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 Girl In Pieces Kathleen Glasgow 2016 American English
17131 The Golden Spruce John Vaillant 2005 Canadian English
17131 Autobiography Of A Corpse Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky 2013 Russian Russian
17131 Outsmart Your Brain Daniel T. Willingham 2023 American English
17131 Same As Ever Morgan Housel 2023 American English
17131 The 12 Week Year Brian P. Moran 2013 American English
17131 Reality Transurfing Steps I V Vadim Zeland 2004 Russian Russian
17131 Limitless Jim Kwik 2020 American English
17131 The Silk Road Valerie Hansen 2012 Unknown English
17131 Savarkar Vikram Sampath 2019 Indian English
17131 Good Reasons For Bad Feelings Randolph M. Nesse 2019 American English
17131 Big Red Lollipop Rukhsana Khan 2010 Canadian English
17131 Chains Laurie Halse Anderson 2008 American English
17131 Just A Minute Yuyi Morales 2003 Unknown English
17131 Locomotion Jacqueline Woodson 2003 American English
17131 Rickshaw Girl Mitali Perkins 2007 American English
17131 A Sick Day For Amos Mc Gee Philip Stead 2010 American English
17131 Starry River Of The Sky Grace Lin 2012 American English
17131 The Lion And The Lily Ira Mukhoty 2023 Unknown English
17131 Big Fiction Dan Sinykin 2023 Unknown English
17131 Yellow Book Amitava Kumar 2023 Unknown English
17131 Zpověď Maxe Tivoliho Andrew Sean Greer 2004 American English
17131 Of Women And Salt Gabriela Garcia 2021 Unknown English
17131 Svolení Vanessa Springora 2020 French French
17131 The Broken String Neil Bennun 2004 Unknown English
17131 Marrying Winterborne Lisa Kleypas 2016 American English
17131 Binding 13 Chloe Walsh 2018 Unknown English
17131 We Believe The Children Richard Beck 2015 Unknown English
17131 Cursed Fates Caroline Peckham 2022 Unknown English
17131 Gold Raven Kennedy 2020 Unknown English
17131 The Ballad Of Never After Stephanie Garber 2022 American English
17131 A Dowry Of Blood S.T. Gibson 2021 Unknown English
17131 Rouge Mona Awad 2023 Canadian English
17131 A Heart Of Blood And Ashes Milla Vane 2020 Unknown English
17131 A Fate Inked In Blood Danielle L. Jensen 2023 Unknown English
17131 Masters Of Death Olivie Blake 2023 Unknown English
17131 A Curse For True Love Stephanie Garber 2023 American English
17131 The Captain Will Wight 2023 Unknown English
17131 Dyscalculia Camonghne Felix 2023 Unknown English
17131 River Sing Me Home Eleanor Shearer 2023 Unknown English
17131 Sirens & Muses Antonia Angress 2022 Unknown English
17131 The Cat Who Saved Books Sōsuke Natsukawa 2017 Japanese Japanese
17131 Broken Bonds J. Bree 2021 Unknown English
17131 A Day Of Fallen Night Samantha Shannon 2023 British English
17131 Twisted Lies Ana Huang 2022 Unknown English
17131 Let Me Tell You What I Mean Joan Didion 2021 American English
17131 The Phone Booth At The Edge Of The World Laura Imai Messina 2020 Italian Italian
17131 Him Sarina Bowen 2015 Unknown English
17131 All We Can Save Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2020 Unknown English
17131 A History Of Wild Places Shea Ernshaw 2021 American English
17131 Black Girl, Call Home Jasmine Mans 2021 American English
17131 This Woven Kingdom Tahereh Mafi 2022 American English
17131 Dog Songs Mary Oliver 2013 American English
17131 Velvet Was The Night Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2021 Mexican English
17131 I Want To Eat Your Pancreas Yoru Sumino 2015 Japanese Japanese
17131 Birthday Girl Penelope Douglas 2018 American English
17131 Almond Sohn Won-Pyung 2017 Korean Korean
17131 House Of Hollow Krystal Sutherland 2021 Australian English
17131 If Cats Disappeared From The World Genki Kawamura 2012 Japanese Japanese
