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 Aria Nazanine Hozar 2019 Unknown English
17131 The Immortals Of Tehran Ali Araghi 2020 Unknown English
17131 The Woman Who Read Too Much Bahiyyih Nakhjavani 2015 Unknown English
17131 To Keep The Sun Alive Rabeah Ghaffari 2019 Unknown English
17131 Better Than War Siamak Vossoughi 2015 Unknown English
17131 Song Of A Captive Bird Jasmin Darznik 2018 American English
17131 A Good Country Laleh Khadivi 2017 American English
17131 The Last Days Of Cafe Leila Donia Bijan 2017 Unknown English
17131 The Gardens Of Consolation Parisa Reza 2015 Unknown French
17131 Rituals Of Restlessness Yaghoub Yadali 2016 Iranian Persian
17131 Children Of The Jacaranda Tree Sahar Delijani 2013 Unknown English
17131 The Luminous Heart Of Jonah S. Gina B. Nahai 2014 American English
17131 Brief Encounters With The Enemy Saïd Sayrafiezadeh 2013 American English
17131 The Pomegranate Lady And Her Sons Goli Taraghi 2013 Iranian Persian
17131 The Colonel Mahmoud Dowlatabadi 2009 Iranian Persian
17131 Equal Of The Sun Anita Amirrezvani 2012 Unknown English
17131 The Hospital Brian Alexander 2021 Unknown English
17131 Fresh Water For Flowers Valerie Perrin 2018 French French
17131 Paris To The Moon Adam Gopnik 2000 American English
17131 Looking For The Stranger Alice Kaplan 2016 Unknown English
17131 Squeeze Me Carl Hiaasen 2020 American English
17131 Robert Penn Warren's All The King's Men Harold Bloom 2000 American English
17131 The Secret History Of Twin Peaks Robert Frost 2016 Unknown English
17131 Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen 2013 American English
17131 The Man Who Saved The Union H.W. Brands 2012 American English
17131 Because Internet Gretchen McCulloch 2019 Canadian English
17131 The Fall Of Gondolin J. R. R. Tolkien 2018 British English
17131 The History Of The Medieval World Susan Wise Bauer 2010 American English
17131 The Romanovs Simon Sebag Montefiore 2016 British English
17131 Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer 2016 American English
17131 The Unwanteds Lisa McMann 2011 American English
17131 Homunculus 1 Hideo Yamamoto 2003 Japanese Japanese
17131 The Secret Commonwealth Philip Pullman 2019 British English
17131 The Short Drop Matthew FitzSimmons 2015 American English
17131 Once Upon A Time In The North Philip Pullman 2008 British English
17131 The Etymologicon Mark Forsyth 2011 British English
17131 The Elements Of Eloquence Mark Forsyth 2013 British English
17131 Just One Damned Thing After Another Jodi Taylor 2013 British English
17131 D.Gray Man, Vol. 1 Katsura Hoshino 2004 Japanese Japanese
17131 By The Fire We Carry Rebecca Nagle 2024 Unknown English
17131 Mother Of Learning Domagoj Kurmaić 2011 Unknown English
17131 Percy Jackson 5 Books Collection And The Demigod Files / The Red Pyramid Rick Riordan 2005 American English
17131 Percy Jackson And The Olympians Boxed Set Rick Riordan 2005 American English
17131 The Black Circle Patrick Carman 2009 American English
17131 The Necromancer Michael Scott 2010 Irish English
17131 Beyond The Grave Jude Watson 2009 American English
17131 The Sword Thief Peter Lerangis 2009 American English
17131 The Emperor Of Nihon Ja John Flanagan 2010 Australian English
17131 One False Note Gordon Korman 2024 Canadian English
17131 Teresa Degli Oracoli Cecconi 2020 Unknown Italian
17131 Siilo Hugh Howey 2011 American English
17131 Thunderclap Laura Cumming 2023 British English
17131 Kick The Latch Kathryn Scanlan 2022 American English
17131 No One Writes Back Jang Jin-sung 2013 Unknown Korean
17131 A Small Corner Of Hell Anna Politkovskaya 2003 Russian Russian
17131 Extracting The Stone Of Madness Alejandra Pizarnik 2016 Argentine Spanish
17131 An Elemental Thing Eliot Weinberger 2007 American English
17131 Dreyer's English Eileen Dreyer 2019 Unknown English
17131 In Europe Geert Mak 2004 Dutch Dutch
