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 Between The Trees Gyrðir Elíasson 2009 Icelandic Icelandic
17131 Days In The History Of Silence Merethe Lindstrøm 2011 Norwegian Norwegian
17131 The Prophets Of Eternal Fjord Kim Leine 2012 Danish Danish
17131 Mirage 38 Kjell Westö 2013 Finnish Swedish
17131 Andvake, Olavs Draumar And Kveldsvævd Jon Fosse 2007 Norwegian Norwegian
17131 Songs And Formulae Katarina Frostenson 2015 Swedish Swedish
17131 Memories Of Love Kirsten Thorup 2016 Danish Danish
17131 Hotel Silence Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir 2016 Icelandic Icelandic
17131 After The Sun Jonas Eika 2018 Danish Danish
17131 Who Killed Bambi? Monika Fagerholm 2019 Finnish Swedish
17131 The Ruthless Elimination Of Hurry John Mark Comer 2019 American English
17131 The Rise And Triumph Of The Modern Self Carl R. Trueman 2020 American English
17131 Check & Mate Ali Hazelwood 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Naturals Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2013 American English
17131 Better Than The Movies Lynn Painter 2021 American English
17131 Bad Blood Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2016 Unknown English
17131 All In Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2015 American English
17131 The Doll People Ann M. Martin 2000 American English
17131 Lyra's Oxford Philip Pullman 2003 British English
17131 A Song Of Ice And Fire George R. R. Martin 2011 American English
17131 Ms. Hempel Chronicles Sarah Shun-lien Bynum 2008 American English
17131 A Girl Named Zippy Haven Kimmel 2001 American English
17131 What Is All This? Stephen Dixon 2010 American English
17131 My Bright Abyss Christian Wiman 2013 American English
17131 Kingdom Animalia Aracelis Girmay 2011 American English
17131 Elegy On Toy Piano Dean Young 2005 American English
17131 And Tango Makes Three Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell 2005 American English
17131 Dr Seuss's Beginner Book Collection Dr. Seuss 2009 American English
17131 Guess How Much I Love You Sam McBratney 2007 British English
17131 Llama Llama Red Pajama Anna Dewdney 2005 American English
17131 Ankomst Gøhril Gabrielsen 2017 Norwegian Norwegian
17131 The Bird Tribunal Agnes Ravatn 2013 Norwegian Norwegian
17131 Zero Gine Cornelia Pedersen 2013 Norwegian Norwegian
17131 Will And Testament Vigdis Hjorth 2016 Norwegian Norwegian
17131 A Modern Family Helga Flatland 2017 Norwegian Norwegian
17131 Loop Brenda Lozano 2014 Mexican Spanish
17131 Ramifications Daniel Saldaña París 2018 Mexican Spanish
17131 The Secret Life Of Insects Bernardo Esquinca 2023 Unknown English
17131 Season Of The Swamp Yuri Herrera 2022 Unknown English
17131 Umami Laia Jufresa 2015 Mexican Spanish
17131 On Lighthouses Jazmina Barrera 2017 Mexican Spanish
17131 Memories Of Philippine Kitchens Amy Besa, Romy Dorotan 2006 Philippine English
17131 The House On Calle Sombra Marga Ortigas 2021 Philippine English
17131 Smaller And Smaller Circles FH Batacan 2002 Philippine English
17131 Hansen’s Children Ognjen Spahić 2004 Montenegrin Montenegrin
17131 The Walnut Mansion Miljenko Jergović 2003 Croatian Croatian
17131 Stork Mountain Miroslav Penkov 2016 Bulgarian English
17131 Dry Season Gabriela Babnik 2012 Unknown Slovene
17131 The Russian Window Dragan Velikić 2007 Unknown Serbian
17131 The Cavemen Chronicle Mihkel Mutt 2012 Estonian Estonian
17131 The Saviour Of Lasnamäe Mari Saat 2009 Estonian Estonian
17131 Breathing Into Marble Laura Sintija 2009 Unknown Lithuanian
17131 Those Whom I Would Like To Meet Again Giedra Radvilavičiūtė 2013 Lithuanian Lithuanian
17131 American Sniper Chris Kyle 2012 American English
17131 Great Italian Stories Jhumpa Lahiri 2023 Unknown Italian
17131 Great Spanish Stories Margaret Jull Costa 2014 Unknown Spanish
