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 A City On Mars Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Pensive Citadel Victor Brombert 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 Crossings Ben Goldfarb 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Body Of The Soul Lyudmila Ulitskaya 2023 Russian Russian
17164 The Lies Of The Land Steven Conn 2023 Unknown English
17164 American Poly Christopher M. Gleason 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 This Is Salvaged Vauhini Vara 2023 Unknown English
17164 Wound Oksana Vasyakina 2023 Russian Russian
17164 The Boy From Kyiv Marina Harss 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 This Country Navied Mahdavian 2023 Unknown English
17164 This Won’t Help Eli Grober 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Genius Of Their Age S. Frederick Starr 2023 Unknown English
17164 Black Friend Ziwe 2023 Unknown English
17164 Our Hideous Progeny C. E. McGill 2023 Unknown English
17164 Blood In The Machine Brian Merchant 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Burning Of The World Scott W. Berg 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 Emperor Of Rome Mary Beard 2023 British English
17164 Pet Catherine Chidgey 2023 New Zealand English
17164 A Man Of Two Faces Viet Thanh Nguyen 2023 American English
17164 American Visions Edward L. Ayers 2023 American English
17164 I Must Be Dreaming Roz Chast 2023 American English
17164 Revolutionary Spring Christopher Clark 2023 British English
17164 The Upstairs Delicatessen Dwight Garner 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 Fire In The Canyon Daniel Gumbiner 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Life And Times Of Hannah Crafts Gregg Hecimovich 2023 Unknown English
17164 Ladies’ Lunch Lore Segal 2023 American English
17164 The English Experience Julie Schumacher 2023 American English
17164 The Hive And The Honey Paul Yoon 2023 American English
17164 American Gun Cameron McWhirter, Zusha Elinson 2023 Unknown English
17164 Reproduction Louisa Hall 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Unsettled Ayana Mathis 2023 American English
17164 How To Be Adam Nicolson 2023 British English
17164 The End Of Eden Adam Welz 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Wren, The Wren Anne Enright 2023 Irish English
17164 How To Say Babylon Safiya Sinclair 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Civic Bargain Brook Manville, Josiah Ober 2023 Unknown English
17164 A Flat Place Noreen Masud 2023 Unknown English
17164 Live To See The Day Nikhil Goyal 2023 Unknown English
17164 Paris Notebooks Mavis Gallant 2023 Canadian English
17164 Sparks Ian Johnson 2023 Unknown English
17164 Loved And Missed Susie Boyt 2023 British English
17164 The Glint Of Light Clarence Major 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 The Pole J. M. Coetzee 2023 South African English
17164 Glossy Marisa Meltzer 2023 Unknown English
17164 Pockets Hannah Carlson 2023 Unknown English
17164 India’s Techade Nalin Mehta 2023 Unknown English
17164 Console Colin Channer 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 The Rigor Of Angels William Egginton 2023 Unknown English
17164 Digital Empires Anu Bradford 2023 Unknown English
17164 Emergency Kathleen Alcott 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Women Of Now Katherine Turk 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Caretaker Ron Rash 2023 American English
17164 Up Home Ruth J. Simmons 2023 Unknown English
17164 Betty Friedan Rachel Shteir 2023 Unknown English
17164 Cosmic Scholar John Szwed 2023 Unknown English
17164 Young Queens Leah Redmond Chang 2023 Unknown English
17164 Anansi’s Gold Yepoka Yeebo 2023 Unknown English
17164 Wednesday’s Child Yiyun Li 2023 American English
17164 The Suicide Museum Ariel Dorfman 2023 Chilean English
17164 Beyond The Door Of No Return David Diop 2023 French French
17164 Unreliable Narrator Aparna Nancherla 2023 Unknown English
17164 I’m A Fan Sheena Patel 2023 Unknown English
17164 Dragon Palace Hiromi Kawakami 2023 Japanese Japanese
17164 The Details Ia Genberg 2023 Unknown Swedish
17164 Some Unfinished Chaos Arthur Krystal 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 24 7 Politics Kathryn Cramer Brownell 2023 Unknown English
17164 A Word Or Two Before I Go Arthur Krystal 2023 American English
17164 Witness Jamel Brinkley 2023 American English
17164 Father And Son Jonathan Raban 2023 British English
17164 The Marriage Question Clare Carlisle 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Philosopher Of Palo Alto John Tinnell 2023 Unknown English
17164 My Husband Maud Ventura 2023 French French
17164 The Great White Bard Farah Karim‑Cooper 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride 2023 American English
17164 All Souls Saskia Hamilton 2023 Unknown English
17164 Why The Bible Began Jacob L. Wright 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 This Is Wildfire Nick Mott, Justin Angle 2023 Unknown English
17164 Terrace Story Hilary Leichter 2023 Unknown English
17164 Hangman Maya Binyam 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Deadline Jill Lepore 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 Temple Folk Aaliyah Bilal 2023 Unknown English
17164 Brave The Wild River Melissa L. Sevigny 2023 Unknown English
17164 Disruptions Steven Millhauser 2023 American Unknown
17164 The Plague Jacqueline Rose 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 The Peacock And The Sparrow I. S. Berry 2023 Unknown English
17164 Schoenberg Harvey Sachs 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Five Sorrowful Mysteries Of Andy Africa Stephen Buoro 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Ferguson Report Nicole Sealey 2023 Unknown English
17164 My Stupid Intentions Bernardo Zannoni 2023 Italian Italian
17164 Still Born Guadalupe Nettel 2023 Mexican Spanish
17164 August Wilson Patti Hartigan 2023 Unknown English
17164 Information Desk Robyn Schiff 2023 Unknown English
17164 War And Punishment Mikhail Zygar 2023 Unknown Russian
17164 Last Of The Lions Clarence B. Jones, Stuart Connelly 2023 Unknown English
17164 You, Bleeding Childhood Michele Mari 2023 Italian Italian
17164 The Migrant Chef Laura Tillman 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Centre Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi 2023 Unknown English
17164 A Most Tolerant Little Town Rachel Louise Martin 2023 Unknown English
17164 Tom Lake Ann Patchett 2023 American English
17164 The Parrot And The Igloo David Lipsky 2023 American English
17164 Hope Andrew Ridker 2023 American English
17164 Dykette Jenny Fran Davis 2023 Unknown English
17164 Ultra‑Processed People Chris van Tulleken 2023 British English
17164 Retrospective Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2023 Colombian Spanish
17164 Last Call At Coogan’s Jon Michaud 2023 Unknown English
17164 Rhythm Man Stephanie Stein Crease 2023 Unknown English
17164 Grand Delusion Steven Simon 2023 Unknown English
17164 Nothing Special Nicole Flattery 2023 Irish English
17164 Fire Rush Jacqueline Crooks 2023 Unknown English
17164 Eight Bears Gloria Dickie 2023 Unknown English
17164 Ninth Building Zou Jingzhi 2023 Chinese Chinese
17164 Thunderclap Laura Cumming 2023 Unknown English
17164 How To Love Your Daughter Hila Blum 2023 Unknown Hebrew
17164 So To Speak Terrance Hayes 2023 American English
17164 Snow Road Station Elizabeth Hay 2023 Canadian English
17164 Elsewhere Yan Ge 2023 Chinese English
17164 A Madman’s Will Gregory May 2023 Unknown English
17164 Tabula Rasa John McPhee 2023 Unknown English
17164 Fires In The Dark Kay Redfield Jamison 2023 Unknown English
17164 After The Funeral And Other Stories Tessa Hadley 2023 British English