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
8268 Honey And Spice Bolu Babalola 2022 British English
8268 The Dead Romantics Ashley Poston 2022 American English
8268 That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon Kimberly Lemming 2022 American English
8268 You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty Akwaeke Emezi 2022 Nigerian English
8268 The Bodyguard Katherine Center 2022 American English
8278 Solace Belinda McKeon 2011 Irish English
8290 They Will Drown In Their Mother’s Tears Johannes Anyuru 2017 Swedish Swedish
8299 Empire Of Pain Patrick Radden Keefe 2021 American English
8305 The Ghost Riders Of Ordebec Fred Vargas 2011 French French
8312 A Marriage At Sea Sophie Elmhirst 2024 British English
8346 Swing Time Zadie Smith 2016 British English
8358 Redeployment Phil Klay 2014 American English
8377 Beautiful Disaster Jamie McGuire 2011 American English
8377 The Perfect Play Jaci Burton 2011 American English
8377 Never A Gentleman Eileen Dreyer 2011 Unknown English
8377 Belong To Me Shayla Black 2011 American English
8382 American War Omar El Akkad 2017 Canadian English
8385 A Seditious Affair KJ Charles 2015 British English
8387 The Orphan Master's Son Adam Johnson 2012 American English
8388 Our Souls At Night Kent Haruf 2015 American English
8396 Audition Katie Kitamura 2025 Unknown English
8397 The Stag's Leap Sharon Olds 2012 American English
8404 The Art Of Losing Alice Zeniter 2017 French French
8419 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad 2025 Unknown English
8424 Coming Apart Charles Murray 2012 American English
8425 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms N. K. Jemisin 2010 American English
8427 Sad Tiger Neige Sinno 2023 Unknown French
8428 She Said Jodi Kantor 2019 American English
8430 Those Across The River Christopher Buehlman 2011 American English
8431 All Fours Miranda July 2024 American English
8431 Heart The Lover Lily King 2025 Unknown English
8439 The Death of Vivek Oji Akwaeke Emezi 2020 Nigerian English
8442 Faithful Place Tana French 2010 Irish English
8457 Penpal Dathan Kahn Auerbach 2012 American English
8445 The Natashas Yelena Moskovich 2016 Russian English
8445 The Diary Of A Gulag Prison Guard 1935 6 Ivan Chistyakov 2016 Russian Russian
8445 The Harvest Of Chronos Mojca Kumerdej 2016 Slovenian Slovenian
8445 Panorama Dušan Šarotar 2016 Slovenian Slovene
8458 March John Lewis 2013 American English
8459 The Light of the World Elizabeth Alexander 2015 American English
8461 Headshot Rita Bullwinkel 2024 Unknown English
8466 The Fiddler In The Subway Gene Weingarten 2010 American English
8466 Griftopia Matt Taibbi 2010 American English
8466 The Poisoner's Handbook Deborah Blum 2010 American English
8466 Being Wrong Kathryn Schulz 2010 American English
8466 The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010 American English
8491 The Book Of My Lives Aleksandar Hemon 2013 American English
8490 The Dry Jane Harper 2016 Australian English
8492 Underland Robert Macfarlane 2019 British English
8496 Margaret The First Danielle Dutton 2016 American English
8507 사당동 더하기 25 조은 2012 Korean Korean
8519 Into The Woods Anna Krien 2010 Australian English
8519 Sourdough And Other Stories Angela Slatter 2010 Australian English
8522 The True True Story Of Raja The Gullible Rabih Alameddine 2025 American English
8527 Ten Tiny Breaths K.A. Tucker 2012 Canadian English
8532 The Ministry Of Time Kaliane Bradley 2024 Unknown English
8533 Young Skins Colin Barrett 2013 Irish English
8550 Forbidden Beverly Jenkins 2016 American English
8550 The Hunter Kerrigan Byrne 2016 Unknown English
8550 Coffee Boy Austin Chant 2016 Unknown English
