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
15564 The Ride Of A Lifetime Robert Iger 2019 American English
15564 The Moment Of Lift Melinda Gates 2019 American English
15564 Tools And Weapons Brad Smith 2019 American English
15564 Hacking Darwin Jamie Metzl 2019 American English
15564 From The Ground Up Howard Schultz 2019 American English
15564 Blueprint Nicholas A. Christakis 2019 American English
15564 The Mosquito Timothy C. Winegard 2019 Canadian English
15564 Growth Vaclav Smil 2019 Canadian English
15564 Good Economics For Hard Times Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo 2019 American English
15564 Prepared Diane Tavenner 2019 American English
15564 A Song For The Dark Times Ian Rankin 2020 British English
15564 In The Valley Ron Rash 2020 American English
15564 The Last Trial Scott Turow 2020 American English
15564 A Private Cathedral James Lee Burke 2020 American English
15591 Broken Genius Joel N. Shurkin 2020 American English
15591 Breath From Salt Bijal P. Trivedi 2020 American English
15591 The Mandela Plot Kenneth Bonert 2018 Canadian English
15613 Play Nice But Win Michael Dell 2021 American English
15613 The Code Breaker Walter Isaacson 2021 American English
15613 A Thousand Brains Jeff Hawkins 2021 American English
15613 How To Avoid A Climate Disaster Bill Gates 2021 American English
15639 How The World Really Works Vaclav Smil 2022 Canadian English
15639 Surrender Bono 2022 Irish English
15639 The Boatbuilder Daniel Gumbiner 2018 American English
15639 Stray City Chelsey Johnson 2018 American English
15664 Do Not Disturb Michela Wrong 2021 British English
15664 Born In Blackness Howard W. French 2021 American English
15664 In The Valleys Of The Noble Beyond John Zada 2019 Unknown English
15664 Oculus Sally Wen Mao 2019 American English
15664 Look How Happy I'm Making You Polly Rosenwaike 2019 Unknown English
15681 Silent Island Su Wei-chen 2021 Chinese Unknown
15683 A Spell Of Good Things Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ 2023 Nigerian English
15683 River Spirit Leila Aboulela 2023 Sudanese English
15683 The Whitewashed Tombs Kwei Quartey 2023 Ghanaian English
15712 Kingdom Of The Wicked Kerri Maniscalco 2020 American English
15712 A Song Of Wraiths And Ruin Roseanne A. Brown 2020 Unknown English
15714 King Of Battle And Blood Scarlett St. Clair 2021 Unknown English
15718 Immortal Longings Chloe Gong 2023 Unknown English
15718 What The River Knows Isabel Ibañez 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Silence of the Girls Pat Barker 2018 British English
17150 Sweet Taste of Liberty W. Caleb McDaniel 2019 American English
17150 Directorate S Steve Coll 2018 American English
17150 Island on Fire Tom Zoellner 2020 American English
17150 The City in the Middle of the Night Charlie Jane Anders 2019 American English
17150 Snow White Learns Witchcraft Theodora Goss 2019 American English
17150 Or What You Will Jo Walton 2020 British English
17150 Bob Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass 2018 American English
17150 Dragon Pearl Yoon Ha Lee 2019 American English
17150 Pahua and the Soul Stealer Lori Lee 2021 American English
17150 Root Magic Eden Royce 2021 American English
17150 Deep Wheel Orcadia Harry Josephine Giles 2021 Scottish Orcadian
17150 Bug Week & Other Stories Airini Beautrais 2020 New Zealander English
17150 Auē Becky Manawatu 2019 New Zealander English
17150 This Mortal Boy Fiona Kidman 2018 New Zealander English
17150 Dactyl Hill Squad Daniel José Older 2018 American English
17150 Front Desk Kelly Yang 2018 American English
17150 The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson 2018 American English
17150 When Aidan Became A Brother Kyle Lukoff 2019 American English
17150 Dreamers Yuyi Morales 2018 Mexican English
17150 A Girl Like Her Talia Hibbert 2018 British English
