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 Kale Topanky Víťo Staviarsky 2012 Slovak Slovak
17172 In The Name Of The Father Balla 2011 Slovak English
17172 Boat Number Five Monika Kompaníková 2010 Slovak Slovak
17172 Telegram Stanislav Rakús 2009 Slovak Slovak
17172 Ostrovy Nepamäti Alta Vášová 2008 Slovak Slovak
17172 Teta Anula Milan Zelinka 2007 Slovak Slovak
17172 The Healer Marek Vadas 2006 Slovak Slovak
17172 Čarovný Papagáj A Iné Gýče Pavel Vilikovský 2005 Slovak Slovak
17172 Paradais Fernanda Melchor 2022 Mexican Spanish
17172 Days At The Morisaki Bookshop Satoshi Yagisawa 2010 Japanese Japanese
17172 The Whalebone Theatre Joanna Quinn 2022 Unknown English
17172 Drømmebroer Henrik Nordbrandt 2000 Danish Danish
17172 Revbensstäderna Eva Ström 2002 Swedish Swedish
17172 Juoksuhaudantie Kari Hotakainen 2002 Finnish Finnish
17172 The Ocean Göran Sonnevi 2005 Swedish Swedish
17172 I Curse The River Of Time Per Petterson 2008 Norwegian Norwegian
17172 Between The Trees Gyrðir Elíasson 2009 Icelandic Icelandic
17172 Days In The History Of Silence Merethe Lindstrøm 2011 Norwegian Norwegian
17172 The Prophets Of Eternal Fjord Kim Leine 2012 Danish Danish
17172 Mirage 38 Kjell Westö 2013 Finnish Swedish
17172 Andvake, Olavs Draumar And Kveldsvævd Jon Fosse 2007 Norwegian Norwegian
17172 Songs And Formulae Katarina Frostenson 2015 Swedish Swedish
17172 Memories Of Love Kirsten Thorup 2016 Danish Danish
17172 Hotel Silence Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir 2016 Icelandic Icelandic
17172 After The Sun Jonas Eika 2018 Danish Danish
17172 Who Killed Bambi? Monika Fagerholm 2019 Finnish Swedish
17172 The Ruthless Elimination Of Hurry John Mark Comer 2019 American English
17172 The Rise And Triumph Of The Modern Self Carl R. Trueman 2020 American English
17172 Check & Mate Ali Hazelwood 2023 Unknown English
17172 The Naturals Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2013 American English
17172 Better Than The Movies Lynn Painter 2021 American English
17172 Bad Blood Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2016 Unknown English
17172 All In Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2015 American English
17172 The Doll People Ann M. Martin 2000 American English
17172 Lyra's Oxford Philip Pullman 2003 British English
17172 A Song Of Ice And Fire George R. R. Martin 2011 American English
17172 Ms. Hempel Chronicles Sarah Shun-lien Bynum 2008 American English
17172 A Girl Named Zippy Haven Kimmel 2001 American English
17172 What Is All This? Stephen Dixon 2010 American English
17172 My Bright Abyss Christian Wiman 2013 American English
17172 Kingdom Animalia Aracelis Girmay 2011 American English
17172 Elegy On Toy Piano Dean Young 2005 American English
17172 And Tango Makes Three Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell 2005 American English
17172 Dr Seuss's Beginner Book Collection Dr. Seuss 2009 American English
17172 Guess How Much I Love You Sam McBratney 2007 British English
17172 Llama Llama Red Pajama Anna Dewdney 2005 American English
17172 Ankomst Gøhril Gabrielsen 2017 Norwegian Norwegian
17172 The Bird Tribunal Agnes Ravatn 2013 Norwegian Norwegian
17172 Zero Gine Cornelia Pedersen 2013 Norwegian Norwegian
17172 Will And Testament Vigdis Hjorth 2016 Norwegian Norwegian
17172 A Modern Family Helga Flatland 2017 Norwegian Norwegian
17172 Loop Brenda Lozano 2014 Mexican Spanish
17172 Ramifications Daniel Saldaña París 2018 Mexican Spanish
17172 The Secret Life Of Insects Bernardo Esquinca 2023 Unknown English
17172 Season Of The Swamp Yuri Herrera 2022 Unknown English
17172 Umami Laia Jufresa 2015 Mexican Spanish
17172 On Lighthouses Jazmina Barrera 2017 Mexican Spanish
17172 Memories Of Philippine Kitchens Amy Besa, Romy Dorotan 2006 Philippine English
