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 Menewood Nicola Griffith 2023 British English
17164 The Heaven And Earth Grocery Store James McBride 2023 American English
17164 This Is Salvaged Vauhini Vara 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Things We Make Bill Hammack 2023 Unknown English
17164 Worn Sofi Thanhauser 2022 Unknown English
17164 Body Neutral Jessi Kneeland 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Anatomy Of Genres John Truby 2022 American English
17164 Dilla Time Dan Charnas 2022 Unknown English
17164 Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus Nabeel Qureshi 2014 American English
17164 Eight Bears Gloria Dickie 2023 Unknown English
17164 Perfectly Good Food Irene Li, Margaret Li 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Man From The Future Ananyo Bhattacharya 2021 Unknown English
17164 Period Kate Clancy 2023 Unknown English
17164 Our Fragile Moment Michael Mann 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Patriarchs Angela Saini 2023 British English
17164 The Warped Side Of Our Universe Kip S. Thorne, Lia Halloran 2023 American English
17164 Grace In All Simplicity Chris Quigg, Robert Cahn 2023 Unknown English
17164 Girlfriend On Mars Deborah Willis 2023 Canadian English
17164 Archangel Andrea Barrett 2013 American English
17164 The Terraformers Annalee Newitz 2023 American English
17164 The Nature Book Tom Comitta 2023 Unknown English
17164 For Blood And Money Nathan Vardi 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Darkness Manifesto Johan Eklöf, Elizabeth DeNoma 2020 Unknown Swedish
17164 Elixir Theresa Levitt 2023 Unknown English
17164 In The Herbarium Maura C. Flannery 2023 Unknown English
17164 On Earth As It Is On Television Emily Jane 2023 Unknown English
17164 A Second Chance For Yesterday RA Sinn 2023 Unknown English
17164 Alfie & Me Carl Safina 2023 Unknown English
17164 Eat, Poop, Die Joe Roman 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Mind Of A Bee Lars Chittka 2022 Unknown English
17164 Ice Amy Brady 2023 Unknown English
17164 Building Science Graphics Jen Christiansen 2023 Unknown English
17164 I Feel Love Rachel Nuwer 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Same Dog Robert Aickman 2023 British Unknown
17164 The Woman Who Thought She Was A Planet Vandana Singh 2009 Indian English
17164 The Sounds Of Life Karen Bakker 2022 Unknown English
17164 A Half Built Garden Ruthanna Emrys 2023 Unknown English
17164 Astrotopia Mary-Jane Rubenstein 2023 Unknown English
17164 My Murder Katie Williams 2023 Unknown English
17164 Emergency Kathleen Alcott 2023 Unknown English
17164 To Name The Bigger Lie Sarah Viren 2023 Unknown English
17164 Beware The Woman Megan Abbott 2023 American English
17164 The Stolen Coast Dwyer Murphy 2023 Unknown English
17164 Mobility Lydia Kiesling 2023 American English
17164 Strega Johanne Lykke Holm, Saskia Vogel 2020 Unknown Swedish
17164 Obra Maestra Juan Tallón 2022 Spanish Spanish
17164 The Skull Jon Klassen 2023 Canadian English
17164 The Glow Jessie Gaynor 2023 Unknown English
17164 Fear Is Just A Word Azam Ahmed 2023 Unknown English
17164 Grand Tour Elisa Gonzalez 2023 Unknown English
17164 I Love Russia Elena Kostyuchenko 2023 Unknown Russian
17164 Judgment At Tokyo Gary J. Bass 2023 Unknown English
17164 King Jonathan Eig 2023 American English
17164 The Lights Ben Lerner 2023 American Unknown
17164 Liliana’s Invincible Summer Cristina Rivera Garza 2023 Unknown Spanish
17164 Master Slave Husband Wife Ilyon Woo 2023 Unknown English
17164 Ordinary Notes Christina Sharpe 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Rediscovery Of America Ned Blackhawk 2023 American English
17164 Roman Stories Jhumpa Lahiri 2023 Unknown English
17164 A Shining Jon Fosse 2023 Norwegian Unknown
17164 Some People Need Killing Patricia Evangelista 2023 Unknown English
17164 Vengeance Is Mine Marie NDiaye 2023 French French