17150 The Lady's Guide To Celestial Mechanics Olivia Waite 2019 American English
17150 No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference Greta Thunberg 2019 Swedish English
17150 The Woman In The Window A. J. Finn 2018 American English
17150 Heroine Mindy McGinnis 2019 American English
17150 Lote Shola von Reinhold 2020 British English
17150 A Shock Keith Ridgway 2021 Irish English
17150 Inventing Ourselves Sarah-Jayne Blakemore 2018 British English
17150 Explaining Humans Camilla Pang 2020 British English
17150 A (Very) Short History Of Life On Earth Henry Gee​ 2021 British English
17150 The Thousand Crimes Of Ming Tsu Tom Lin 2021 American English
17150 The Swimmers Julie Otsuka 2022 American English
17150 Her Last Flight Beatriz Williams 2020 American English
17150 Race After Technology Ruha Benjamin 2019 American English
17150 Magical Negro Morgan Parker 2019 American English
17150 Trouble The Saints Alaya Dawn Johnson 2020 American English
17150 The Jasmine Throne Tasha Suri 2021 British English
17150 Saint Death's Daughter C. S. E. Cooney 2022 American English
17150 Solo Leveling 02 Dubu, CHUGONG 2020 Korean Korean
17150 Keep Moving, Keep Shooting Clay E. Novak 2022 American Unknown
17150 Jujutsu Kaisen Gege Akutami 2018 Japanese Japanese
17150 Empireland Sathnam Sanghera 2021 British English
17150 The War On The West Douglas Murray 2022 British English
17150 The Ruin Of All Witches Malcolm Gaskill 2021 British English
17150 Spitfire John Nichol 2020 British English
17150 And Away… Bob Mortimer 2021 British English
17150 Behind The Mask Tyson Fury 2019 British English
17150 The Salt Path Raynor Winn 2018 British English
17150 Lady In Waiting Anne Glenconner 2019 British English
17150 Airhead Emily Maitlis 2019 British English
17150 Good Vibes, Good Life Vex King 2018 British English
17150 Otherlands Thomas Halliday 2022 British English
17150 Wilding Isabella Tree 2018 British English
17150 The Rise And Fall Of The Dinosaurs Steven Brusatte 2018 American English
17150 Mudlarking Lara Maiklem 2019 British English
17150 This Much Is True Miriam Margolyes 2021 British English
17150 Tall Tales And Wee Stories Bill Connolly 2019 Scottish English
17150 Art Matters Neil Gaiman 2018 British English
17150 On A Sunbeam Tillie Walden 2018 American English
17150 The Empress Of Salt And Fortune Nghi Vo 2020 American English
17150 Gorgias/Gorgias Coleen P. Zoller, Jurgen R. Gatt, S. Montgomery Ewegen 2023 Unknown Unknown
17150 Iron Widow Xiran Jay Zhao 2021 Canadian English
17150 Somebody's Daughter Ashley C. Ford 2021 American English
17150 Finding Me Viola Davis 2022 American English
17150 South To America Imani Perry 2022 American English
17150 Craigslist Confessional Helena Dea Bala 2020 American English
17150 Dear Medusa Olivia A. Cole 2023 American English
17150 She Fits Inside These Words r.h. Sin, Robert M. Drake, Samantha King Holmes 2021 American English
17150 I Would Leave Me If I Could Halsey 2020 American English
17150 She Felt Like Feeling Nothing r.h. Sin 2018 American English
17150 Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass Lana Del Rey 2020 American English
17150 Empty Bottles Full Of Stories r.h. Sin, Robert M. Drake 2019 American English
17150 The Inheritance Matthew Lopez 2020 American English
17150 Slave Play Jeremy O. Harris 2018 American English
17150 House Of Sky And Breath Sarah J. Maas 2022 American English
17150 Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone Diana Gabaldon 2021 American English
17150 Essential Labor Angela Garbes 2021 American English
17150 Revolting Prostitutes Molly Smith, Juno Mac 2018 British English
17150 A Kick In The Belly Stella Dadzie 2020 British English
17150 My Body Emily Ratajkowski 2021 American English
17150 Feminism For The 99% Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, Nancy Fraser 2019 American English