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
8788 Dinosaurs On Other Planets Danielle McLaughlin 2014 Irish English
8794 Here Are The Young Men Rob Doyle 2014 Irish English
8797 It Happened One Wedding Julie James 2014 American English
8797 The Understatement Of The Year Sarina Bowen 2014 American English
8814 Loot Tania James 2023 Unknown English
8818 China In Ten Words Yu Hua 2011 Chinese Chinese
8832 Fire Weather John Vaillant 2023 Canadian English
8837 The Axeman's Carnival Catherine Chidgey 2023 New Zealander English
8836 Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger 2013 American English
8839 Tell Me Everything Elizabeth Strout 2024 Unknown Unknown
8843 Negative Space Luljeta Lleshanaku 2018 Albanian Albanian
8845 Our Kids Robert D. Putnam 2015 American English
8846 Seeing Red Lina Meruane 2012 Chilean Spanish
8847 Philosophy of the Tourist Hiroki Azuma 2017 Japanese Unknown
8848 Tragedy At Pike River Mine Rebecca Macfie 2013 New Zealand English
8852 I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home Lorrie Moore 2023 American English
8855 The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates 2019 American English
8856 What You Are Looking For Is In The Library Michiko Aoyama 2020 Japanese Japanese
8864 Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman 2020 American English
8871 Becoming Mrs. Lewis Patti Callahan Henry 2018 American English
8871 When Katie Met Cassidy Camille Perri 2018 American English
8867 Death Of The Author Nnedi Okorafor 2025 Unknown English
8876 How To Survive A Plague David France 2016 American English
8877 Tongues Anders Nilsen 2025 American English
8884 Black and Blur Fred Moten 2017 American English
8887 Theft Of Swords Michael J. Sullivan 2011 American English
8886 Monsters Claire Dederer 2023 American English
8891 Midnight In Chernobyl Adam Higginbotham 2024 British English
8895 Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama Alison Bechdel 2012 American English
8903 Blackouts Justin Torres 2023 Unknown English
8907 Unravelling Oliver Liz Nugent 2014 Irish English
8910 The Night Guest Fiona McFarlane 2013 Australian English
8909 Fallen Lia Mills 2014 Irish English
8916 All Grown Up Jami Attenberg 2017 American English
8926 How Children Succeed Paul Tough 2012 Canadian English
8926 Hidden America Jeanne Marie Laskas 2012 American English
8926 The End Of Men Hanna Rosin 2012 American English
8935 The White Girl Tony Birch 2019 Australian English
8939 Queen Of The Conquered Kacen Callender 2019 American English
8939 The Rage Of Dragons Evan Winter 2019 Canadian English
8938 Memorial Drive Natasha Trethewey 2020 American English
8944 Wolf in White Van John Darnielle 2014 American English
8950 Time Without Keys Ida Vitale 2019 Uruguayan Spanish
8948 The Wren, The Wren Anne Enright 2023 Irish English
8953 Family Lore Elizabeth Acevedo 2023 Unknown English
8968 Asking For It Louise O'Neill 2015 Irish English
8976 Clavícula Marta Sanz 2015 Spanish Spanish
8976 The Great Divide Joseph Stiglitz 2015 American English
8979 Playground Richard Powers 2024 Unknown Unknown
8979 Crook Manifesto Colson Whitehead 2023 American English
8984 Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil V. E. Schwab 2025 Unknown English
8987 Sunrise On The Reaping Suzanne Collins 2025 Unknown English
8989 Less Andrew Sean Greer 2017 American English
8994 Delirious Damien Wilkins 2012 New Zealand English
8998 The Deal Elle Kennedy 2015 Canadian English
9017 Improvement Joan Silber 2017 American English
9018 The Message Ta-Nehisi Coates 2024 Unknown Unknown
9026 The Other Americans Laila Lalami 2019 Moroccan English
9029 The Hunter Tana French 2024 Irish English
