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
17172 A Corner Of A Foreign Field Ramachandra Guha 2003 Indian English
17172 Prehistory And Protohistory Of India VK Jain 2006 Indian English
17172 A Concise History Of South India Noboru Karashima 2014 Unknown English
17172 A Textbook Of Medieval Indian History Sailendra Nath Sen 2010 Indian English
17172 A History Of Medieval India Satish Chandra 2007 Indian English
17172 Victory Colony, 1950 Bhaswati Ghosh 2020 Unknown English
17172 Midnight's Furies Nisid Hajari 2015 Unknown English
17172 The Pity Of Partition Ayesha Jalal 2013 English
17172 Partitions Amit Majmudar 2011 American English
17172 Green Island Shawna Yang Ryan 2016 Unknown English
17172 Unsheltered Barbara Kingsolver 2018 American English
17172 Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want To Come Jessica Pan 2019 Unknown English
17172 The Wolf Border Sarah Hall 2015 British English
17172 Change Of Heart Jodi Picoult 2008 American English
17172 The Tea Girl Of Hummingbird Lane Lisa See 2017 American English
17172 Why Orwell Matters Christopher Hitchens 2002 British English
17172 Von Hier Bis Zum Anfang Chris Whitaker 2021 British English
17172 Sag Den Wölfen, Ich Bin Zu Hause Carol Rifka Brunt 2012 American English
17172 Flowers Of Fire Hawon Jung 2023 Unknown English
17172 Gerta Tučková, Kateřina 2020 Czech Czech
17172 Sounds Like Titanic Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman 2019 American English
17172 The Invisible Bridge Julie Orringer 2010 American English
17172 The It Girl Ruth Ware 2022 British English
17172 The Family Chao Lan Samantha Chang 2022 American English
17172 The Turnout Megan Abbott 2021 American English
17172 Harrow Joy Williams 2021 American English
17172 Silverview John le Carré 2021 British English
17172 Our Kind Of Traitor John le Carré 2010 British English
17172 Provinces Of Night William Gay 2000 American English
17172 The Chain Adrian McKinty 2019 Irish English
17172 The Parade Dave Eggers 2019 American English
17172 Waiting For Eden Elliot Ackerman 2018 American English
17172 4 3 2 1 Paul Auster 2017 American English
17172 The Cartel Don Winslow 2015 American English
17172 White Tears Hari Kunzru 2017 British English
17172 The Postmortal Drew Magary 2011 American English
17172 Await Your Reply Dan Chaon 2009 American English
17172 Stone's Fall Iain Pears 2009 British English
17172 Gathering Blue Lois Lowry 2000 American English
17172 Children Of Memory Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022 British English
17172 Nona The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2022 New Zealand English
17172 System Collapse Martha Wells 2023 American English
17172 The Talk Darrin Bell 2023 American English
17172 Fugitive Telemetry Martha Wells 2021 American English
17172 Rogue Protocol Martha Wells 2018 American English
17172 Unmasking Autism Devon Price 2022 Unknown English
17172 House Of Suns Alastair Reynolds 2008 British English
17172 The Culture Code Daniel Coyle 2018 American English
17172 The Brain That Changes Itself Norman Doidge 2007 Canadian English
17172 The Driftless Area Tom Drury 2006 American English
17172 Daemon Daniel Suarez 2006 American English
17172 Man Shy Frank Dalby Davison 2002 Australian English
17172 Journals Of Expeditions Of Discovery Into Central Australia Edward John Eyre 2004 Australian English
17172 The Green Book Mór Jókai 2003 Hungarian Hungarian
17172 Stay With Me Ayobami Adebayo 2017 Nigerian English
17172 Sulwe Lupita Nyong’o 2019 Unknown English
17172 The World That Made Mandela Luli Callinicos 2000 Unknown English
17172 New Babylon New Nineveh Charles Van Onselen 2011 Unknown English
17172 Midlands Jonny Steinberg 2002 South African English
17172 Three Letter Plague Jonny Steinberg 2008 South African English
17172 Welcome To Our Hillbrow Phaswane Mpe 2001 South African English
17172 A Place Called Vatmaar Andrew Henry Martin Scholtz 2000 South African English
