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
14232 The Starless Sea Erin Morgenstern 2019 American English
14232 In Ascension Martin MacInnes 2024 British English
14232 One Dark Window Rachel Gillig 2022 Unknown English
14232 The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman 2020 British English
14232 The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones 2020 American English
14232 Last Night At The Telegraph Club Malinda Lo 2021 American English
14232 Your Utopia Bora Chung 2024 Unknown Unknown
14232 Bride Ali Hazelwood 2024 Unknown English
14232 Luster Raven Leilani 2020 American English
14232 What Happened To Ruthy Ramirez Claire Jimenez 2023 Unknown English
14232 Let Us Descend Jesmyn Ward 2023 American English
14232 Annie Bot Sierra Greer 2024 Unknown English
14232 Under A White Sky Elizabeth Kolbert 2021 American English
14323 How To Randall Munroe 2019 American English
14323 Range David Epstein 2019 American English
14323 Upheaval Jared Diamond 2019 American English
14323 All The Devils Are Here Louise Penny 2020 Canadian English
14327 Where You Come From Saša Stanišić 2019 German German
14327 Shapes Of Native Nonfiction Elissa Washuta, Theresa Warburton 2019 Unknown English
14333 Come With Me Ronald Malfi 2021 American English
14346 Let The Record Show Sarah Schulman 2021 American English
14359 Why We're Polarized Ezra Klein 2020 American English
14370 Aus Der Zuckerfabrik Dorothee Elmiger 2020 Swiss German
14370 Allegro Pastell Leif Randt 2020 German German
14370 Vom Aufstehen Helga Schubert 2020 German German
14375 We Are Here To Hurt Each Other Paula D. Ashe 2022 Unknown English
14384 Numbers Don't Lie Vaclav Smil 2021 Czech English
14386 Sublunar Harald Voetmann 2022 Danish Danish
14398 Writers & Lovers Lily King 2020 American English
14402 28 Summers Elin Hilderbrand 2020 American English
14404 Blaue Frau Antje Rávik Strubel 2021 German German
14404 Die Inkommensurablen Raphaela Edelbauer 2021 Austrian German
14426 How To Sell A Haunted House Grady Hendrix 2023 American English
14452 Behave Robert Sapolsky 2023 American English
14483 The Beauty Defense Laura James 2019 Unknown English
14491 Every Summer After Carley Fortune 2022 Canadian English
14492 A History Of Burning Janika Oza 2023 Unknown English
14492 Cobalt Red Siddharth Kara 2023 Unknown English
14541 The Unusual Suspect Ben Machell 2020 British English
14547 Queenie Candice Carty-Williams 2019 British English
14551 La Península De Las Casas Vacías David Uclés 2021 Unknown Spanish
14585 Die Projektoren Clemens Meyer 2024 German German
14588 Fuzz Mary Roach 2021 American English
14588 The Babysitter Liza Rodman, Jennifer Jordan 2021 Unknown English
14588 Couple Found Slain Mikita Brottman 2021 Unknown English
14588 Last Call Elon Green 2021 Unknown English
14588 Confident Women Tori Telfer 2021 Unknown English
14588 The Good Girls Sonia Faleiro 2021 Indian English
14588 The Rope Alex Tresniowski 2021 Unknown English
14588 Two Truths And A Lie Ellen McGarrahan 2021 Unknown English
14619 City Of Girls Elizabeth Gilbert 2019 American English
14628 Five Steps To Happy Ella Dove 2019 British English
14641 Somos Luces Abismales Carolina Sanin 2018 Colombian Spanish
14670 Lightlark Alex Aster 2022 American English
14674 An Orphan World Giuseppe Caputo 2019 Colombian Spanish
14674 Lay Them To Rest Laurah Norton 2023 Unknown English
14712 Faebound Saara El-Arifi 2024 Unknown English
14831 Blitzscaling Reid Hoffman 2018 American English
14831 21 Lessons For The 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari 2018 Israeli English
14831 Billion Dollar Whale Tom Wright, Bradley Hope 2018 American English
14831 Leadership Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 American English
