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 Wasteland Oliver Franklin‑Wallis 2023 Unknown English
17164 Natural Light Julian Bell 2023 British English
17164 I Do Everything I’m Told Megan Fernandes 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Lost Sons Of Omaha Joe Sexton 2023 Unknown English
17164 The 272 Rachel L. Swarns 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Book Of Eve Carmen Boullosa 2023 Unknown Spanish
17164 A History Of Burning Janika Oza 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
17164 Winnie And Nelson Jonny Steinberg 2023 Unknown English
17164 Tiger Work Ben Okri 2023 British English
17164 The Covenant Of Water Abraham Verghese 2023 American English
17164 Tomorrow Perhaps The Future Sarah Watling 2023 Unknown English
17164 The House Is On Fire Rachel Beanland 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Sullivanians Alexander Stille 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Late Americans Brandon Taylor 2023 American English
17164 Instructions For The Drowning Steven Heighton 2023 Canadian English
17164 Easily Slip Into Another World Henry Threadgill, Brent Hayes Edwards 2023 Unknown English
17164 Lament For Julia Susan Taubes 2023 Unknown English
17164 Owlish Dorothy Tse 2023 Unknown Chinese
17164 V Is For Victory Craig Nelson 2023 Unknown English
17164 Be Mine Richard Ford 2023 American English
17164 A Life Of One’s Own Joanna Biggs 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Wounded World Chad L. Williams 2023 Unknown English
17164 An Honorable Exit Éric Vuillard 2023 French French
17164 The Talk Darrin Bell 2023 American English
17164 Samuel Barber Howard Pollack 2023 Unknown English
17164 Commitment Mona Simpson 2023 American English
17164 We’re All In This Together...So Make Some Room Tom Papa 2023 American English
17164 Monsters Claire Dederer 2023 Unknown English
17164 Take What You Need Idra Novey 2023 American English
17164 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2023 British English
17164 The Plot To Save South Africa Justice Malala 2023 South African English
17164 Mozart In Motion Patrick Mackie 2023 Unknown English
17164 My Father’s Brain Sandeep Jauhar 2023 American English
17164 Gravity And Center Henri Cole 2023 American English
17164 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17164 Paved Paradise Henry Grabar 2023 Unknown English
17164 Biting The Hand Julia Lee 2023 Unknown English
17164 When The World Didn’t End Guinevere Turner 2023 Unknown English
17164 Carmageddon Daniel Knowles 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Weeds Katy Simpson Smith 2023 Unknown English
17164 Hungry Ghosts Kevin Jared Hosein 2023 Unknown English
17164 Actual Malice Samantha Barbas 2023 Unknown English
17164 Girl Juice Benji Nate 2023 Unknown English
17164 Holding The Note David Remnick 2023 American English
17164 Parfit David Edmonds 2023 Unknown English
17164 Go Back And Get It Dionne Ford 2023 Unknown English
17164 We The Scientists Amy Dockser Marcus 2023 Unknown English
17164 A Small Sacrifice For An Enormous Happiness Jai Chakrabarti 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Postcard Anne Berest 2023 French French
17164 Traffic Ben Smith 2023 Unknown English
17164 In The Orchard Eliza Minot 2023 Unknown English
17164 Camera Girl Carl Sferrazza Anthony 2023 Unknown English
17164 Shy Max Porter 2023 British English
17164 Hit Parade Of Tears Izumi Suzuki 2023 Japanese Japanese
17164 Waco Jeff Guinn 2023 American English
17164 Waco Rising Kevin Cook 2023 Unknown English
17164 Writers And Missionaries Adam Shatz 2023 Unknown English
17164 Impossible People Julia Wertz 2023 American English
17164 Stealing Margaret Verble 2023 American English
17164 Skip To The Fun Parts Dana Jeri Maier 2023 Unknown English
17164 Nothing Stays Put Willard Spiegelman 2023 Unknown English
17164 Still Life With Bones Alexa Hagerty 2023 Unknown English
17164 Romantic Comedy Curtis Sittenfeld 2023 American English
17164 To Anyone Who Ever Asks Howard Fishman 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Fawn Magda Szabó 2023 Hungarian Hungarian
17164 We Should Not Be Friends Will Schwalbe 2023 American English
17164 Künstlers In Paradise Cathleen Schine 2023 Unknown English
17164 Fatherland Burkhard Bilger 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Best Minds Jonathan Rosen 2023 Unknown English
17164 Small Mercies Dennis Lehane 2023 American English
17164 Spoiled Anne Mendelson 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 The Cult Of Creativity Samuel W. Franklin 2023 Unknown English
17164 Psychonauts Mike Jay 2023 Unknown English
17164 Benjamin Banneker And Us Rachel Jamison Webster 2023 Unknown English
17164 Spring Rain Marc Hamer 2023 British English
17164 In Memoriam Alice Winn 2023 Unknown English
17164 Tenacious Beasts Christopher J. Preston 2023 Unknown English
17164 Is It Hot In Here? Zach Zimmerman 2023 Unknown English
17164 Greek Lessons Han Kang 2023 Korean Korean
17164 Raving McKenzie Wark 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Laughter Sonora Jha 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Diary Keepers Nina Siegal 2023 Unknown English
17164 Steady Rollin Fred Noland 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 Pineapple Street Jenny Jackson 2023 Unknown English
17164 Courting India Nandini Das 2023 Unknown English
17164 Skeletons Deborah Landau 2023 Unknown English
17164 There Will Be Fire Rory Carroll 2023 Unknown English
17164 A Spell Of Good Things Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ 2023 Nigerian English
17164 White Cat, Black Dog Kelly Link 2023 American English
17164 The Great Reclamation Rachel Heng 2023 Unknown English
17164 Siblings Brigitte Reimann 2023 German German
17164 Picasso The Foreigner Annie Cohen‑Solal 2023 Unknown French
17164 How Data Happened Chris Wiggins, Matthew L. Jones 2023 Unknown English
17164 Spoken Word Joshua Bennett 2023 Unknown English
17164 Look At The Lights, My Love Annie Ernaux 2023 French French
17164 Bottoms Up And The Devil Laughs Kerry Howley 2023 Unknown English
17164 Ringmaster Abraham Riesman 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Kingdom Of Prep Maggie Bullock 2023 Unknown English
17164 Ghosts Of The Orphanage Christine Kenneally 2023 Unknown English
17164 Milton Glaser Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, Beth Kleber 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Absent Moon Luiz Schwarcz 2023 Brazilian Portuguese
17164 We Were Once A Family Roxanna Asgarian 2023 Unknown English
17164 An Autobiography Of Skin Lakiesha Carr 2023 Unknown English
17164 Old God’s Time Sebastian Barry 2023 Irish English
17164 The Dog Of The North Elizabeth McKenzie 2023 American English
17164 Users Colin Winnette 2023 Unknown English
17164 I Am Still With You Emmanuel Iduma 2023 Nigerian English
17164 The Nature Book Tom Comitta 2023 Unknown English
17164 A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs Gulchehra Hoja 2023 Unknown English
17164 Eastbound Maylis de Kerangal 2023 French French
17164 Big Swiss Jen Beagin 2023 American English
17164 The Great Displacement Jake Bittle 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Real Work Adam Gopnik 2023 American English
17164 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
17164 The Written World And The Unwritten World Italo Calvino 2023 Italian Italian
17164 The Sun Walks Down Fiona McFarlane 2023 Unknown English
17164 Iron Curtain Vesna Goldsworthy 2023 Unknown English
17164 Collected Works Lydia Sandgren 2023 Unknown Swedish
17164 Life On Delay John Hendrickson 2023 Unknown English