8554 Our Evenings Alan Hollinghurst 2024 Unknown English
8559 A Thread Of Violence Mark O'Connell 2023 Unknown English
8562 The Challenges of Feminism Jeong Hee-jin 2015 Korean Korean
8566 Witness Jamel Brinkley 2023 American English
8567 A Day In The Life Of Abed Salama Nathan Thrall 2023 Unknown English
8573 Fear Itself Ira Katznelson 2013 American English
8575 한국 신자유주의의 기원과 형성 지주형 2011 Korean Korean
8575 Deviations Gayle Rubin 2011 American English
8577 Witchmark C. L. Polk 2018 Canadian English
8590 사람, 장소, 환대 김현경 2015 Korean Korean
8587 The Postcard Anne Berest 2021 French French
8591 The Promise Damon Galgut 2021 South African English
8594 The Wise Man's Fear Patrick Rothfuss 2011 American English
8603 Small Rain Garth Greenwell 2024 Unknown English
8603 A Fever In The Heartland Timothy Egan 2023 American English
8616 Civilisation Steve Braunias 2012 New Zealand English
8618 Sidewalks Valeria Luiselli 2013 Mexican Spanish
8618 The Queue Basma Abdel Aziz 2013 Egyptian Arabic
8618 Cooked Michael Pollan 2013 American English
8621 Carnality Lina Wolff 2019 Swedish Swedish
8622 Age Of Fracture Daniel T. Rodgers 2011 American English
8626 Things In Nature Merely Grow Yiyun Li 2025 Unknown English
8630 The 13 Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths 2011 Australian English
8632 We All Want Impossible Things Catherine Newman 2022 American English
8638 Other Russias Victoria Lomasko 2017 Russian Russian
8642 The Fraud Zadie Smith 2023 British English
8650 Raising Hare Chloe Dalton 2025 Unknown English
8655 Punct și De La Capăt Gabriel Chifu 2014 Romanian Romanian
8651 Victorian Psycho Virginia Feito 2025 Unknown English
8661 Beyond The Velvet Rope Tiffany Ashley 2013 Unknown English
8661 The Heiress Effect Courtney Milan 2013 American English
8661 Lord Of Wicked Intentions Lorraine Heath 2013 American English
8667 Liliana's Invincible Summer Cristina Rivera Garza 2023 Mexican Spanish
8673 From Blood And Ash Jennifer L. Armentrout 2020 American English
8681 You Are Not So Smart David McRaney 2011 American English
8681 The Chronology Of Water Lidia Yuknavitch 2011 American English
8681 In Defense Of Sanity G. K. Chesterton 2011 British English
8681 Adapt Tim Harford 2011 British English
8689 The One Before Juan José Saer 2015 Argentinian Spanish
8693 The Discomfort Of Evening Lucas Rijneveld 2018 Dutch Dutch
8694 Amberlough Lara Elena Donnelly 2017 American English
8695 Throne Of Glass Sarah J. Maas 2012 American English
8697 Too Much Lip Melissa Lucashenko 2018 Australian English
8705 The Last Books of Hector Viel Temperley Hector Viel Temperley
 2011 Argentinian Spanish
8707 What We Can Know Ian McEwan 2025 Unknown English
8715 Gifted Patrick Evans 2010 New Zealand English
8724 King Of Ashes S. A. Cosby 2025 Unknown English
8725 The Uninhabitable Earth David Wallace-Wells 2019 American English
8729 It Happened One Summer Tessa Bailey 2021 American English
8730 A Girl's Story Annie Ernaux 2016 French French
8735 Tangata Whenua Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney, Aroha Harris 2014 New Zealand English
8737 The End Of Eddy Édouard Louis 2014 French French
8745 All The Sinners Bleed S. A. Cosby 2023 American English
8753 금요일엔 돌아오렴 세월호 참사 기록위원회 작가기록단 엮음 2014 Korean Korean
8754 Breakfast At Midnight Louis Armand 2012 Unknown English
8755 Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys Viv Albertine 2014 British English
8765 Spill Simmer Falter Wither Sara Baume 2015 Irish English
8772 Inland Téa Obreht 2019 American English
8783 Mother Mary Comes To Me Arundhati Roy 2025 Unknown English
8788 The Diaries Of Emilio Renzi Ricardo Piglia 2015 Argentinian Spanish