The Greatest Books Since 2010

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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
6608 The Anomaly Hervé Le Tellier 2020 French French
6609 Nos4 A2 Joe Hill 2013 American English
6612 Hidden Valley Road Robert Kolker 2020 American English
6632 Confessions Jaume Cabré 2011 Spanish Catalan
6650 Nine Rules To Break When Romancing A Rake Sarah MacLean 2010 American English
6653 The Beast Óscar Martínez 2013 Salvadoran Spanish
6655 Invisible Child Andrea Elliott 2021 American English
6662 You Caroline Kepnes 2014 American English
6663 Preparation for the Next Life Atticus Lish 2014 American English
6664 How The Word Is Passed Clint Smith 2021 American English
6665 Crying In H Mart Michelle Zauner 2021 American English
6676 Three Apples Fell From The Sky Narine Abgaryan 2015 Armenian Russian
6676 The Mountain And The Wall Alisa Ganieva 2015 Russian Russian
6681 Blacktop Wasteland S. A. Cosby 2020 American English
6684 Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda Becky Albertalli 2015 American English
6686 Pain Zeruya Shalev 2015 Israeli Hebrew
6697 The Tattooist Of Auschwitz Heather Morris 2018 Australian English
6710 The Old Drift Namwali Serpell 2019 Zambian English
6716 How To Change Your Mind Michael Pollan 2018 American English
6755 I Hotel Karen Tei Yamashita 2010 American English
6787 Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments Saidiya Hartman 2019 American English
6788 The Splendid And The Vile Erik Larson 2020 American English
6793 Men Explain Things To Me Rebecca Solnit 2014 American English
6799 We Others Steven Millhauser 2011 American English
6801 Bird Box Josh Malerman 2014 American English
6809 Eastbound Maylis de Kerangal 2012 French French
6814 The Owl's Absence Bae Suah 2010 Korean Korean
6817 Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017 American English
6820 The Calculating Stars Mary Robinette Kowal 2018 American English
6836 We are All Completely Beside Ourselves Karen Joy Fowler 2013 American English
6837 Yellowface R. F. Kuang 2023 American English
6843 A History of the World in 100 Objects Neil MacGregor 2010 British English
6843 The Big Short Michael M. Lewis 2010 American English
6851 Apeirogon Colum McCann 2020 Irish English
6853 Kairos Jenny Erpenbeck 2023 German German
6859 A Head Full Of Ghosts Paul Tremblay 2015 American English
6868 The Cruel Prince Holly Black 2018 American English
6891 Bared To You Sylvia Day 2012 American English
6899 Exhalation Ted Chiang 2019 American English
6906 Washington Black Esi Edugyan 2018 Canadian English
6916 The Paper Menagerie And Other Stories Ken Liu 2016 American English
6926 The Hundred Years’ War On Palestine Rashid Khalidi 2020 American English
6930 Academy Street Mary Costello 2014 Irish English
6947 Ducks, Newburyport Lucy Ellmann 2019 British English
6957 There Will Be No Miracles Here Casey Gerald 2018 American English
6957 The Fifth Risk Michael M. Lewis 2018 American English
6957 The Field Of Blood Joanne B. Freeman 2018 American English
6981 Hawthorn & Child Keith Ridgway 2012 Irish English
6982 American Prison Shane Bauer 2018 American English
6983 Project Hail Mary Andy Weir 2021 American English
6986 The Testaments Margaret Atwood 2019 Canadian English
6991 The Employees Olga Ravn 2018 Danish Danish
7001 Collected Poems Jack Gilbert 2012 American English
7007 Tyll Daniel Kehlmann 2017 German German
7008 Gente Que Se Fue David Gistau 2010 Spanish Spanish
7020 Albert Murray Albert Murray 2016 American Unknown
7022 The Girl On The Train Paula Hawkins 2015 British English
7027 In The Garden Of Beasts Erik Larson 2011 American English
