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 Some Kids I Taught And What They Taught Me Kate Clanchy 2019 British English
17165 Poverty Safari Darren McGarvey 2017 British English
17165 The Invention Of Russia Aleksandr Ostrovsky 2016 Unknown English
17165 Private Island James Meek 2014 British English
17165 This Boy Alan Johnson 2013 British English
17165 On The Front Line Marie Colvin 2012 British English
17165 A Very British Killing Andrew Williams 2012 British English
17165 Dead Men Risen Toby Harnden 2011 British English
17165 The Rule Of Law Tom Bingham 2010 British English
17165 Keeper Andrea Gillies 2009 British English
17165 Fishing In Utopia Andrew Brown 2008 Unknown English
17165 Palestinian Walks Raja Shehadeh 2008 Palestinian English
17165 Having It So Good Peter Hennessy 2006 British English
17165 Moses, Citizen And Me Delia Jarrett-Macauley 2005 British English
17165 The Likes Of Us Michael Collins 2004 British English
17165 The Breaking Of Nations Robert Cooper 2003 British English
17165 Hoo Hahs And Passing Frenzies Francis Wheen 2002 British English
17165 Virtual War Michael Ignatieff 2000 Canadian English
17165 The Immortals Of Meluha Amish Tripathi 2010 Indian English
17165 The Art Of Seduction Robert Greene 2001 American English
17165 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17165 Nigeria Culture Smart! Diane Lemieux 2012 Unknown English
17165 Endure Alex Hutchinson 2018 Canadian English
17165 The Good Life Robert Waldinger 2023 Unknown English
17165 Secret Wars Jonathan Hickman 2015 American English
17165 The Soul Of An Octopus Sy Montgomery 2015 American English
17165 Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman Matt Wagner 2005 American English
17165 New X Men, Vol. 1 Grant Morrison 2001 British English
17165 Runaways, Vol. 1 Brian K. Vaughan 2003 American English
17165 The 33 Strategies Of War New Edition By Robert Greene Paperback Robert Greene 2006 American English
17165 The Bedwetter Sarah Silverman 2010 American English
17165 Miracle At St. Anna James McBride 2002 American English
17165 Hope Shalom Auslander 2012 American English
17165 Dear Lupin Roger Mortimer, Charlie Mortimer 2011 British English
17165 Stuart Alexander Masters 2005 British English
17165 The Flaneur Edmund White 2001 American English
17165 Mountains Of The Mind Robert Macfarlane 2003 British English
17165 I Too Had A Love Story Ravinder Singh 2007 Indian Hindi
17165 Tamil David Dean Shulman 2016 Unknown English
17165 The Spirit Of Indian Painting B. N. Goswamy 2014 Indian English
17165 India Unbound Gurcharan Das 2000 Indian English
17165 Don't Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight Rujuta Diwekar 2009 Indian English
17165 The Flaming Feet And Other Essays D. R. Nagaraj 2011 Indian English
17165 Five Point Someone Chetan Bhagat 2004 Indian English
17165 The Republic Of Thieves Scott Lynch 2013 American English
17165 419 Will Ferguson 2012 Canadian English
17165 A Sunday At The Pool In Kigali Gil Courtemanche, Patricia Claxton 2000 Canadian French
17165 Annabel Kathleen Winter 2010 Canadian English
17165 Bone And Bread Saleema Nawaz 2013 Canadian English
17165 Certainty Madeleine Thien 2006 Canadian English
17165 Come, Thou Tortoise Jessica Grant 2009 Canadian English
17165 Creation Katherine Govier 2002 Canadian English
17165 February Lisa Moore 2009 Canadian English
17165 Forty Words For Sorrow Giles Blunt 2000 Canadian English
17165 Galore Michael Crummey 2009 Canadian English
17165 Half Blood Blues Esi Edugyan 2011 Canadian English
17165 Holding Still For As Long As Possible Zoe Whittall 2009 Canadian English
17165 Late Nights On Air Elizabeth Hay 2007 Canadian English
17165 Lost Girls Andrew Pyper 2000 Canadian English
17165 Six Metres Of Pavement Farzana Doctor 2011 Canadian English