17131 Wordslut Amanda Montell 2023 American English
17131 The Queen Of The Tearling Erika Johansen 2014 American English
17131 The Beautiful Struggle Ta-Nehisi Coates 2008 American English
17131 All The Tides Of Fate Adalyn Grace 2021 American English
17131 Time's Convert Deborah Harkness 2018 American English
17131 Lord Of The Mysteries Volume 1 Ai Qianshui de Wuzei 2018 Chinese Chinese
17131 Reverend Insanity Gu Zhen Re 2015 Chinese Chinese
17131 To Calais In Ordinary Time James Meek 2019 British English
17131 Time Song Julia Blackburn 2019 British English
17131 Inventario Di Alcune Cose Perdute Judith Schalansky 2018 German German
17131 Communion Town Sam Thompson 2012 British English
17131 The Kills Patrick House 2013 Unknown English
17131 The Year Of The Ladybird Graham Joyce 2013 British English
17131 Wolves Simon Ings 2014 British English
17131 The Race Nina Allan 2014 British English
17131 Katherine Carlyle Rupert Thomson 2015 British English
17131 The Ecliptic Benjamin Wood 2015 British English
17131 I Swear I'll Make It Up To You Mishka Shubaly 2016 American English
17131 Universal Harvester John Darnielle 2017 American English
17131 Threshold Rob Doyle 2020 Irish English
17131 Let My People Go Surfing Carolyn Chouinard 2005 Unknown English
17131 The First Bad Man Miranda July 2015 American English
17131 Europe In Autumn Dave Hutchinson 2014 British English
17131 The Wake Paul Kingsnorth 2014 British English
17131 Cave & Julia M. John Harrison 2014 British English
17131 Our Ecstatic Days Steve Erickson 2005 American English
17131 Angelmaker Nick Harkaway 2012 British English
17131 Appeasement Tim Bouverie 2019 British English
17131 American Gun Cameron McWhirter 2023 Unknown English
17131 To Be Taught, If Fortunate Becky Chambers 2019 American English
17131 Still Pictures Janet Malcolm 2023 American English
17131 The World And All That It Holds Aleksandar Hemon 2023 Bosnian English
17131 Here Goes Nothing Steve Toltz 2022 Australian English
17131 The Wrong End Of The Telescope Rabih Alameddine 2021 American English
17131 Devil House John Darnielle 2022 American English
17131 Thought To Exist In The Wild Derrick Jensen 2007 American English
17131 Eichmann Before Jerusalem Bettina Stangneth 2011 German German
17131 The Bartender's Tale Ivan Doig 2012 American English
17131 The Road To Unfreedom Timothy Snyder 2018 American English
17131 Five Carat Soul James McBride 2017 American English
17131 Audience Of One James Poniewozik 2019 American English
17131 Hollow Kingdom Bill Buxton 2019 Unknown English
17131 Rabbit Cake Annie Hartnett 2017 American English
17131 My Father, The Pornographer Andrew J. Offutt 2016 American English
17131 The Red Parts Maggie Nelson 2007 American English
17131 Night Etel Adnan 2016 Unknown English
17131 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Sherman Alexie 2017 American English
17131 Christmas Days Jeanette Winterson 2016 British English
17131 White Egrets Derek Walcott 2010 Saint Lucian English
17131 The Ecological Thought Timothy Morton 2010 British English
17131 The Collected Stories Lorrie Moore 2008 American English
17131 Servants Of The Map Andrea Barrett 2023 American English
17131 The Tender Bar J.R. Moehringer 2005 American English
17131 The Humans Matt Haig 2013 British English
17131 Last Night At The Lobster Stewart O'Nan 2007 American English
17131 Restore Me Tahereh Mafi 2018 American English
17131 Delilah Green Doesn't Care Ashley Herring Blake 2022 American English
17131 Man Of My Time Dalia Sofer 2020 Unknown English
17131 My Part Of Her Javad Djavahery 2017 Unknown French
17131 A Door Between Us Ehsaneh Sadr 2020 Unknown English
17131 Then The Fish Swallowed Him Amir Ahmadi Arian 2020 Iranian English