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 The English Understand Wool Helen DeWitt 2022 Unknown English
17131 The Hike Drew Magary 2016 American English
17131 The Rook Daniel O'Malley 2012 Australian English
17131 A Boy And A Bear In A Boat Dave Shelton 2012 British English
17131 Run Blake Crouch 2011 American English
17131 Strange The Dreamer Laini Taylor 2017 American English
17131 Killer Instinct Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2014 American English
17131 The Benevolent Society Of Ill Mannered Ladies Alison Goodman 2023 Unknown English
17131 One For My Enemy Olivie Blake 2022 Unknown English
17131 Heartless Marissa Meyer 2016 American English
17131 The Shaman's Mind Jonathan Hammond 2020 Unknown English
17131 Library Lion Michelle Knudsen 2006 American English
17131 Dan Brown Omnibus Dan Brown 2004 American English
17131 The Art Of The Lord Of The Rings By J.R.R. Tolkien Wayne G. Hammond 2015 British English
17131 Heavier Than Heaven Charles R. Cross 2001 American English
17131 I Am Ozzy Ozzy Osbourne 2009 British English
17131 Born Standing Up Steve Martin 2007 American English
17131 Combee Edda L. Fields-Black 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Right To Oblivion Lowry Pressly 2024 Unknown English
17131 Naples 1925 Martin Mittelmeier 2024 Unknown German
17131 Life As No One Knows It Sara Imari Walker 2024 Unknown English
17131 Four Points Of The Compass Jerry Brotton 2024 Unknown English
17131 Savings And Trust Justene Hill Edwards 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Roads To Rome Catherine Fletcher 2024 Unknown English
17131 Cosmic Connections Charles Taylor 2024 Unknown English
17131 Stranger Than We Can Imagine John Higgs 2015 British English
17131 Klf John Higgs 2012 British English
17131 Plato At The Googleplex Rebecca Goldstein 2014 American English
17131 Piranesi Jonathan Scott 2020 Unknown English
17131 The Salmon Of Doubt Douglas Adams 2002 British English
17131 On Fire Naomi Klein 2019 Canadian English
17131 The Angelical Language, Volume I Aaron Leitch 2010 Unknown English
17131 The Unfolding Of Language Guy Deutscher 2005 British English
17131 Maurice And Maralyn Sophie Elmhirst 2024 Unknown English
17131 Blitzed Norman Ohler 2015 German German
17131 Hue 1968 Mark Bowden 2017 American English
17131 Fanged Noumena Nick Land 2011 British English
17131 State Of Exception Giorgio Agamben 2003 Italian Italian
17131 Diary Of A Void Emi Yagi 2020 Japanese Japanese
17131 Ripe Sarah Rose Etter 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Great Movies Roger Ebert 2003 American English
17131 Better Never To Have Been David Benatar 2006 South African English
17131 Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern World Jack Weatherford 2004 American English
17131 Aliens & Anorexia Chris Kraus 2000 American English
17131 Mayakovsky's Revolver Matthew Dickman 2012 American English
17131 I Was Told There'd Be Cake Sloane Crosley 2008 American English
17131 I Am, I Am, I Am Maggie O'Farrell 2017 British English
17131 All The Names They Used For God Anjali Sachdeva 2018 American English
17131 In The Country Mia Alvar 2015 Unknown English
17131 Congo David Van Reybrouck 2010 Belgian Dutch
17131 War Sebastian Junger 2010 American English
17131 The Bang Bang Club Greg Marinovich 2000 South African English
17131 Dear Church lenny duncan 2019 American English
17131 The Canning Season Polly Horvath 2003 Canadian English
17131 Godless Pete Hautman 2004 American English
17131 Claudette Colvin Phillip Hoose 2009 American English
17131 Goblin Secrets William Alexander 2012 American English
17131 The Thing About Luck Cynthia Kadohata 2013 American English
17131 What I Saw And How I Lied Judy Blundell 2008 American English
17131 Inside Out & Back Again Thanhhà Lại 2011 American English