17172 Moxyland Lauren Beukes 2008 South African English
17172 The New Century Of South African Poetry Michael Chapman 2002 South African English
17172 If I Could Sing Keorapetse Kgositsile 2002 South African English
17172 Readings In Classical Chinese Philosophy Philip J. Ivanhoe, Bryan W. Van Norden 2001 Chinese English
17172 The Philosophy Of The Daodejing Hans-Georg Moeller 2006 Chinese English
17172 Finding Them Gone Red Pine 2015 Chinese English
17172 The Tragedy Of Liberation Frank Dikötter 2013 Chinese English
17172 The Cultural Revolution Frank Dikötter 2016 Chinese English
17172 Readings In Later Chinese Philosophy Justin Tiwald, Bryan W. Van Norden 2014 Chinese English
17172 Neo Confucianism Stephen C. Angle, Justin Tiwald 2017 Chinese English
17172 Incendiary Chris Cleave 2005 British English
17172 Sociopath Patric Gagne 2024 Unknown English
17172 Fruit Of The Dead Rachel Lyon 2024 Unknown English
17172 A Guest In The House Emily Carroll 2023 Canadian English
17172 Kantika Elizabeth Graver 2023 Unknown English
17172 The Nursery Szilvia Molnar 2023 Unknown English
17172 We Could Be So Good Cat Sebastian 2023 Unknown English
17172 Battle Of Ink And Ice Darrell Hartman 2023 Unknown English
17172 Easily Slip Into Another World Henry Threadgill, Brent Hayes Edwards 2023 Unknown English
17172 The Land Of Hope And Fear Isabel Kershner 2023 Unknown English
17172 The Odyssey Of Phillis Wheatley David Waldstreicher 2023 Unknown English
17172 Schoenberg Harvey Sachs 2023 Unknown English
17172 Sink Joseph Earl Thomas 2023 Unknown English
17172 Spoken Word Joshua Bennett 2023 Unknown English
17172 Time’s Echo Jeremy Eichler 2023 Unknown English
17172 The Undertow Jeff Sharlet 2023 American English
17172 Up Home Ruth J. Simmons 2023 Unknown English
17172 You Have To Be Prepared To Die Before You Can Begin To Live Paul Kix 2023 Unknown English
17172 Keeping The Faith Brenda Wineapple 2024 Unknown English
17172 The History Of Sound Ben Shattuck 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Unseen Truth Sarah Lewis 2024 Unknown English
17172 Lazarus Man Richard Price 2024 Unknown English
17172 Reservoir Bitches Dahlia de la Cerda 2024 Unknown Spanish
17172 Broiler Eli Cranor 2024 Unknown English
17172 Berlin Atomized Julia Kornberg 2021 Unknown English
17172 Last Date In El Zapotal Mateo García Elizondo 2019 Mexican Spanish
17172 Good Night, Sleep Tight Brian Evenson 2024 American English
17172 The Queens’ Ball Copi 2024 Unknown Unknown
17172 Bad Foundations Brian Allen Carr 2024 American English
17172 The Letters Of Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson, Cristanne Miller, Domhnall Mitchell 2024 American English
17172 The Dog Who Followed The Moon James Norbury 2024 Unknown English
17172 Abolition Angela Davis 2022 American English
17172 Behind You Is The Sea Susan Muaddi Darraj 2024 Unknown English
17172 Black Women Taught Us Jenn M. Jackson 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Body Alone Nina Lohman 2024 Unknown English
17172 Confrontations Simone Atangana Bekono, Suzanne Heukensfeldt Jansen 2020 Unknown Dutch
17172 Crazy Like A Fox Christi Furnas 2024 Unknown English
17172 Dear Elia Mimi Khúc 2024 Unknown Unknown
17172 Disability Intimacy Alice Wong 2024 Unknown English
17172 Greasepaint Hannah Levene 2024 Unknown English
17172 I’m A Fool To Want You Camila Sosa Villada, Kit Maude 2024 Unknown Spanish
17172 A Kind Of Madness Uche Okonkwo 2024 Unknown English
17172 Liberating Abortion Renee Bracey Sherman, Regina Mahone 2024 Unknown English
17172 Loving Corrections adrienne maree brown 2024 Unknown English
17172 My Life IllumiNative 2024 Unknown English
17172 Night Flyer Tiya Miles 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Rise And Fall Of The Second American Republic Manisha Sinha 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow Elin Anna Labba, Fiona Graham 2020 Unknown Swedish