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 Shatter Me Tahereh Mafi 2011 American English
17131 All American Boys Jason Reynolds 2015 American English
17131 The Sword Of Kaigen M. L. Wang 2019 Unknown English
17131 Old Sleuth, The Detective Harlan Page Halsey 2014 American English
17131 The Expressman And The Detective Allan Pinkerton 2004 American English
17131 The Mystery Of A Hansom Cab Fergus Hume 2006 Australian English
17131 The Lone Wolf Louis Joseph Vance 2003 American English
17131 Detective Duff Unravels It Harvey J O'Higgins 2008 American English
17131 Joe Di Maggio Richard Ben Cramer 2000 American English
17131 The Complete Armchair Book Of Baseball John Thorn 2004 American English
17131 Big Game, Small World Alexander Wolff 2002 Unknown English
17131 Out Of The Bunker And Into The Trees Rex Lardner 2013 Unknown English
17131 Beer And Circus Murray Sperber 2000 American English
17131 The Chronicles Of Doom S. H. Fernando 2024 Unknown English
17131 Cuckooland Tom Burgis 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Fall Of Roe Elizabeth Dias, Lisa Lerer 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Last Fire Season Manjula Martin 2024 Unknown English
17131 We Have Never Been Woke Musa Al-Gharbi 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Work Of Art Adam Moss 2024 Unknown English
17131 Rainbow Black Maggie Thrash 2024 Unknown English
17131 All This Could Be Different Sarah Thankam Mathews 2022 Unknown English
17131 Free Speech Jacob Mchangama 2024 Unknown English
17131 It Gets Me Home, This Curving Track Ian Penman 2019 British English
17131 So To Speak Terrance Hayes 2024 American English
17131 Wild Massive Scotto Moore 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Penguin Book Of Japanese Short Stories Jay Rubin 2018 Japanese English
17131 Lonely Castle In The Mirror Mizuki Tsujimura 2017 Japanese Japanese
17131 Blue Skies T. C. Boyle 2023 American English
17131 The Wonder Paradox Jennifer Michael Hecht 2023 American English
17131 The Asking Jane Hirshfield 2023 American English
17131 The Big Myth Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway 2023 Unknown English
17131 Why We Love Baseball Joe Posnanski 2023 American English
17131 The Woman Who Wrote The Bible Moacyr Scliar 2003 Brazilian Portuguese
17131 On Call Anthony Fauci 2024 Unknown English
17131 Vanishing Treasures Katherine Rundell 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Cleopatras Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones 2024 Unknown English
17131 A Small Miracle Tessa Venell 2024 Unknown English
17131 Third Millennium Thinking John Campbell, Saul Perlmutter, Robert MacCoun 2024 Unknown English
17131 Native Nations Kathleen DuVal 2024 Unknown English
17131 House Of Flame And Shadow Sarah J. Maas 2024 American English
17131 Moonbound Robin Sloan 2024 Unknown English
17131 Plastic Scott Guild 2024 Unknown English
17131 Tabitha, Get Up Lee Upton 2024 Unknown English
17131 Miranda In Retrograde Lauren Layne 2024 American English
17131 Wild Chocolate Rowan Jacobsen 2024 Unknown English
17131 Midlife Calculus Britt Kaufmann 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Progressive Parent Kavin Senapathy 2024 Unknown English
17131 Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground Joyeeta Gupta, Barbara Hogenboom, Arthur Rempel, Malin Olofsson 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Well Connected Animal Lee Alan Dugatkin 2024 Unknown English
17131 Why Machines Learn Anil Ananthaswamy 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Hunger Habit Judson Brewer 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Elements Of Marie Curie Dava Sobel 2024 Unknown English
17131 Kids’ Field Guide To Birds Daisy Yuhas 2024 Unknown English
17131 A Quantum Love Story Mike Chen 2024 Unknown English
17131 Fowl Play Sally Coulthard 2022 Unknown English