17165 Skim Mariko Tamaki 2008 Canadian English
17165 Sweetness In The Belly Camilla Gibb 2005 Canadian English
17165 The Amazing Absorbing Boy Rabindranath Maharaj 2010 Canadian English
17165 The Best Laid Plans Terry Fallis 2007 Canadian English
17165 The Bishop's Man Linden MacIntyre 2009 Canadian English
17165 The Hero's Walk Anita Rau Badami 2000 Canadian English
17165 The Mistress Of Nothing Kate Pullinger 2009 Canadian English
17165 The Orenda Joseph Boyden 2013 Canadian English
17165 The Polished Hoe Austin Clarke 2002 Barbadian English
17165 The Romantic Barbara Gowdy 2003 Canadian English
17165 The Time In Between David Bergen 2005 Canadian English
17165 The Beautiful Ones Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2017 Mexican English
17165 People Person Candace CartyWilliams 2022 British English
17165 Thornhedge T. Kingfisher 2023 Unknown English
17165 Failing Forward John C. Maxwell 2000 American English
17165 Theft Of Fire Devon Eriksen 2023 American English
17165 Latro In The Mist Gene Wolfe 2003 American English
17165 The Drowned Life Jeffrey Ford 2008 American English
17165 What Should Be Wild Julia Fine 2018 American English
17165 Tales Of Falling And Flying Ben Loory 2017 American English
17165 The Unfinished World Amber Sparks 2016 American English
17165 The Sorcerer Of The Wildeeps Kai Ashante Wilson 2015 American English
17165 Ring Shout P. Djèlí Clark 2020 American English
17165 Slow Horses Mick Herron 2010 British English
17165 Notes On An Execution Danya Kukafka 2024 American English
17165 The Nutmeg's Curse Amitav Ghosh 2021 Indian English
17165 Deadly Quiet City Murong Xuecun 2021 Chinese Chinese
17165 Serotonin Michel Houellebecq 2019 French French
17165 Three Daughters Of Eve Elif Shafak 2016 Turkish English
17165 Kroz Carstvo Nauka Milutin Milanković 2004 Serbian Serbian
17165 Kroz Vasionu I Vekove Milutin Milanković 2002 Serbian Serbian
17165 Never Enough Judith Grisel 2019 Unknown English
17165 The Sports Gene David Epstein 2013 American English
17165 Le Code De La Conscience Stanislas Dehaene 2014 French French
17165 Lost Connections Johann Hari 2018 British English
17165 Lifespan David A. Sinclair 2019 Australian English
17165 Beyond Bigger Leaner Stronger David Matthews 2014 Unknown English
17165 Ostatnie Historie Olga Tokarczuk 2004 Polish Polish
17165 Anna In W Grobowcach świata Olga Tokarczuk 2006 Polish Polish
17165 The Tales Of Beedle The Bard J. K. Rowling 2008 British English
17165 Dans Le Jardin De L'ogre Leïla Slimani 2014 French French
17165 Marshall Mcluhan Unbound Marshall McLuhan 2005 Canadian English
17165 The Singularity Is Near Ray Kurzweil 2005 American English
17165 What Technology Wants Kevin Kelly 2010 American English
17165 Our Man In Rome Catherine Fletcher 2012 Unknown English
17165 The Fall Of The Roman Empire Peter Heather 2005 British English
17165 From Airline Reservations To Sonic The Hedgehog Martin Campbell-Kelly 2003 British English
17165 The Ultimate History Of Video Games Steven L. Kent 2001 American English
17165 At Home With André And Simone Weil Sylvie Weil 2009 Unknown French
17165 Kant Manfred Kuehn 2001 Unknown English
17165 Simone De Beauvoir Toril Moi 2008 Unknown English
17165 Frantz Fanon David Macey 2001 Unknown English
17165 The Argumentative Indian Amartya Sen 2005 Unknown English
17165 India John Keay 2000 British English
17165 From Plassey To Partition And After Sekhar Bandyopadhyay 2004 Indian English
17165 History Of Medieval India Radhey Shyam Chaurasia 2002 Indian English
17165 A Corner Of A Foreign Field Ramachandra Guha 2003 Indian English
17165 Prehistory And Protohistory Of India VK Jain 2006 Indian English
17165 A Concise History Of South India Noboru Karashima 2014 Unknown English
17165 A Textbook Of Medieval Indian History Sailendra Nath Sen 2010 Indian English