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 I Must Be Dreaming Roz Chast 2023 American English
17131 Revolutionary Spring Christopher Clark 2023 British English
17131 The Upstairs Delicatessen Dwight Garner 2023 Unknown Unknown
17131 Fire In The Canyon Daniel Gumbiner 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Life And Times Of Hannah Crafts Gregg Hecimovich 2023 Unknown English
17131 Ladies’ Lunch Lore Segal 2023 American English
17131 The English Experience Julie Schumacher 2023 American English
17131 The Hive And The Honey Paul Yoon 2023 American English
17131 American Gun Cameron McWhirter, Zusha Elinson 2023 Unknown English
17131 Reproduction Louisa Hall 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Unsettled Ayana Mathis 2023 American English
17131 How To Be Adam Nicolson 2023 British English
17131 The End Of Eden Adam Welz 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Wren, The Wren Anne Enright 2023 Irish English
17131 How To Say Babylon Safiya Sinclair 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Civic Bargain Brook Manville, Josiah Ober 2023 Unknown English
17131 A Flat Place Noreen Masud 2023 Unknown English
17131 Live To See The Day Nikhil Goyal 2023 Unknown English
17131 Paris Notebooks Mavis Gallant 2023 Canadian English
17131 Sparks Ian Johnson 2023 Unknown English
17131 Loved And Missed Susie Boyt 2023 British English
17131 The Glint Of Light Clarence Major 2023 Unknown Unknown
17131 The Pole J. M. Coetzee 2023 South African English
17131 Glossy Marisa Meltzer 2023 Unknown English
17131 Pockets Hannah Carlson 2023 Unknown English
17131 India’s Techade Nalin Mehta 2023 Unknown English
17131 Console Colin Channer 2023 Unknown Unknown
17131 The Rigor Of Angels William Egginton 2023 Unknown English
17131 Digital Empires Anu Bradford 2023 Unknown English
17131 Emergency Kathleen Alcott 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Women Of Now Katherine Turk 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Caretaker Ron Rash 2023 American English
17131 Up Home Ruth J. Simmons 2023 Unknown English
17131 Betty Friedan Rachel Shteir 2023 Unknown English
17131 Cosmic Scholar John Szwed 2023 Unknown English
17131 Young Queens Leah Redmond Chang 2023 Unknown English
17131 Anansi’s Gold Yepoka Yeebo 2023 Unknown English
17131 Wednesday’s Child Yiyun Li 2023 American English
17131 The Suicide Museum Ariel Dorfman 2023 Chilean English
17131 Beyond The Door Of No Return David Diop 2023 French French
17131 Unreliable Narrator Aparna Nancherla 2023 Unknown English
17131 I’m A Fan Sheena Patel 2023 Unknown English
17131 Dragon Palace Hiromi Kawakami 2023 Japanese Japanese
17131 The Details Ia Genberg 2023 Unknown Swedish
17131 Some Unfinished Chaos Arthur Krystal 2023 Unknown Unknown
17131 24 7 Politics Kathryn Cramer Brownell 2023 Unknown English
17131 A Word Or Two Before I Go Arthur Krystal 2023 American English
17131 Witness Jamel Brinkley 2023 American English
17131 Father And Son Jonathan Raban 2023 British English
17131 The Marriage Question Clare Carlisle 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Philosopher Of Palo Alto John Tinnell 2023 Unknown English
17131 My Husband Maud Ventura 2023 French French
17131 The Great White Bard Farah Karim‑Cooper 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride 2023 American English
17131 All Souls Saskia Hamilton 2023 Unknown English
17131 Why The Bible Began Jacob L. Wright 2023 Unknown Unknown
17131 This Is Wildfire Nick Mott, Justin Angle 2023 Unknown English
17131 Terrace Story Hilary Leichter 2023 Unknown English
17131 Hangman Maya Binyam 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Deadline Jill Lepore 2023 Unknown Unknown
17131 Temple Folk Aaliyah Bilal 2023 Unknown English