17131 The Great River Boyce Upholt 2024 Unknown English
17131 Attention Is Discovery Anna Von Mertens 2024 Unknown English
17131 Pillars Of Creation Richard Panek 2024 Unknown English
17131 Treekeepers Lauren E. Oakes 2024 Unknown English
17131 These Are The Words Nikita Gill 2022 British English
17131 The Chaos Machine Max Fisher 2022 Unknown English
17131 To Anyone Who Ever Asks Howard Fishman 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Scandalous Confessions Of Lydia Bennet, Witch Melinda Taub 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Bangalore Detectives Club Harini Nagendra 2022 Indian English
17131 Mary Toft; Or, The Rabbit Queen Dexter Palmer 2019 American English
17131 Ruin, Blossom John Burnside 2024 British English
17131 A Book About Ray Ellen Levy 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Fair Folk Su Bristow 2024 Unknown English
17131 Finding A Likeness Nicholson Baker 2024 American English
17131 The Long Run Stacey D’Erasmo 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Material Camille Bordas 2024 Unknown English
17131 Paradise Bronx Ian Frazier 2024 Unknown English
17131 Table For Two Amor Towles 2024 American English
17131 The Storm Before The Storm Mike Duncan 2017 American English
17131 Ego Is The Enemy Ryan Holiday 2016 American English
17131 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17131 Strongmen Ruth Ben-Ghiat 2020 American English
17131 Unerhörte Stimmen Elif Shafak 2021 Unknown German
17131 Family Meal Bryan Washington 2023 American English
17131 Gild Raven Kennedy 2020 Unknown English
17131 All Boys Aren’t Blue George Johnson 2020 American English
17131 The Book Of Koli M. R. Carey 2020 British English
17131 The Crippled God Steven Erikson 2011 Canadian English
17131 Dust Of Dreams Steven Erikson 2009 Canadian English
17131 Toll The Hounds Steven Erikson 2008 Canadian English
17131 Reaper's Gale Steven Erikson 2007 Canadian English
17131 The Bonehunters Steven Erikson 2006 Canadian English
17131 Midnight Tides Steven Erikson 2004 Canadian English
17131 House Of Chains Steven Erikson 2002 Canadian English
17131 Memories Of Ice Steven Erikson 2001 Canadian English
17131 Der Junge Mann Annie Ernaux 2022 French French
17131 The Bullet Journal Method Ryder Carroll 2018 American English
17131 The Parrot And The Igloo David Lipsky 2023 Unknown English
17131 Post Growth Tim Jackson 2021 British English
17131 Reasonableness Of Reason Bruce W. Hauptli 2004 Unknown English
17131 Ľútostivosť Stanislav Rakús 2021 Slovak Slovak
17131 Jednorožce Barbora Hrínová 2020 Slovak Slovak
17131 Šeptuchy Alena Sabuchová 2019 Slovak Slovak
17131 Jedenie Ivan Medeši 2018 Slovak Slovak
17131 Scenár Etela Farkašová 2017 Slovak Slovak
17131 Som Paula Ondrej Štefánik 2012 Slovak Slovak
17131 Tantalópolis Peter Macsovszky 2015 Slovak Slovak
17131 Medzerový Plod Veronika Šikulová 2014 Slovak Slovak
17131 First And Last Love Pavel Vilikovský 2005 Slovak Slovak
17131 Kale Topanky Víťo Staviarsky 2012 Slovak Slovak
17131 In The Name Of The Father Balla 2011 Slovak English
17131 Boat Number Five Monika Kompaníková 2010 Slovak Slovak
17131 Telegram Stanislav Rakús 2009 Slovak Slovak
17131 Ostrovy Nepamäti Alta Vášová 2008 Slovak Slovak
17131 Teta Anula Milan Zelinka 2007 Slovak Slovak
17131 The Healer Marek Vadas 2006 Slovak Slovak
17131 Čarovný Papagáj A Iné Gýče Pavel Vilikovský 2005 Slovak Slovak
17131 Paradais Fernanda Melchor 2022 Mexican Spanish
17131 Days At The Morisaki Bookshop Satoshi Yagisawa 2010 Japanese Japanese
17131 The Whalebone Theatre Joanna Quinn 2022 Unknown English
17131 Drømmebroer Henrik Nordbrandt 2000 Danish Danish
17131 Revbensstäderna Eva Ström 2002 Swedish Swedish
17131 Juoksuhaudantie Kari Hotakainen 2002 Finnish Finnish
17131 The Ocean Göran Sonnevi 2005 Swedish Swedish
17131 I Curse The River Of Time Per Petterson 2008 Norwegian Norwegian