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
17164 Inés Da Minha Alma Isabel Allende 2006 Chilean Spanish
17164 Scale Geoffrey B. West 2017 American English
17164 The Sculptor Scott McCloud 2015 American English
17164 Silêncio Na Era Do Ruído Erling Kagge 2016 Norwegian Norwegian
17164 Rosalie Lightning Tom Hart 2016 American English
17164 The Underground Girls Of Kabul Jenny Nordberg 2014 Unknown English
17164 Social Matthew D. Lieberman 2013 American English
17164 Curious Ian Leslie 2014 British English
17164 Nexus Ramez Naam 2012 American English
17164 Morgon Og Kveld Jon Fosse 2000 Norwegian Norwegian
17164 Last Boat Out Of Shanghai Zia, Helen 2019 Unknown English
17164 The Loneliest Americans Jay Caspian Kang 2021 American English
17164 Wanting Tom Burgis 2021 Unknown English
17164 Heavenly Participation Boersma, Hans 2011 Canadian English
17164 What Tech Calls Thinking Daub, Adrian 2020 Unknown English
17164 Barlaam And Josaphat Gui de Cambrai 2014 French Old french
17164 The Gospel According To The New World Maryse Condé, Richard Philcox 2021 French French
17164 Girl In Pieces Kathleen Glasgow 2016 American English
17164 The Golden Spruce John Vaillant 2005 Canadian English
17164 Autobiography Of A Corpse Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky 2013 Russian Russian
17164 Outsmart Your Brain Daniel T. Willingham 2023 American English
17164 Same As Ever Morgan Housel 2023 American English
17164 The 12 Week Year Brian P. Moran 2013 American English
17164 Reality Transurfing Steps I V Vadim Zeland 2004 Russian Russian
17164 Limitless Jim Kwik 2020 American English
17164 The Silk Road Valerie Hansen 2012 Unknown English
17164 Savarkar Vikram Sampath 2019 Indian English
17164 Good Reasons For Bad Feelings Randolph M. Nesse 2019 American English
17164 Big Red Lollipop Rukhsana Khan 2010 Canadian English
17164 Chains Laurie Halse Anderson 2008 American English
17164 Just A Minute Yuyi Morales 2003 Unknown English
17164 Locomotion Jacqueline Woodson 2003 American English
17164 Rickshaw Girl Mitali Perkins 2007 American English
17164 A Sick Day For Amos Mc Gee Philip Stead 2010 American English
17164 Starry River Of The Sky Grace Lin 2012 American English
17164 The Lion And The Lily Ira Mukhoty 2023 Unknown English
17164 Big Fiction Dan Sinykin 2023 Unknown English
17164 Yellow Book Amitava Kumar 2023 Unknown English
17164 Zpověď Maxe Tivoliho Andrew Sean Greer 2004 American English
17164 Of Women And Salt Gabriela Garcia 2021 Unknown English
17164 Svolení Vanessa Springora 2020 French French
17164 The Broken String Neil Bennun 2004 Unknown English
17164 Marrying Winterborne Lisa Kleypas 2016 American English
17164 Binding 13 Chloe Walsh 2018 Unknown English
17164 We Believe The Children Richard Beck 2015 Unknown English
17164 Cursed Fates Caroline Peckham 2022 Unknown English
17164 Gold Raven Kennedy 2020 Unknown English
17164 The Ballad Of Never After Stephanie Garber 2022 American English
17164 A Dowry Of Blood S.T. Gibson 2021 Unknown English
17164 Rouge Mona Awad 2023 Canadian English
17164 A Heart Of Blood And Ashes Milla Vane 2020 Unknown English
17164 A Fate Inked In Blood Danielle L. Jensen 2023 Unknown English
17164 Masters Of Death Olivie Blake 2023 Unknown English
17164 A Curse For True Love Stephanie Garber 2023 American English
17164 The Captain Will Wight 2023 Unknown English
17164 Dyscalculia Camonghne Felix 2023 Unknown English
17164 River Sing Me Home Eleanor Shearer 2023 Unknown English
17164 Sirens & Muses Antonia Angress 2022 Unknown English
17164 The Cat Who Saved Books Sōsuke Natsukawa 2017 Japanese Japanese
17164 Broken Bonds J. Bree 2021 Unknown English
17164 A Day Of Fallen Night Samantha Shannon 2023 British English