14831 The Book Of Why Judea Pearl, Dana Mackenzie 2018 American English
14831 Plagues And The Paradox Of Progress Thomas J. Bollyky 2018 American English
14831 The Future Of Capitalism Paul Collier 2018 British English
14831 Origin Story David Christian 2018 American English
14831 Everything Happens For A Reason Kate Bowler 2018 American English
14831 The Perfect Weapon David E. Sanger 2018 American English
14831 Outbreak Culture Pardis Sabeti 2018 American English
14831 Nine Pints Rose George 2018 British English
14831 Identity Francis Fukuyama 2018 American English
14831 Army Of None Paul Scharre 2018 American English
14831 Presidents Of War Michael Beschloss 2018 American English
14831 Railroader Howard Green 2018 Canadian English
14984 Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus John Gray 2024 American English
14984 Call Me Zebra Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi 2018 American English
14984 Sea Monsters Chloe Aridjis 2019 British English
14984 Everything Inside Edwidge Danticat 2019 Haitian English
14984 A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking T. Kingfisher 2020 American English
14984 The Cabin At The End Of The World Paul Tremblay 2018 American English
14984 The Luminous Dead Caitlin Starling 2019 American English
14984 Exit Strategy Martha Wells 2018 American English
14984 12 Rules For Life Jordan B. Peterson 2018 Canadian English
14984 The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides 2019 British English
14984 The Book Of Form And Emptiness Ruth Ozeki 2021 Japanese English
14984 Fathoms Rebecca Giggs 2020 Australian English
14984 A Little Devil In America Hanif Abdurraqib 2021 American English
14984 Chainsaw Man Tatsuki Fujimoto 2018 Japanese Japanese
14984 The Appeal Janice Hallett 2021 British English
14984 The Anglo Saxons Marc Morris 2021 British English
14984 Pandora's Jar Natalie Haynes 2020 British English
14984 Humble Pi Matt Parker 2019 British English
14984 The Body Bill Bryson 2019 American English
14984 Me Elton John 2019 British English
14984 The Beauty Of Everyday Things Soetsu Yanagi 2019 Japanese Japanese
14984 House Of X Powers Of X Jonathan Hickman 2019 American English
14984 The Sweetness Of Water Nathan Harris 2021 American English
14984 Moon Witch, Spider King Marlon James 2022 Jamaican English
14984 The 1619 Project Nikole Hannah-Jones 2020 American English
14984 Olive, Again Elizabeth Strout 2019 American English
14984 Hood Feminism Mikki Kendall 2020 American English
14984 Summer Ali Smith 2020 British English
14984 A Brightness Long Ago Guy Gavriel Kay 2019 Canadian English
14984 The Raven Tower Ann Leckie 2019 American English
14984 The 10,000 Doors Of January Alix E. Harrow 2019 American English
14984 A Snake Falls To Earth Darcie Little Badger 2021 American English
14984 The City We Became N. K. Jemisin 2020 American English
14984 The Last House On Needless Street Catriona Ward 2021 British English
14984 The Spear Cuts Through Water Simon Jimenez 2022 American English
14984 Bliss Montage Ling Ma 2022 American English
14984 Red Memory Tania Branigan 2023 Chinese English
14984 Bewilderment Richard Powers 2021 British English
14984 The Paper Palace Miranda Cowley Heller 2021 American English
14984 The Night Tiger Yangsze Choo 2019 Malaysian English
14984 Jawbone Mónica Ojeda 2018 Ecuadorian Spanish
14984 The Briar Club Kate Quinn 2024 Unknown Unknown
14984 The House Across The Lake Riley Sager 2022 American English
14984 Spare Prince Harry 2023 British English
14984 Fairy Tale Stephen King 2023 American English
14984 Maybe You Should Talk To Someone Lori Gottlieb 2019 American English
14984 Razorblade Tears S. A. Cosby 2021 American English