The Greatest Books Since 2018

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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
1110 The Overstory Richard Powers 2018 American English
1211 Normal People Sally Rooney 2018 Irish English
1983 The Great Believers Rebecca Makkai 2018 American English
1995 Say Nothing Patrick Radden Keefe 2018 American English
2108 Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver 2022 American English
2225 My Year of Rest and Relaxation Ottessa Moshfegh 2018 American English
2243 Milkman Anna Burns 2018 Irish English
2338 There There Tommy Orange 2018 American English
2345 Small Things Like These Claire Keegan 2021 Irish English
2416 Educated Tara Westover 2018 American English
2528 On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Ocean Vuong 2019 American English
2589 Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell 2020 Irish English
2608 Heavy Kiese Laymon 2018 American English
2636 An American Marriage Tayari Jones 2018 American English
2652 Circe Madeline Miller 2018 American English
2706 Lost Children Archive Valeria Luiselli 2019 Mexican English
2736 Severance Ling Ma 2018 American English
2806 James Percival Everett 2024 American English
2829 Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin 2022 American English
2882 Septology Jon Fosse 2019 Norwegian Norwegian
2991 Frederick Douglass David W. Blight 2018 American English
3052 Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston 2019 American English
3059 Trust Hernan Díaz 2022 Argentinian English
3091 Disturbance Philippe Lançon 2018 French French
3171 The Bee Sting Paul Murray 2023 Irish English
3204 When We Cease To Understand The World Adrian Nathan West, Benjamin Labatut 2020 Chilean Spanish
3316 The Kiss Quotient Helen Hoang 2018 Vietnamese English
3429 Get A Life, Chloe Brown Talia Hibbert 2019 British English
3467 Kudos Rachel Cusk 2018 British English
3472 We Do Not Part Han Kang 2021 Korean Korean
3506 The Most Secret Memory Of Men Mohamed Mbougar Sarr 2021 Senegalese French
3522 Bad Blood John Carreyrou 2018 American English
3532 Girl, Woman, Other Bernardine Evaristo 2019 British English
3594 Thick Tressie McMillan Cottom 2019 American English
3598 The Wedding Date Jasmine Guillory 2018 American English
3599 Daisy Jones & The Six Taylor Jenkins Reid 2019 American English
3613 The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett 2020 American English
3848 Piranesi Susanna Clarke 2020 British English
3927 The Poppy War R. F. Kuang 2018 Chinese English
3946 In The Dream House Carmen Maria Machado 2019 American English
4079 Children Of Blood And Bone Tomi Adeyemi 2018 Nigerian English
4098 Boyfriend Material Alexis Hall 2020 British English
4157 Asymmetry Lisa Halliday 2018 American English
4163 No One Is Talking About This Patricia Lockwood 2021 American English
4383 How To End A Story Helen Garner 2021 Australian English
4394 The Friend Sigrid Nunez 2018 American English
4417 Detransition, Baby Torrey Peters 2021 American English
4472 Intermezzo Sally Rooney 2024 Irish English
4507 North Woods Daniel Mason 2023 American English
4579 Time Shelter Georgi Gospodinov 2020 Bulgarian Bulgarian
4590 The Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead 2019 American English
4605 Babel R. F. Kuang 2022 American English
4619 Deacon King Kong James McBride 2020 American English
4829 The Largesse of the Sea Maiden Denis Johnson 2018 American English
4867 The Love Songs Of W.E.B. Dubois Honorée Fanonne Jeffers 2021 American English
4940 Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood 2023 Australian English
4979 Klara And The Sun Kazuo Ishiguro 2021 British English
5006 Feel Free Zadie Smith 2018 British English
5094 Amity and Prosperity Eliza Griswold 2018 American English
5155 Cursed Bunny Bora Chung 2021 Korean Korean
5156 Where The Crawdads Sing Delia Owens 2018 American English
5189 Stay True Hua Hsu 2022 Chinese English
5274 Uncanny Valley Anna Wiener 2020 American English
5284 Strangers To Ourselves Rachel Aviv 2022 American English
5356 Praiseworthy Alexis Wright 2024 Australian English
5391 Tom Lake Ann Patchett 2023 American English
5426 Glorious Exploits Ferdia Lennon 2024 Irish English
5427 At Night All Blood Is Black David Diop 2018 French French
5461 The Yellow House Sarah M. Broom 2019 American English
5463 The Animals In That Country Laura Jean McKay 2020 Australian English
5481 The Ministry For the Future Kim Stanley Robinson 2020 American English
5508 Seven Days In June Tia Williams 2021 American English
5530 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride 2023 American English
5582 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
5589 Caste Isabel Wilkerson 2020 American English
5619 Our Share of Night Mariana Enríquez 2019 Argentinian Spanish
5624 Biography Of X Catherine Lacey 2023 American English
5634 Sabrina Nick Drnaso 2018 American English
5637 Book Lovers Emily Henry 2021 American English
5643 Enlightenment Now Steven Pinker 2018 American English
5643 These Truths Jill Lepore 2018 American English
5652 Nothing To See Here Kevin Wilson 2019 American English
5680 The Covenant Of Water Abraham Verghese 2023 American English
5688 The Saint Of Bright Doors Vajra Chandrasekera 2023 Unknown English
5694 Night Boat To Tangier Kevin Barry 2019 Irish English
5707 The Sum Of Us Heather McGhee 2021 American English
5721 Warlight Michael Ondaatje 2018 Canadian English
5781 Entangled Life Merlin Sheldrake 2020 British English
5805 Martyr! Kaveh Akbar 2024 American English
5933 King Jonathan Eig 2023 American English
5934 Small Fry Lisa Brennan-Jobs 2018 American English
5963 This Is Happiness Niall Williams 2019 Irish English
5966 A Princess In Theory Alyssa Cole 2018 American English
5997 The Coddling Of The American Mind Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff 2018 American English
6085 My Sister, The Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite 2018 Nigerian English
6157 The God Of The Woods Liz Moore 2024 Unknown English
6196 Know My Name Chanel Miller 2019 American English
6214 Doppelganger Naomi Klein 2023 Canadian English
6302 Rejection Tony Tulathimutte 2024 American English
6334 The Night Watchman Louise Erdrich 2020 American English
6341 No No Boy John Okada 2024 American English
6361 The Library Book Susan Orlean 2018 American English
6369 The Safekeep Yael van der Wouden 2024 Unknown Unknown
6376 The Priory Of The Orange Tree Samantha Shannon 2019 British English
6443 Tomb Of Sand Geetanjali Shree 2018 Indian Hindi
6461 Never Did The Fire Diamela Eltit 2022 Chilean Spanish
6507 Wild Houses Colin Barrett 2024 Irish English
6525 The Mars Room Rachel Kushner 2018 American English
6577 Crashed Adam Tooze 2018 British English
6582 Freshwater Akwaeke Emezi 2018 Nigerian English
6598 Long Island Colm Toibin 2024 Irish Unknown
6608 The Anomaly Hervé Le Tellier 2020 French French
6612 Hidden Valley Road Robert Kolker 2020 American English
6655 Invisible Child Andrea Elliott 2021 American English
6664 How The Word Is Passed Clint Smith 2021 American English
6665 Crying In H Mart Michelle Zauner 2021 American English
6681 Blacktop Wasteland S. A. Cosby 2020 American English
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