9039 Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here Jonathan Blitzer 2024 Unknown English
9039 Anansi’s Gold Yepoka Yeebo 2023 Unknown English
9041 All The Colours Of The Dark Chris Whitaker 2024 Unknown English
9042 Against The Loveless World Susan Abulhawa 2020 Palestinian English
9047 The Rachel Incident Caroline O'Donoghue 2023 Irish English
9048 The Sun Walks Down Fiona McFarlane 2022 Australian English
9052 Built From The Fire Victor Luckerson 2023 Unknown English
9053 The Crossover Kwame Alexander 2014 American English
9057 In The Darkroom Susan Faludi 2016 American English
9058 Challenger Adam Higginbotham 2024 British English
9058 After The Funeral And Other Stories Tessa Hadley 2023 British English
9060 Pond Claire-Louise Bennett 2015 Irish English
9062 Décadence Mandchoue Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse 2011 Unknown English
9061 The Book Of Records Madeleine Thien 2025 Canadian English
9064 Soldiers And Kings Jason De León 2024 Unknown English
9065 The Tribe Michael Mohammed Ahmad 2014 Australian English
9065 A Million Windows Gerald Murnane 2014 Australian English
9069 The Lonely City Olivia Laing 2016 British English
9070 Old God's Time Sebastian Barry 2023 Irish English
9073 Autumn Ali Smith 2016 British English
9073 Euphoria Lily King 2014 American English
9073 Cleopatra Stacy Schiff 2010 Egyptian English
9078 Event Factory Renee Gladman 2010 American English
9080 The Prince Of Broadway Joanna Shupe 2019 American English
9080 Wolf Gone Wild Juliette Cross 2019 Unknown English
9080 Polaris Rising Jessie Mihalik 2019 American English
9080 Brazen And The Beast Sarah MacLean 2019 American English
9080 Bloom Kevin Panetta 2019 Unknown English
9079 Good Material Dolly Alderton 2024 British English
9085 The Dream Hotel Laila Lalami 2025 Unknown English
9086 Viață și Cărți. Amintirile Unui Cititor De Cursă Lungă Nicolae Manolescu 2016 Romanian Romanian
9089 This Other Eden Paul Harding 2023 American English
9096 The Familiar Leigh Bardugo 2024 Unknown English
9095 He Who Fights With Monsters Shirtaloon 2021 Unknown English
9097 The Vanishing Generation Bagila Bukharbayeva 2019 Uzbek English
9097 Of Strangers And Bees Hamid Ismailov 2019 Uzbek Uzbek
9097 Rock, Paper, Scissors And Other Stories Maxim Osipov 2019 Russian Russian
9097 Life Went On Anyway Oleg Sentsov 2019 Ukrainian Russian
9102 Tilt Emma Pattee 2025 Unknown English
9106 Wild Dark Shore Charlotte McConaghy 2025 Unknown English
9105 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
9107 Happy Place Emily Henry 2023 American English
9108 Gabriel's Moon William Boyd 2024 Unknown English
9125 Lumberjanes Noelle Stevenson 2014 American English
9125 The Storied Life Of A.J. Fikry Gabrielle Zevin 2014 American English
9128 The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches Sangu Mandanna 2022 British English
9131 Why the West Rules - For Now Ian Morris 2010 British English
9131 Through the Language Glass Guy Deutscher 2010 British English
9131 My Name Is Lucy Barton Elizabeth Strout 2016 American English
9138 The Consequences Niña Weijers 2014 Dutch Dutch
9142 Can You Tolerate This? Ashleigh Young 2016 New Zealand English
9144 Boy, Snow, Bird Helen Oyeyemi 2014 British English
9145 Bugs Whiti Hereaka 2013 New Zealand English
9146 The World For Sale Jack Farchy, Javier Blas 2021 British English
9151 Limberlost Robbie Arnott 2022 Australian English
9174 Homeland Fernando Aramburu 2016 Spanish Spanish
9175 Anima Wajdi Mouawad 2012 French French
9178 The Cocktail Collection Alice Clayton 2016 Unknown English
9176 China's Second Continent Howard W. French 2014 American English
9181 Red Clocks Leni Zumas 2018 American English
9179 Beautiful Bastard Christina Lauren 2013 American English