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
13166 Omnibird Giselle Clarkson 2025 New Zealander English
13167 Donut Squad Neill Cameron 2025 British English
13168 Letters From The Upside Katya Balen 2025 British English
13169 Dracula & Daughters Emma Carroll 2025 British English
13170 Deep Dark Zohra Nabi 2025 Unknown English
13171 Torchfire Moira Buffini 2025 British English
13172 We Are Your Children David Roberts 2025 Unknown English
13173 No Refuge Patrice Aggs, Joe Brady 2025 Unknown English
13174 What Happens Online Nathanael Lessore 2025 Unknown English
13175 Feminist History For Every Day Of The Year Kate Mosse 2025 British English
13176 Vanished Sadiah Qureshi 2025 British English
13177 Super Agers Eric Topol M.D. 2025 American English
13178 Our Brains, Our Selves Masud Husain 2025 British English
13179 Proto Laura Spinney 2025 British English
13180 Destroyer Of Worlds Frank Close 2025 British English
13181 Lugma Noor Murad 2025 Unknown English
13182 Indian Kitchens Roopa Gulati 2025 Unknown English
13183 Baking And The Meaning Of Life Helen Goh 2025 Australian English
13184 The Once And Future Riot Joe Sacco 2025 American English
13185 Big Pool Chris Harnan 2025 Unknown Unknown
13186 The Witch's Egg Donya Todd 2025 Unknown English
13187 Milk White Steed Michael Kennedy 2025 Unknown English
13188 Misery Of Love Yvan Alagbe, Donald Nicholson-Smith 2025 Beninese French
13189 Raised By Ghosts Briana Loewinsohn 2025 American English
13237 Black Sun Rebecca Roanhorse 2020 American English
13237 The Space Between Worlds Micaiah Johnson 2020 American English
13237 Harrow The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2020 New Zealand English
13237 The Burning God R. F. Kuang 2020 American English
13237 The Last Emperox John Scalzi 2020 American English
13247 Felix Ever After Kacen Callender 2020 American English
13247 Stamped Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds 2020 American English
13247 The Henna Wars Adiba Jaigirdar 2020 Irish English
13247 We Are Not Free Traci Chee 2020 American English
13247 You Should See Me In A Crown Leah Johnson 2020 American English
13277 Golden Child Claire Adam 2019 Trinidadian English
13277 Marzahn, Mon Amour Katja Oskamp 2019 German German
13277 The Adversary Michael Crummey 2024 Canadian English
13313 Everything I Need I Get From You Kaitlyn Tiffany 2022 Unknown English
13319 Jade Legacy Fonda Lee 2021 American English
13319 Nettle & Bone T. Kingfisher 2022 American English
13319 The Tainted Cup Robert Jackson Bennett 2024 American Unknown
13358 Burnout Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski 2019 American English
13358 Period Power Maisie Hill 2019 British English
13499 Jerusalem Plays Hide And Seek Ariella Deem 2021 Unknown Unknown
13499 The Power Of Horses And Other Stories Elizabeth Cook 2021 British Unknown
13499 The Ship Of Fools Cristina Peri Rossi 2021 Uruguayan Spanish
13550 How To Be A Good Creature Sy Montgomery 2018 American English
13553 Tell The Machine Goodnight Katie Williams 2018 American English
13564 Betty Tiffany McDaniel 2020 American English
13577 Anxious People Fredrik Backman 2019 Swedish Swedish
13579 Grey Bees Andrey Kurkov 2018 Ukrainian Ukrainian
13591 Papyrus Irene Vallejo 2019 Spanish Spanish
13592 The School For Good Mothers Jessamine Chan 2022 American English
13600 Not Everybody Lives the Same Way Jean-Paul Dubois 2019 French French
13600 Live Fast Brigitte Giraud 2022 French French
13600 And Their Children After Them Nicolas Mathieu 2018 French French
13600 Houris Kamel Daoud 2024 French French
13709 Canto Yo Y La Montaña Baila Irene Solà 2019 Spanish Catalan
13734 The Spanish Love Deception Elena Armas 2021 Spanish English