17172 The House On Calle Sombra Marga Ortigas 2021 Philippine English
17172 Smaller And Smaller Circles FH Batacan 2002 Philippine English
17172 Hansen’s Children Ognjen Spahić 2004 Montenegrin Montenegrin
17172 The Walnut Mansion Miljenko Jergović 2003 Croatian Croatian
17172 Stork Mountain Miroslav Penkov 2016 Bulgarian English
17172 Dry Season Gabriela Babnik 2012 Unknown Slovene
17172 The Russian Window Dragan Velikić 2007 Unknown Serbian
17172 The Cavemen Chronicle Mihkel Mutt 2012 Estonian Estonian
17172 The Saviour Of Lasnamäe Mari Saat 2009 Estonian Estonian
17172 Breathing Into Marble Laura Sintija 2009 Unknown Lithuanian
17172 Those Whom I Would Like To Meet Again Giedra Radvilavičiūtė 2013 Lithuanian Lithuanian
17172 American Sniper Chris Kyle 2012 American English
17172 Great Italian Stories Jhumpa Lahiri 2023 Unknown Italian
17172 Great Spanish Stories Margaret Jull Costa 2014 Unknown Spanish
17172 Bluebeard’s First Wife Ha Seong-nan 2002 Korean Korean
17172 Mina Kim Sagwa 2008 Korean Korean
17172 Blood Sisters Kim Yideum 2019 Korean Korean
17172 The Disaster Tourist Yun Ko-eun 2013 Korean Korean
17172 Thud! Terry Pratchett 2005 British English
17172 Monstrous Regiment Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
17172 The Galaxy, And The Ground Within Becky Chambers 2021 American English
17172 Record Of A Spaceborn Few Becky Chambers 2018 American English
17172 Provenance Ann Leckie 2017 American English
17172 The Confusion Neal Stephenson 2004 American English
17172 The System Of The World Neal Stephenson 2004 American English
17172 Wintersmith Terry Pratchett 2006 British English
17172 Zima Blue And Other Stories Alastair Reynolds 2006 British English
17172 Robopocalypse Daniel H. Wilson 2011 American English
17172 The Little Bandits Michael Henry 2025 Australian English
17172 Living Untethered Michael A. Singer 2022 American English
17172 Worm Wildbow 2011 Canadian English
17172 We Were Dreamers Marjorie Liu 2022 Unknown English
17172 The Christmas Pig J. K. Rowling 2021 British English
17172 The Surrender Experiment Michael A. Singer 2015 American English
17172 The Hate You Give Angie Thomas 2017 American English
17172 Quit Porn Effortlessly! The Easy Peasy Method Hackauthor² 2020 Unknown English
17172 Dopamine Detox Thibaut Meurisse 2020 Unknown English
17172 The Eyes And The Impossible Dave Eggers 2023 American English
17172 The Day The World Came To Town Jim DeFede 2002 American English
17172 Kurashi At Home Marie Kondo 2022 Japanese Japanese
17172 Gallant V. E. Schwab 2022 American English
17172 Dear Edward Ann Napolitano 2020 American English
17172 The Unseen World Liz Moore 2016 American English
17172 Son Lois Lowry 2012 American English
17172 Messenger Lois Lowry 2004 American English
17172 The Selection Kiera Cass 2012 American English
17172 Twisted Love Ana Huang 2021 Unknown English
17172 Honeybee Craig Silvey 2020 Australian English
17172 Gould's Book Of Fish Richard Flanagan 2001 Australian English
17172 Ancient Light John Banville 2012 Irish English
17172 The Wonder Emma Donoghue 2023 Irish English
17172 Why Liberalism Failed Patrick J. Deneen 2018 American English
17172 Bronze Age Mindset Bronze Age Pervert 2018 Unknown English
17172 The Power Of Meaning Emily Esfahani Smith 2017 American English
17172 Psychopolitics Byung-Chul Han 2017 German German
17172 Yoga Emmanuel Carrère 2020 French French
17172 The Closing Of The Western Mind Charles Freeman 2002 British English
17172 Conversations With David Foster Wallace David Foster Wallace 2012 American English
17172 The Red Book C.G. Jung 2009 Swiss German
17172 Red Plenty Francis Spufford 2010 British English
17172 Silo 1 Hugh Howey 2012 American English
17172 The Molecule Of More Daniel E. Lieberman 2018 American English