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
17131 Spring Ali Smith 2019 British English
17131 The Terrible Yrsa Daley-Ward 2018 British English
17131 The Last Widow Karin Slaughter 2019 American English
17131 My Phantoms Gwendoline Riley 2021 British English
17131 Middlegame Seanan McGuire 2019 American English
17131 The Reading List Sara Nisha Adams 2021 British English
17131 Hollywood Park Mikel Jollett 2020 American English
17131 The Hills Have Spies Mercedes Lackey 2018 American English
17131 Ruby Finley Vs. The Interstellar Invasion K. Tempest Bradford 2023 American English
17131 Riverland Fran Wilde 2019 American English
17131 City Of Last Chances Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022 British English
17131 Shards Of Earth Adrian Tchaikovsky 2021 British English
17131 Children Of Ruin Adrian Tchaikovsky 2019 British English
17131 Embers Of War Gareth L. Powell 2018 British English
17131 Little Eve Catriona Ward 2018 British English
17131 The Reddening Adam Nevill 2019 British English
17131 The Once And Future Witches Alix E. Harrow 2020 American English
17131 The Bone Ships RJ Barker 2019 British English
17131 The Bitter Twins Jen Williams 2018 British English
17131 The Icarus Plot Timothy Zahn 2022 American English
17131 A Star Wheeled Sky Brad R. Torgersen 2018 American English
17131 Witch King Martha Wells 2023 American English
17131 Book Of Night Holly Black 2022 American English
17131 Battle Ground Jim Butcher 2020 American English
17131 House Of Assassins Larry Correia 2019 American English
17131 A House With Good Bones T. Kingfisher 2023 American English
17131 The Book Of Accidents Chuck Wendig 2021 American English
17131 The Hollow Places T. Kingfisher 2020 American English
17131 The Twisted Ones T. Kingfisher 2019 American English
17131 Little Darlings Melanie Golding 2019 British English
17131 Be Here To Love Me At The End Of The World Sasha Fletcher 2021 American English
17131 Young Mungo Douglas Stuart 2022 British English
17131 These Violent Delights Micah Nemerever 2020 American English
17131 Franchise Marcia Chatelain 2020 American English
17131 Covered With Night Nicole Eustace 2021 American English
17131 Cuba Ada Ferrer 2021 American English
17131 Freedom's Dominion Jefferson Cowie 2023 American English
17131 Beyond The Story BTS, Myeongseok Kang 2021 South Korean Korean
17131 The Routledge Handbook Of Panpsychism William Seager 2020 Canadian English
17131 Blood On The River Marjoleine Kars 2020 British English
17131 Fifth Sun Camilla Townsend 2019 American English
17131 What About Anne-Sophie Chilard 2023 French Unknown
17131 The Line Becomes A River Francisco Cantú 2018 American English
17131 New Kid Jerry Craft 2019 American English
17131 Feast Your Eyes Myla Goldberg 2019 American English
17131 Dig A. S. King 2019 American English
17131 Merci Suárez Changes Gears Meg Medina 2018 Mexican-American English
17131 Think Like A Monk Jay Shetty 2020 British English
17131 One Day Gene Weingarten 2019 American English
17131 My Year Abroad Chang-rae Lee 2021 American English
17131 How We Disappeared Jing-Jing Lee 2019 Singaporean English
17131 A Passage North Anuk Arudpragasam 2021 Sri Lankan English
17131 The Book Of Longings Sue Monk Kidd 2020 American English
17131 More Than I Love My Life David Grossman 2021 Israeli Hebrew
17131 Les Lois De L'ascension Céline Curiol 2021 French French
17131 Lo Demás Es Aire Juan Gómez Bárcena 2022 Spanish Spanish
17131 Castillos De Fuego Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 2022 Spanish Spanish
17131 Los Escorpiones Sara Barquinero 2024 Spanish Spanish; castilian
17131 Minor Feelings Cathy Park Hong 2020 American English
17131 Dog Flowers Danielle Geller 2021 American English
17131 My Broken Language Quiara Alegría Hudes 2021 American English