17131 Brave The Wild River Melissa L. Sevigny 2023 Unknown English
17131 Disruptions Steven Millhauser 2023 American Unknown
17131 The Plague Jacqueline Rose 2023 Unknown Unknown
17131 The Peacock And The Sparrow I. S. Berry 2023 Unknown English
17131 Schoenberg Harvey Sachs 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Five Sorrowful Mysteries Of Andy Africa Stephen Buoro 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Ferguson Report Nicole Sealey 2023 Unknown English
17131 My Stupid Intentions Bernardo Zannoni 2023 Italian Italian
17131 Still Born Guadalupe Nettel 2023 Mexican Spanish
17131 August Wilson Patti Hartigan 2023 Unknown English
17131 Information Desk Robyn Schiff 2023 Unknown English
17131 War And Punishment Mikhail Zygar 2023 Unknown Russian
17131 Last Of The Lions Clarence B. Jones, Stuart Connelly 2023 Unknown English
17131 You, Bleeding Childhood Michele Mari 2023 Italian Italian
17131 The Migrant Chef Laura Tillman 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Centre Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi 2023 Unknown English
17131 A Most Tolerant Little Town Rachel Louise Martin 2023 Unknown English
17131 Tom Lake Ann Patchett 2023 American English
17131 The Parrot And The Igloo David Lipsky 2023 American English
17131 Hope Andrew Ridker 2023 American English
17131 Dykette Jenny Fran Davis 2023 Unknown English
17131 Ultra‑Processed People Chris van Tulleken 2023 British English
17131 Retrospective Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2023 Colombian Spanish
17131 Last Call At Coogan’s Jon Michaud 2023 Unknown English
17131 Rhythm Man Stephanie Stein Crease 2023 Unknown English
17131 Grand Delusion Steven Simon 2023 Unknown English
17131 Nothing Special Nicole Flattery 2023 Irish English
17131 Fire Rush Jacqueline Crooks 2023 Unknown English
17131 Eight Bears Gloria Dickie 2023 Unknown English
17131 Ninth Building Zou Jingzhi 2023 Chinese Chinese
17131 Thunderclap Laura Cumming 2023 Unknown English
17131 How To Love Your Daughter Hila Blum 2023 Unknown Hebrew
17131 So To Speak Terrance Hayes 2023 American English
17131 Snow Road Station Elizabeth Hay 2023 Canadian English
17131 Elsewhere Yan Ge 2023 Chinese English
17131 A Madman’s Will Gregory May 2023 Unknown English
17131 Tabula Rasa John McPhee 2023 Unknown English
17131 Fires In The Dark Kay Redfield Jamison 2023 Unknown English
17131 After The Funeral And Other Stories Tessa Hadley 2023 British English
17131 Wasteland Oliver Franklin‑Wallis 2023 Unknown English
17131 Natural Light Julian Bell 2023 British English
17131 I Do Everything I’m Told Megan Fernandes 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Lost Sons Of Omaha Joe Sexton 2023 Unknown English
17131 The 272 Rachel L. Swarns 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Book Of Eve Carmen Boullosa 2023 Unknown Spanish
17131 A History Of Burning Janika Oza 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
17131 Winnie And Nelson Jonny Steinberg 2023 Unknown English
17131 Tiger Work Ben Okri 2023 British English
17131 The Covenant Of Water Abraham Verghese 2023 American English
17131 Tomorrow Perhaps The Future Sarah Watling 2023 Unknown English
17131 The House Is On Fire Rachel Beanland 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Sullivanians Alexander Stille 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Late Americans Brandon Taylor 2023 American English
17131 Instructions For The Drowning Steven Heighton 2023 Canadian English
17131 Easily Slip Into Another World Henry Threadgill, Brent Hayes Edwards 2023 Unknown English
17131 Lament For Julia Susan Taubes 2023 Unknown English
17131 Owlish Dorothy Tse 2023 Unknown Chinese
17131 V Is For Victory Craig Nelson 2023 Unknown English