17164 Twisted Lies Ana Huang 2022 Unknown English
17164 Let Me Tell You What I Mean Joan Didion 2021 American English
17164 The Phone Booth At The Edge Of The World Laura Imai Messina 2020 Italian Italian
17164 Him Sarina Bowen 2015 Unknown English
17164 All We Can Save Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2020 Unknown English
17164 A History Of Wild Places Shea Ernshaw 2021 American English
17164 Black Girl, Call Home Jasmine Mans 2021 American English
17164 This Woven Kingdom Tahereh Mafi 2022 American English
17164 Dog Songs Mary Oliver 2013 American English
17164 Velvet Was The Night Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2021 Mexican English
17164 I Want To Eat Your Pancreas Yoru Sumino 2015 Japanese Japanese
17164 Birthday Girl Penelope Douglas 2018 American English
17164 Almond Sohn Won-Pyung 2017 Korean Korean
17164 House Of Hollow Krystal Sutherland 2021 Australian English
17164 If Cats Disappeared From The World Genki Kawamura 2012 Japanese Japanese
17164 Wordslut Amanda Montell 2023 American English
17164 The Queen Of The Tearling Erika Johansen 2014 American English
17164 The Beautiful Struggle Ta-Nehisi Coates 2008 American English
17164 All The Tides Of Fate Adalyn Grace 2021 American English
17164 Time's Convert Deborah Harkness 2018 American English
17164 Lord Of The Mysteries Volume 1 Ai Qianshui de Wuzei 2018 Chinese Chinese
17164 Reverend Insanity Gu Zhen Re 2015 Chinese Chinese
17164 To Calais In Ordinary Time James Meek 2019 British English
17164 Time Song Julia Blackburn 2019 British English
17164 Inventario Di Alcune Cose Perdute Judith Schalansky 2018 German German
17164 Communion Town Sam Thompson 2012 British English
17164 The Kills Patrick House 2013 Unknown English
17164 The Year Of The Ladybird Graham Joyce 2013 British English
17164 Wolves Simon Ings 2014 British English
17164 The Race Nina Allan 2014 British English
17164 Katherine Carlyle Rupert Thomson 2015 British English
17164 The Ecliptic Benjamin Wood 2015 British English
17164 I Swear I'll Make It Up To You Mishka Shubaly 2016 American English
17164 Universal Harvester John Darnielle 2017 American English
17164 Threshold Rob Doyle 2020 Irish English
17164 Let My People Go Surfing Carolyn Chouinard 2005 Unknown English
17164 The First Bad Man Miranda July 2015 American English
17164 Europe In Autumn Dave Hutchinson 2014 British English
17164 The Wake Paul Kingsnorth 2014 British English
17164 Cave & Julia M. John Harrison 2014 British English
17164 Our Ecstatic Days Steve Erickson 2005 American English
17164 Angelmaker Nick Harkaway 2012 British English
17164 Appeasement Tim Bouverie 2019 British English
17164 American Gun Cameron McWhirter 2023 Unknown English
17164 To Be Taught, If Fortunate Becky Chambers 2019 American English
17164 Still Pictures Janet Malcolm 2023 American English
17164 The World And All That It Holds Aleksandar Hemon 2023 Bosnian English
17164 Here Goes Nothing Steve Toltz 2022 Australian English
17164 The Wrong End Of The Telescope Rabih Alameddine 2021 American English
17164 Devil House John Darnielle 2022 American English
17164 Thought To Exist In The Wild Derrick Jensen 2007 American English
17164 Eichmann Before Jerusalem Bettina Stangneth 2011 German German
17164 The Bartender's Tale Ivan Doig 2012 American English
17164 The Road To Unfreedom Timothy Snyder 2018 American English
17164 Five Carat Soul James McBride 2017 American English
17164 Audience Of One James Poniewozik 2019 American English
17164 Hollow Kingdom Bill Buxton 2019 Unknown English
17164 Rabbit Cake Annie Hartnett 2017 American English
17164 My Father, The Pornographer Andrew J. Offutt 2016 American English