17164 The Dictionary People Sarah Ogilvie 2023 Unknown English
17164 How To Build A Boat Elaine Feeney 2023 Unknown English
17164 Orbital Samantha Harvey 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 Time’s Echo Jeremy Eichler 2023 Unknown English
17164 Wrong Way Joanne McNeil 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 State Of Silence Sam Lebovic 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Money Kings Daniel Schulman 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 About Ed Robert Gluck 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Fund Rob Copeland 2023 Unknown English
17164 Prophet Song Paul Lynch 2023 Irish English
17164 Collision Of Power Martin Baron 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Berry Pickers Amanda Peters 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Manuscripts Club Christopher de Hamel 2023 Unknown English
17164 Correction Ben Austen 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 The Annual Banquet Of The Gravediggers' Guild Mathias Énard 2023 French French
17164 Holler, Child LaToya Watkins 2023 Unknown English
17164 Yesterday Tobias Becker 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 Night Watch Jayne Anne Phillips 2023 American Unknown
17164 In The Shadow Of Quetzalcoatl Merilee Grindle 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 The Book At War Andrew Pettegree 2023 Unknown English
17164 Foreign Bodies Simon Schama 2023 British English
17164 Brooklyn Crime Novel Jonathan Lethem 2023 American English
17164 Earlier Sasha Frere‑Jones 2023 Unknown English
17164 Klan War Fergus M. Bordewich 2023 Unknown English
17164 Camille Pissarro Anka Muhlstein 2023 Unknown French
17164 A History Of Fake Things On The Internet Walter Scheirer 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 Charlie Chaplin Vs. America Scott Eyman 2023 Unknown English
17164 Let Us Descend Jesmyn Ward 2023 American English
17164 The Love Of Singular Men Victor Heringer 2023 Brazilian Portuguese
17164 Beyond The Wall Katja Hoyer 2023 Unknown English
17164 Naked In The Rideshare Rebecca Shaw, Ben Kronengold 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 Flee North Scott Shane 2023 Unknown English
17164 Mapping The Darkness Kenneth Miller 2023 Unknown English
17164 January Sara Gallardo 2023 Argentine Spanish
17164 A Council Of Dolls Mona Susan Power 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Long Form Kate Briggs 2023 Unknown English
17164 Lies And Sorcery Elsa Morante 2023 Italian Unknown
17164 The Necessity Of Exile Shaul Magid 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 A Haunting On The Hill Elizabeth Hand 2023 American English
17164 The House Of Doors Tan Twan Eng 2023 Malaysian English
17164 Cross‑Stitch Jazmina Barrera 2023 Unknown Spanish
17164 The Vulnerables Sigrid Nunez 2023 American Unknown
17164 Romney McKay Coppins 2023 American English
17164 The Dimensions Of A Cave Greg Jackson 2023 Unknown English
17164 How To Be Multiple Helena de Bres 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 Going Infinite Michael Lewis 2023 American English
17164 The Mysteries Bill Watterson 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 The Chapter Nicholas Dames 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Lumumba Plot Stuart A. Reid 2023 Unknown English
17164 On Marriage Devorah Baum 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Revolutionary Temper Robert Darnton 2023 American English
17164 What The Taliban Told Me Ian Fritz 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 Monica Daniel Clowes 2023 American English
17164 The Two‑Parent Privilege Melissa S. Kearney 2023 Unknown English
17164 A Volga Tale Guzel Yakhina 2023 Russian Russian
17164 Artificial Amy Kurzweil 2023 Unknown English
17164 Omega Farm Martha McPhee 2023 Unknown English
17164 Pandora’s Box Peter Biskind 2023 Unknown Unknown