17131 Permafrost Eva Baltasar 2018 Spanish Catalan
17131 Motherhood Sheila Heti 2018 Canadian English
17131 Soloman (Torre De Papel) Ramon Garcia 2021 Spanish Unknown
17131 Tyranny Of Merit Michael J. Sandel 2020 American English
17131 Ay, William / Oh William! Elizabeth Strout 2021 American English
17131 The Last Murder At The End Of The World Stuart Turton 2024 British English
17131 Murder Road Simone St. James 2024 Canadian English
17131 None Of This Is True Lisa Jewell 2023 British English
17131 The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes Suzanne Collins 2020 American English
17131 Unreasonable Hospitality Will Guidara 2022 American English
17131 Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice For Murderers Jesse Q. Sutanto 2023 British English
17131 Wrong Place Wrong Time Gillian McAllister 2022 British English
17131 A Heart That Works Rob Delaney 2022 British English
17131 As Good As Dead Holly Jackson 2021 British English
17131 Last Summer At The Golden Hotel Elyssa Friedland 2021 American English
17131 Good Girl, Bad Blood Holly Jackson 2020 British English
17131 Carrie Soto Is Back Taylor Jenkins Reid 2022 American English
17131 A Good Girl's Guide To Murder Holly Jackson 2019 British English
17131 Finding Freedom Erin French 2021 American English
17131 The 7 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Stuart Turton 2018 English
17131 Conviction Denise Mina 2019 Scottish English
17131 The Flatshare Beth O'Leary 2019 British English
17131 Talking To Strangers Malcolm Gladwell 2019 Canadian English
17131 The Rose Code Kate Quinn 2021 American English
17131 Malibu Rising Taylor Jenkins Reid 2021 American English
17131 Ready Player Two Ernest Cline 2020 American English
17131 Woodworm Layla Martínez 2024 Spanish Unknown
17131 The Gone World Tom Sweterlitsch 2018 American English
17131 Real Americans Rachel Khong 2024 American Unknown
17131 Mickey7 Edward Ashton 2022 American English
17131 Rock Paper Scissors Alice Feeney 2021 British English
17131 Breath James Nestor 2020 American English
17131 Determined Robert Sapolsky 2023 American English
17131 When Crack Was King Donovan X. Ramsey 2023 American English
17131 Cinema Speculation Quentin Tarantino 2022 American English
17131 Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone Benjamin Stevenson 2022 Australian English
17131 Digital Minimalism Cal Newport 2019 American English
17131 The Night Swim Megan Goldin 2020 Australian English
17131 Lapvona Ottessa Moshfegh 2022 American English
17131 Hidden Pictures Jason Rekulak 2022 American English
17131 How To Be An Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi 2019 American English
17131 Greenlights Matthew McConaughey 2020 American English
17131 Craft Ananda Lima 2024 Unknown English
17131 Haunting Adeline H. D. Carlton 2021 Unknown English
17131 Gone To See The River Man Kristopher Triana 2020 American English
17131 The Heat Will Kill You First Jeff Goodell 2023 American English
17131 Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros 2023 American English
17131 Once Upon A Broken Heart Stephanie Garber 2021 American English
17131 My Dark Vanessa Kate Elizabeth Russell 2020 American English
17131 Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross 2023 American English
17131 Matty Matheson Richard Matheson 2024 American Unknown
17131 American Predator Maureen Callahan 2019 American English
17131 Five Decembers James Kestrel 2021 American English
17131 Credence Penelope Douglas 2020 American English
17131 Pink Slime Fernanda Trías 2024 Uruguayan Spanish
17131 Whiskey Tender Deborah Jackson Taffa 2024 American Unknown
17131 A Great Disorder Richard Slotkin 2024 American Unknown
17131 Circle Of Hope Eliza Griswold 2024 American English
17131 Our Moon Rebecca Boyle 2024 Unknown English