17131 Don't Call Us Dead Danez Smith 2017 American English
17131 All Our Names Dinaw Mengestu 2014 American English
17131 Cyclonopedia Reza Negarestani 2008 Unknown English
17131 St. Lucy's Home For Girls Raised By Wolves Karen Russell 2024 American English
17131 August Blue Deborah Levy 2023 British English
17131 China Room Sunjeev Sahota 2021 British English
17131 Trick Domenico Starnone 2016 Italian Italian
17131 The Gate Of The Feral Gods Matt Dinniman 2022 American English
17131 The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook Matt Dinniman 2020 Unknown English
17131 Carl's Doomsday Scenario Matt Dinniman 2023 Unknown English
17131 Okay For Now Gary D. Schmidt 2011 American English
17131 Food Fight! Carol Diggory Shields 2002 Unknown English
17131 The Day My Bum Went Psycho Andy Griffiths 2001 Australian English
17131 The Beast Walter Dean Myers 2003 American English
17131 Judy Moody Megan McDonald 2000 American English
17131 Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining Anne Mazer 2000 American English
17131 Dead Street Mickey Spillane 2007 American English
17131 End Games Michael Dibdin 2007 British English
17131 The Great American Bathroom Book Stevens W. Anderson 2007 American English
17131 The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook Joshua Piven 2001 American English
17131 The Idiot Brain Dean Burnett 2016 British English
17131 The Extinction Of Experience Christine Rosen 2004 Unknown English
17131 This Thing Of Darkness Harry Thompson 2005 British English
17131 Soviet Milk Nora Ikstena 2015 Latvian Latvian
17131 Revolutionary Spring Christopher Clark 2023 British English
17131 The Bright Book Of Life Harold Bloom 2020 American English
17131 The Book Amaranth Borsuk 2018 Unknown English
17131 I Love Russia Elena Kostyuchenko 2023 Russian Russian
17131 Caminhar Frédéric Gros 2009 French French
17131 The Identity Trap Yascha Mounk 2023 Unknown English
17131 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2022 British English
17131 A Stranger In Your Own City Ghaith Abdul-Ahad 2023 Unknown English
17131 Your Brain On Art Susan Magsamen 2023 Unknown English
17131 Under Alien Skies Philip Plait 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Middle Kingdoms Martyn Rady 2023 Unknown English
17131 Migrations Charlotte McConaghy 2020 Australian English
17131 Surfaces And Essences Douglas Hofstadter 2013 American English
17131 Un Monde à Portée De Main Maylis de Kerangal 2018 French French
17131 Out Of Mesopotamia Salar Abdoh 2020 Iranian English
17131 Morrer Na Primavera Ralf Rothmann 2015 German German
17131 Censoring An Iranian Love Story Shahriar Mandanipour 2009 Iranian Persian
17131 Be Water, My Friend Shannon Lee 2020 Unknown English
17131 My Heart Hemmed In Marie NDiaye 2007 French French
17131 Inés Da Minha Alma Isabel Allende 2006 Chilean Spanish
17131 Scale Geoffrey B. West 2017 American English
17131 The Sculptor Scott McCloud 2015 American English
17131 Silêncio Na Era Do Ruído Erling Kagge 2016 Norwegian Norwegian
17131 Rosalie Lightning Tom Hart 2016 American English
17131 The Underground Girls Of Kabul Jenny Nordberg 2014 Unknown English
17131 Social Matthew D. Lieberman 2013 American English
17131 Curious Ian Leslie 2014 British English
17131 Nexus Ramez Naam 2012 American English
17131 Morgon Og Kveld Jon Fosse 2000 Norwegian Norwegian
17131 Last Boat Out Of Shanghai Zia, Helen 2019 Unknown English
17131 The Loneliest Americans Jay Caspian Kang 2021 American English
17131 Wanting Tom Burgis 2021 Unknown English
17131 Heavenly Participation Boersma, Hans 2011 Canadian English
17131 What Tech Calls Thinking Daub, Adrian 2020 Unknown English
17131 Barlaam And Josaphat Gui de Cambrai 2014 French Old french
17131 The Gospel According To The New World Maryse Condé, Richard Philcox 2021 French French