17131 Bluebeard’s First Wife Ha Seong-nan 2002 Korean Korean
17131 Mina Kim Sagwa 2008 Korean Korean
17131 Blood Sisters Kim Yideum 2019 Korean Korean
17131 The Disaster Tourist Yun Ko-eun 2013 Korean Korean
17131 Thud! Terry Pratchett 2005 British English
17131 Monstrous Regiment Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
17131 The Galaxy, And The Ground Within Becky Chambers 2021 American English
17131 Record Of A Spaceborn Few Becky Chambers 2018 American English
17131 Provenance Ann Leckie 2017 American English
17131 The Confusion Neal Stephenson 2004 American English
17131 The System Of The World Neal Stephenson 2004 American English
17131 Wintersmith Terry Pratchett 2006 British English
17131 Robopocalypse Daniel H. Wilson 2011 American English
17131 The Little Bandits Michael Henry 2025 Australian English
17131 Living Untethered Michael A. Singer 2022 American English
17131 Worm Wildbow 2011 Canadian English
17131 We Were Dreamers Marjorie Liu 2022 Unknown English
17131 The Christmas Pig J. K. Rowling 2021 British English
17131 The Hate You Give Angie Thomas 2017 American English
17131 Quit Porn Effortlessly! The Easy Peasy Method Hackauthor² 2020 Unknown English
17131 Dopamine Detox Thibaut Meurisse 2020 Unknown English
17131 The Eyes And The Impossible Dave Eggers 2023 American English
17131 The Day The World Came To Town Jim DeFede 2002 American English
17131 Kurashi At Home Marie Kondo 2022 Japanese Japanese
17131 Gallant V. E. Schwab 2022 American English
17131 Dear Edward Ann Napolitano 2020 American English
17131 The Unseen World Liz Moore 2016 American English
17131 Son Lois Lowry 2012 American English
17131 Messenger Lois Lowry 2004 American English
17131 The Selection Kiera Cass 2012 American English
17131 Twisted Love Ana Huang 2021 Unknown English
17131 Honeybee Craig Silvey 2020 Australian English
17131 Gould's Book Of Fish Richard Flanagan 2001 Australian English
17131 Ancient Light John Banville 2012 Irish English
17131 The Wonder Emma Donoghue 2023 Irish English
17131 Why Liberalism Failed Patrick J. Deneen 2018 American English
17131 Bronze Age Mindset Bronze Age Pervert 2018 Unknown English
17131 The Power Of Meaning Emily Esfahani Smith 2017 American English
17131 Psychopolitics Byung-Chul Han 2017 German German
17131 Yoga Emmanuel Carrère 2020 French French
17131 The Closing Of The Western Mind Charles Freeman 2002 British English
17131 Conversations With David Foster Wallace David Foster Wallace 2012 American English
17131 The Red Book C.G. Jung 2009 Swiss German
17131 Red Plenty Francis Spufford 2010 British English
17131 Silo 1 Hugh Howey 2012 American English
17131 The Molecule Of More Daniel E. Lieberman 2018 American English
17131 The Beatles Anthology The Beatles 2000 British English
17131 Eleven Minutes Paulo Coelho 2003 Brazilian Portuguese
17131 How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'N' Roll Elijah Wald 2009 American English
17131 Saltatempo Stefano Benni 2001 Italian Italian
17131 The Book Of Life Deborah Harkness 2014 American English
17131 The Wishing Spell Chris Colfer 2012 American English
17131 The Magician Michael Scott 2008 Irish English
17131 Blue Lily, Lily Blue Maggie Stiefvater 2014 American English
17131 Hoot Carl Hiaasen 2002 American English
17131 Carry On Rainbow Rowell 2015 American English
17131 Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Seth Grahame-Smith 2009 American English
17131 Fablehaven Brandon Mull 2006 American English
17131 Darkfever Karen Marie Moning 2006 American English
17131 The Hunger Games Kate Egan 2008 Unknown English
17131 For One More Day Mitch Albom 2006 American English
17131 Bleach, Vol. 1 Tite Kubo 2001 Japanese Japanese
17131 Unravel Me Tahereh Mafi 2013 American English
17131 The Twelve Justin Cronin 2012 American English