7028 Going Clear Lawrence Wright 2013 American English
7050 The Changeling Victor LaValle 2017 American English
7051 The Sisters Brothers Patrick DeWitt 2011 Canadian English
7054 Chain Gang All Stars Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 2023 American English
7063 Nightcrawling Leila Mottley 2022 American English
7075 The Glorious Heresies Lisa McInerney 2015 Irish English
7077 Autumn In The Heavenly Kingdom Stephen R. Platt 2012 American English
7080 The Blazing World Siri Hustvedt 2014 American English
7079 A Court Of Mist And Fury Sarah J. Maas 2016 American English
7094 The Color Of Law Richard Rothstein 2017 American English
7099 The Dutch House Ann Patchett 2019 American English
7102 Nevada Imogen Binnie 2013 American English
7103 Get In Trouble Kelly Link 2015 American English
7108 The Children Of The Dead Elfriede Jelinek 2024 Austrian German
7119 The Optic Nerve Maria Gainza 2015 Argentinian Spanish
7129 Knife Salman Rushdie 2024 British English
7135 To All The Boys I've Loved Before Jenny Han 2014 American English
7137 Bury Your Dead Louise Penny 2010 Canadian English
7137 The Plotters Un-su Kim 2010 Korean Korean
7141 Jade City Fonda Lee 2017 Chinese English
7142 Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano 2023 American English
7148 Atomic Habits James Clear 2018 American English
7154 The Loneliness Of Sonia And Sunny Kiran Desai 2025 Unknown English
7158 The Wager David Grann 2023 American English
7174 Wild Cheryl Strayed 2012 American English
7188 Pet Akwaeke Emezi 2019 American English
7191 Heartstopper Alice Oseman 2018 British English
7204 Hounded Kevin Hearne 2011 American English
7205 Voroshilovgrad Serhiy Zhadan 2010 Ukrainian Ukrainian
7205 Flight From The Ussr Dato Turashvili 2010 Georgian Georgian
7205 Animalinside László Krasznahorkai, Max Neumann 2010 Hungarian Hungarian
7211 Boy Swallows Universe Trent Dalton 2018 Australian English
7213 Prophet Song Paul Lynch 2023 Irish English
7212 Question 7 Richard Flanagan 2023 Unknown English
7562 Compass Mathias Enard 2015 French French
7563 Enter Ghost Isabella Hammad 2023 British English
7565 There's Always This Year Hanif Abdurraqib 2024 American English
7569 Brain On Fire Susannah Cahalan 2012 American English
7569 Mortality Christopher Hitchens 2012 British English
7581 Feed Seanan McGuire 2010 American English
7583 Orbital Samantha Harvey 2024 Unknown Unknown
7584 Verity Colleen Hoover 2018 American English
7585 After Sappho Selby Wynn Schwartz 2023 Unknown English
7587 Commonwealth Ann Patchett 2016 American English
7591 The Women Kristin Hannah 2024 American English
7594 The Reformatory Tananarive Due 2023 American English
7595 Wealth And Power Orville Schell, John Delury 2013 Chinese English
7601 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein 2012 British English
7602 The Beginning Of Infinity David Deutsch 2011 British English
7621 Dropbear Evelyn Araluen 2021 Australian English
7622 The Little Red Chairs Edna O'Brien 2015 Irish English
7631 Telephone Percival Everett 2020 American English
7632 When The Clock Broke John Ganz 2024 Unknown English
7633 The Golden Road William Dalrymple 2024 Unknown English
7634 The Big Music Kirsty Gunn 2012 New Zealander English
7639 The Sermon On The Fall Of Rome Jerome Ferrari 2012 French French
7647 Hitch 22 Christopher Hitchens 2010 British English
7649 Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr 2021 American English
7665 Victory City Salman Rushdie 2023 British English
7669 Julián Is A Mermaid Jessica Love 2018 American English
7668 Soldier Sailor Claire Kilroy 2024 Irish Unknown
7671 The One And Only Ivan Katherine Applegate 2012 American English