13736 Christianity In The Twentieth Century Brian Stanley 2018 British English
13749 The Enchantments Of Mammon Eugene McCarraher 2019 American English
13762 Everything Sad Is Untrue Daniel Nayeri 2020 American English
13767 The Serpent And The Wings Of Night Carissa Broadbent 2022 Unknown English
13763 Invisible Ink Patrick Modiano 2019 French French
13787 Dschinns Fatma Aydemir 2022 German German
13805 J Curve Paul E. Miller 2019 Unknown English
13817 Morality Jonathan Sacks 2019 British English
13818 M Antonio Scurati 2018 Italian Italian
13818 The Hummingbird Sandro Veronesi 2019 Italian Italian
13818 Due Vite Emanuele Trevi 2020 Italian Italian
13818 Spatriati Mario Desiati 2021 Italian Italian
13818 Come D'aria Ada D'Adamo 2023 Italian Italian
13921 Book Of Psalms Alabaster Co. 2018 Unknown Hebrew
13937 What It Means To Be Human O. Carter Snead 2020 Unknown English
13941 Ninth House Leigh Bardugo 2019 American English
13961 Belonging Nora Krug 2018 German English
13963 This Time Tomorrow Emma Straub 2023 American English
13968 In The Matter Of Nat Turner Christopher Tomlins 2020 Unknown English
13971 The Fated Sky Mary Robinette Kowal 2018 American English
13971 Beneath The Sugar Sky Seanan McGuire 2018 American English
13971 Revenant Gun Yoon Ha Lee 2018 Korean-American English
13971 The Monster Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2018 American English
13971 The Consuming Fire John Scalzi 2018 American English
14006 The Five Hallie Rubenhold 2019 British English
14007 We The Fallen People Robert Tracy McKenzie 2021 Unknown English
14010 The Deep Places Ross Douthat 2021 American English
14021 Phoenix David Stuttard 2021 Unknown English
14025 The Kingdom Of Copper S. A. Chakraborty 2019 American English
14025 The Rosewater Insurrection Tade Thompson 2019 British English
14025 The Rosewater Redemption Tade Thompson 2019 British English
14025 In An Absent Dream Seanan McGuire 2019 American English
14025 The True Queen Zen Cho 2019 Malaysian English
14025 Time's Monster Priya Satia 2020 American English
14025 Split Tooth Tanya Tagaq 2018 Canadian English
14025 Heart Berries Terese Marie Mailhot 2018 Canadian English
14025 The Wife's Tale Aida Edemariam 2018 Canadian English
14060 Fear Unknown 2018 Unknown English
14065 Thomas Jefferson Thomas S. Kidd 2022 Unknown English
14071 Riddance Shelley Jackson 2018 American English
14078 The Trouble With Peace Joe Abercrombie 2020 British English
14078 The Empire Of Gold S. A. Chakraborty 2020 American English
14078 The Relentless Moon Mary Robinette Kowal 2020 American English
14078 The Tyrant Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2020 American English
14078 Riot Baby Tochi Onyebuchi 2020 American English
14078 Deaf Republic Ilya Kaminsky 2019 American English
14078 Ordinary Girls Jaquira Díaz 2019 American English
14078 The Seven Necessary Sins For Women And Girls Mona Eltahawy 2019 American English
14087 The Girl With The Louding Voice Abi Daré 2020 Nigerian English
14104 Los Días Azules Fernando Vallejo 2020 Colombian Spanish
14113 The Man Who Saw Everything Deborah Levy 2019 British English
14113 Eyes Bottle Dark With A Mouthful Of Flowers Jake Skeets 2019 American English
14120 They Flew Carlos Eire 2023 Unknown English
14138 The Wisdom Of Crowds Joe Abercrombie 2021 British English
14138 The Echo Wife Sarah Gailey 2021 American English
14138 On Fragile Waves E. Lily Yu 2021 American English
14138 Some Desperate Glory Emily Tesh 2023 Unknown English
14164 Am Weltenrand Sitzen Die Menschen Und Lachen Philipp Weiss 2018 Austrian German
14176 The Spy And The Traitor Ben Macintyre 2018 British English
14232 Foundryside Robert Jackson Bennett 2018 American English
14232 She Who Became The Sun Shelley Parker-Chan 2021 Australian English