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
9670 Frozen Moment Camilla Ceder 2010 Swedish Swedish
9670 Blue Lightning Ann Cleeves 2010 British English
9670 Strange Shores Arnaldur Indriðason 2010 Icelandic Icelandic
9670 Heartstone C. J. Sansom 2010 British English
9657 Brehm's Life Of Animals Alfred Edmund Brehm 2015 German German
9657 The Silk Road Sven Hedin 2012 Swedish Swedish
9657 The Messiah Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock 2012 German German
9657 Schubumkehr Robert Menasse 2013 Austrian German
9657 De Architectura Vitruvius 2016 Roman Latin
9674 Easy Reading Cristina Morales 2018 Spanish Spanish
9678 Ordesa Manuel Vilas 2018 Spanish Spanish
9685 Leftover Women Leta Hong Fincher 2014 Unknown English
9693 The Wordhord Hana Videen 2021 Unknown English
9696 The Beautiful Country And The Middle Kingdom John Pomfret 2016 American English
9701 Extra Lives Tom Bissell 2010 American English
9697 The Information James Gleick 2011 American English
9699 Beasts Made Of Night Tochi Onyebuchi 2017 American English
9699 The Black Tides Of Heaven Neon Yang 2017 Singaporean English
9709 Hell Divers Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2016 American English
9709 The Dispatcher John Scalzi 2016 American English
9709 Katherine Of Aragon Alison Weir 2016 British English
9709 Cake J. Bengtsson 2016 Unknown English
9713 Eros Is More Juan Antonio González Iglesias 2018 Spanish Spanish
9720 Someone You Can Build A Nest In John Wiswell 2024 Unknown English
9725 실격당한 자들을 위한 변론 김원영 2018 Korean Korean
9728 Wait Five Minutes Shelley Ingram, Willow G. Mullins 2019 Unknown English
9740 The Fire Starters Jan Carson 2019 Irish English
9761 Show Them A Good Time Nicole Flattery 2019 Irish English
9763 Shadowplay Joseph O'Connor 2019 Irish English
9766 Un Attieké Pour Elgass Tierno Monenembo 2021 French French
9767 The Narrow Land Christine Dwyer Hickey 2019 Irish English
9769 Animal Money Michael Cisco 2015 American English
9770 The Night Bookmobile Audrey Niffenegger 2010 American English
9770 In A Strange Room Damon Galgut 2010 South African English
9772 Democracy For Realists Christopher H. Achen, Larry Bartels 2016 American English
9772 Racial Realignment Eric Schickler 2016 American English
9774 Women Talking Miriam Toews 2018 Canadian English
9778 A Ghost In The Throat Doireann Ní Ghríofa 2020 Irish English
9781 The Romantic Agenda Claire Kann 2022 Unknown English
9781 Kiss Her Once For Me Alison Cochrun 2022 Unknown English
9781 Partners In Crime Alisha Rai 2022 Unknown English
9781 Chef’s Kiss TJ Alexander 2022 Unknown English
9781 Next To You Hannah Bonam-Young 2022 Unknown English
9781 Dead Collections Isaac Fellman 2022 Unknown English
9781 D'vaughn And Kris Plan A Wedding Chencia C. Higgins 2022 Unknown English
9781 The Undertaking Of Hart And Mercy Megan Bannen 2022 Unknown English
9799 No Friend But The Mountains Behrouz Boochani 2018 Unknown Persian
9799 Blak Work Alison Whittaker 2018 Australian English
9799 Axiomatic Maria Tumarkin 2018 Australian English
9799 The Shepherd's Hut Tim Winton 2018 Australian English
9803 Long Way Down Jason Reynolds 2017 American English
9803 Dear Martin Nic Stone 2017 American English
9805 The Obelisk Gate N. K. Jemisin 2016 American English
9807 The Childhood Of Jesus J. M. Coetzee 2013 South African English
9807 Journal Julie Delporte 2013 Unknown French
9819 The Precipice Toby Ord 2020 British English
9821 Alex Pierre Lemaitre 2011 French French
9821 The Frozen Dead Bernard Minier 2011 French French
9821 The Collini Case Ferdinand Von Schirach 2011 German German
9825 The Opposite Of A Person Lieke Marsman 2017 Dutch Dutch