17131 Intelligence And Spirit Reza Negarestani 2018 Unknown English
17131 The Mood Cure Julia Ross 2002 Unknown English
17131 The Third Man And Other Stories Graham Greene 2011 British English
17131 Whoops! John Lanchester 2009 British English
17131 Family Values Wendy Cope 2011 British English
17131 Ghosts Unknown 2017 Unknown English
17131 Enron Lucy Prebble 2009 British English
17131 The Child That Books Built Francis Spufford 2002 British English
17131 The Minotaur Takes A Cigarette Break Steven Sherrill 2000 American English
17131 The Kitchen Diaries, Volume I + Ii Nigel Slater 2005 British English
17131 Thai Food David Thompson 2002 Australian English
17131 Judgement Of Paris George Taber 2005 American English
17131 The Austerity Olympics Janie Hamilton 2009 Unknown English
17131 Damnation Spring Ash Davidson 2021 American English
17131 All The Horses Of Iceland Sarah Tolmie 2022 Unknown English
17131 Mass Effect Drew Karpyshyn 2010 Canadian English
17131 Raising Men Davis, Eric, Santorelli, Dina 2016 Unknown English
17131 Lost In Time A.G. Riddle 2022 American English
17131 The First Rebel Neil Swanson 2009 American English
17131 The Literature Express Lasha Bugadze 2009 Georgian Georgian
17131 Requiem For The Living Alan Cherchesov 2005 Unknown Russian
17131 The Orphan Sky Ella Leya 2015 Unknown English
17131 Dagny, Or A Love Feast Zurab Karumidze 2014 Georgian English
17131 The Legacy Of Lost Things Aida Zilalian 2016 Unknown English
17131 The Fourth Man Robert Baer 2022 American English
17131 Sea Power Admiral James Stavridis 2017 American English
17131 Thanks A Thousand A. J. Jacobs 2018 American English
17131 True Believer Jack Carr 2019 American English
17131 Code Red Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills 2023 American English
17131 The Old Lion Jeff Shaara 2023 American English
17131 Spies In The Family Eva Dillon 2017 Unknown English
17131 The Spy In Moscow Station Eric Haseltine 2019 Unknown English
17131 Stalking The Red Bear Peter Sasgen 2009 Unknown English
17131 Moshi Moshi Banana Yoshimoto 2010 Japanese Japanese
17131 The River Has Roots Amal El Mohtar 2025 Unknown Unknown
17131 Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, Vol. 1 Singshong 2018 Korean Korean
17131 Crier's War Francisco J. Varela 2019 Unknown English
17131 The Simple Path To Wealth J.L. Collins 2016 American English
17131 The Abstainer Ian McGuire 2020 British English
17131 The Last Language Jennifer duBois 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Upstairs Delicatessen Dwight Garner 2023 American English
17131 Menewood Nicola Griffith 2023 British English
17131 The Heaven And Earth Grocery Store James McBride 2023 American English
17131 This Is Salvaged Vauhini Vara 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Things We Make Bill Hammack 2023 Unknown English
17131 Worn Sofi Thanhauser 2022 Unknown English
17131 Body Neutral Jessi Kneeland 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Anatomy Of Genres John Truby 2022 American English
17131 Dilla Time Dan Charnas 2022 Unknown English
17131 Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus Nabeel Qureshi 2014 American English
17131 Eight Bears Gloria Dickie 2023 Unknown English
17131 Perfectly Good Food Irene Li, Margaret Li 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Man From The Future Ananyo Bhattacharya 2021 Unknown English
17131 Period Kate Clancy 2023 Unknown English
17131 Our Fragile Moment Michael Mann 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Patriarchs Angela Saini 2023 British English
17131 The Warped Side Of Our Universe Kip S. Thorne, Lia Halloran 2023 American English
17131 Grace In All Simplicity Chris Quigg, Robert Cahn 2023 Unknown English
17131 Girlfriend On Mars Deborah Willis 2023 Canadian English
17131 Archangel Andrea Barrett 2013 American English
17131 The Terraformers Annalee Newitz 2023 American English