhagat 2004 Indian English
17131 The Republic Of Thieves Scott Lynch 2013 American English
17131 419 Will Ferguson 2012 Canadian English
17131 A Sunday At The Pool In Kigali Gil Courtemanche, Patricia Claxton 2000 Canadian French
17131 Annabel Kathleen Winter 2010 Canadian English
17131 Bone And Bread Saleema Nawaz 2013 Canadian English
17131 Certainty Madeleine Thien 2006 Canadian English
17131 Come, Thou Tortoise Jessica Grant 2009 Canadian English
17131 Creation Katherine Govier 2002 Canadian English
17131 February Lisa Moore 2009 Canadian English
17131 Forty Words For Sorrow Giles Blunt 2000 Canadian English
17131 Galore Michael Crummey 2009 Canadian English
17131 Half Blood Blues Esi Edugyan 2011 Canadian English
17131 Holding Still For As Long As Possible Zoe Whittall 2009 Canadian English
17131 Late Nights On Air Elizabeth Hay 2007 Canadian English
17131 Lost Girls Andrew Pyper 2000 Canadian English
17131 Six Metres Of Pavement Farzana Doctor 2011 Canadian English
17131 Skim Mariko Tamaki 2008 Canadian English
17131 Sweetness In The Belly Camilla Gibb 2005 Canadian English
17131 The Amazing Absorbing Boy Rabindranath Maharaj 2010 Canadian English
17131 The Best Laid Plans Terry Fallis 2007 Canadian English
17131 The Bishop's Man Linden MacIntyre 2009 Canadian English
17131 The Hero's Walk Anita Rau Badami 2000 Canadian English
17131 The Mistress Of Nothing Kate Pullinger 2009 Canadian English
17131 The Orenda Joseph Boyden 2013 Canadian English
17131 The Polished Hoe Austin Clarke 2002 Barbadian English
17131 The Romantic Barbara Gowdy 2003 Canadian English
17131 The Time In Between David Bergen 2005 Canadian English
17131 The Beautiful Ones Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2017 Mexican English
17131 People Person Candace CartyWilliams 2022 British English
17131 Thornhedge T. Kingfisher 2023 Unknown English
17131 Failing Forward John C. Maxwell 2000 American English
17131 Theft Of Fire Devon Eriksen 2023 American English
17131 Latro In The Mist Gene Wolfe 2003 American English
17131 The Drowned Life Jeffrey Ford 2008 American English
17131 What Should Be Wild Julia Fine 2018 American English
17131 Tales Of Falling And Flying Ben Loory 2017 American English
17131 The Unfinished World Amber Sparks 2016 American English
17131 The Sorcerer Of The Wildeeps Kai Ashante Wilson 2015 American English
17131 Ring Shout P. Djèlí Clark 2020 American English
17131 Slow Horses Mick Herron 2010 British English
17131 Notes On An Execution Danya Kukafka 2024 American English
17131 The Nutmeg's Curse Amitav Ghosh 2021 Indian English
17131 Deadly Quiet City Murong Xuecun 2021 Chinese Chinese
17131 Serotonin Michel Houellebecq 2019 French French
17131 Three Daughters Of Eve Elif Shafak 2016 Turkish English
17131 Kroz Carstvo Nauka Milutin Milanković 2004 Serbian Serbian
17131 Kroz Vasionu I Vekove Milutin Milanković 2002 Serbian Serbian
17131 Never Enough Judith Grisel 2019 Unknown English
17131 The Sports Gene David Epstein 2013 American English
17131 Le Code De La Conscience Stanislas Dehaene 2014 French French
17131 Lost Connections Johann Hari 2018 British English
17131 Lifespan David A. Sinclair 2019 Australian English
17131 Beyond Bigger Leaner Stronger David Matthews 2014 Unknown English
17131 Ostatnie Historie Olga Tokarczuk 2004 Polish Polish
17131 Anna In W Grobowcach świata Olga Tokarczuk 2006 Polish Polish
17131 The Tales Of Beedle The Bard J. K. Rowling 2008 British English
17131 Dans Le Jardin De L'ogre Leïla Slimani 2014 French French
17131 Marshall Mcluhan Unbound Marshall McLuhan 2005 Canadian English
17131 The Singularity Is Near Ray Kurzweil 2005 American English
17131 What Technology Wants Kevin Kelly 2010 American English
17131 Our Man In Rome Catherine Fletcher 2012 Unknown English
17131 The Fall Of The Roman Empire Peter Heather 2005 British English
17131 From Airline Reservations To Sonic The Hedgehog Martin Campbell-Kelly 2003 British English
17131 The Ultimate History Of Video Games Steven L. Kent 2001 American English
17131 At Home With André And Simone Weil Sylvie Weil 2009 Unknown French
17131 Kant Manfred Kuehn 2001 Unknown English
17131 Simone De Beauvoir Toril Moi 2008 Unknown English
17131 Frantz Fanon David Macey 2001 Unknown English
17131 The Argumentative Indian Amartya Sen 2005 Unknown English
17131 India John Keay 2000 British English
17131 From Plassey To Partition And After Sekhar Bandyopadhyay 2004 Indian English
17131 History Of Medieval India Radhey Shyam Chaurasia 2002 Indian English
17131 A Corner Of A Foreign Field Ramachandra Guha 2003 Indian English
17131 Prehistory And Protohistory Of India VK Jain 2006 Indian English
17131 A Concise History Of South India Noboru Karashima 2014 Unknown English
17131 A Textbook Of Medieval Indian History Sailendra Nath Sen 2010 Indian English
17131 A History Of Medieval India Satish Chandra 2007 Indian English
17131 Victory Colony, 1950 Bhaswati Ghosh 2020 Unknown English
17131 Midnight's Furies Nisid Hajari 2015 Unknown English
17131 The Pity Of Partition Ayesha Jalal 2013 English
17131 Partitions Amit Majmudar 2011 American English
17131 Green Island Shawna Yang Ryan 2016 Unknown English
17131 Unsheltered Barbara Kingsolver 2018 American English
17131 Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want To Come Jessica Pan 2019 Unknown English
17131 The Wolf Border Sarah Hall 2015 British English
17131 Change Of Heart Jodi Picoult 2008 American English