9829 Country Girl Edna O'Brien 2012 Irish English
9832 The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley Hannah Tinti 2017 American English
9851 Exciting Times Naoise Dolan 2020 Irish English
9852 Afterlives Abdulrazak Gurnah 2020 British English
9882 The Gentleman’s Guide To Vice And Virtue Mackenzi Lee 2017 American English
9890 Bhimayana Srividya Natarajan, S. Anand 2011 Indian English
9890 Songs Of Kabir Arvind Krishna Mehrotra 2011 Indian Hindi
9892 Falling Is Like Flying Manon Uphoff 2019 Dutch Dutch
9896 Tokyo Prison Mari Akasaka 2012 Japanese Japanese
9897 My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness Kabi Nagata 2016 Japanese Japanese
9897 Modern Lovers Emma Straub 2016 American English
9902 A Memory Called Empire Arkady Martine 2019 American English
9900 디디의 우산 황정은 2019 Korean Korean
9906 Aru Shah And The End Of Time Roshani Chokshi 2018 American English
9912 Miracle Creek Angie Kim 2019 American English
9912 Your House Will Pay Steph Cha 2019 American English
9915 Crooked Plow Itamar Vieira Junior 2019 Brazilian Portuguese
9922 Children Of Time Adrian Tchaikovsky 2015 British English
9935 The Sisters Jonas Hassen Khemiri 2023 Swedish English
9937 One Child Mei Fong 2016 Unknown English
9942 Medicine Walk Richard Wagamese 2014 Canadian English
9942 Joseph Marie-Hélène Lafon 2014 French French
9945 An Apartment On Uranus Paul B. Preciado 2019 Spanish French
9945 Retaguardia Roja Fernando del Rey 2019 Spanish Spanish
9951 The Souls Of China Ian Johnson 2017 American English
9953 Actress Anne Enright 2020 Irish English
9956 The Book Of Delights Ross Gay 2019 American English
9955 Songspirals Gay'wu Group of Women 2019 Unknown English
9954 Big Girl, Small Town Michelle Gallen 2020 Irish English
9958 On The Calculation Of Volume Solvej Balle 2025 Danish Danish
9967 The Silence Of The Sea Yrsa Sigurdardottir 2012 Icelandic Icelandic
9969 Chai Time At Cinnamon Gardens Shankari Chandran 2022 Unknown English
9973 Daughter Of Smoke & Bone Laini Taylor 2011 American English
9973 Legend Marie Lu 2011 American English
9973 Where’d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple 2012 American English
9971 Gebrek Is Een Groot Woord Nina Polak 2018 Dutch Dutch
9977 The Most Wanted Man In China Fang Lizhi 2016 Unknown English
9976 Mirror, Shoulder, Signal Dorthe Nors 2016 Danish English
9978 A Guardian And A Thief Megha Majumdar 2025 Indian English
9979 This Inevitable Ruin Matt Dinniman 2024 Unknown English
9990 Minshu To Aikoku Eiji Oguma 2014 Japanese Japanese
9988 Unsheltered Clare Moleta 2018 Unknown English
9989 On The Calculation Of Volume 3 Solvej Balle 2021 Unknown Danish
9996 Mistakes Were Made Meryl Wilsner 2023 Unknown English
9997 Baldwin Nicholas Boggs 2025 Unknown English
9999 Narcopolis Jeet Thayil 2012 Indian English
9999 Em And The Big Hoom Jerry Pinto 2012 Indian English
9999 Seeing Like A Feminist Nivedita Menon 2012 Indian English
10003 The Dawn Of Everything David Graeber, David Wengrow 2021 British English
10004 Lone Women Victor LaValle 2023 American English
10010 Multiple Choice Alejandro Zambra 2014 Chilean Spanish
10010 Three Stories J. M. Coetzee 2014 South African English
10018 Nine Continents Xiaolu Guo 2017 Chinese English
10019 The End Of The World Is A Cul De Sac Louise Kennedy 2021 Irish English
10017 Mending Bodies Hon Lai-Chu 2010 Chinese Chinese
10026 An Absolutely Remarkable Thing Hank Green 2018 American English
10027 The Boy Who Stole Attila's Horse Ivan Repila 2013 Spanish Spanish
10027 Obsidio Amie Kaufman 2018 Australian English
10027 How To Date Your Dragon Molly Harper 2018 Unknown English
10027 Wishes And Wellingtons Julie Berry 2018 American English