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
6787 Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments Saidiya Hartman 2019 American English
6788 The Splendid And The Vile Erik Larson 2020 American English
6820 The Calculating Stars Mary Robinette Kowal 2018 American English
6837 Yellowface R. F. Kuang 2023 American English
6851 Apeirogon Colum McCann 2020 Irish English
6853 Kairos Jenny Erpenbeck 2023 German German
6868 The Cruel Prince Holly Black 2018 American English
6899 Exhalation Ted Chiang 2019 American English
6906 Washington Black Esi Edugyan 2018 Canadian English
6926 The Hundred Years’ War On Palestine Rashid Khalidi 2020 American English
6947 Ducks, Newburyport Lucy Ellmann 2019 British English
6957 There Will Be No Miracles Here Casey Gerald 2018 American English
6957 The Fifth Risk Michael M. Lewis 2018 American English
6957 The Field Of Blood Joanne B. Freeman 2018 American English
6982 American Prison Shane Bauer 2018 American English
6983 Project Hail Mary Andy Weir 2021 American English
6986 The Testaments Margaret Atwood 2019 Canadian English
6991 The Employees Olga Ravn 2018 Danish Danish
7054 Chain Gang All Stars Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 2023 American English
7063 Nightcrawling Leila Mottley 2022 American English
7099 The Dutch House Ann Patchett 2019 American English
7108 The Children Of The Dead Elfriede Jelinek 2024 Austrian German
7129 Knife Salman Rushdie 2024 British English
7142 Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano 2023 American English
7148 Atomic Habits James Clear 2018 American English
7154 The Loneliness Of Sonia And Sunny Kiran Desai 2025 Unknown English
7158 The Wager David Grann 2023 American English
7189 Pet Akwaeke Emezi 2019 American English
7192 Heartstopper Alice Oseman 2018 British English
7212 Boy Swallows Universe Trent Dalton 2018 Australian English
7214 Prophet Song Paul Lynch 2023 Irish English
7213 Question 7 Richard Flanagan 2023 Unknown English
7564 Enter Ghost Isabella Hammad 2023 British English
7566 There's Always This Year Hanif Abdurraqib 2024 American English
7584 Orbital Samantha Harvey 2024 Unknown Unknown
7585 Verity Colleen Hoover 2018 American English
7586 After Sappho Selby Wynn Schwartz 2023 Unknown English
7592 The Women Kristin Hannah 2024 American English
7595 The Reformatory Tananarive Due 2023 American English
7622 Dropbear Evelyn Araluen 2021 Australian English
7632 Telephone Percival Everett 2020 American English
7633 When The Clock Broke John Ganz 2024 Unknown English
7634 The Golden Road William Dalrymple 2024 Unknown English
7650 Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr 2021 American English
7666 Victory City Salman Rushdie 2023 British English
7670 Julián Is A Mermaid Jessica Love 2018 American English
7669 Soldier Sailor Claire Kilroy 2024 Irish Unknown
7679 The Netanyahus Joshua Cohen 2021 American English
7680 Master Slave Husband Wife Ilyon Woo 2023 Unknown English
7685 A Master of Djinn P. Djèlí Clark 2021 American English
7690 Birnam Wood Eleanor Catton 2023 New Zealand English
7702 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones 2025 American English
7706 Poverty, By America Matthew Desmond 2023 American English
7735 Stag Dance Torrey Peters 2025 American English
7739 No Turning Back Rania Abouzeid 2018 Unknown English
7743 Flesh David Szalay 2025 British English
7752 The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Shoshana Zuboff 2019 American English
7757 Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart 2020 Scottish English
7761 Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James 2019 Jamaican English
7781 The Pairing Casey McQuiston 2024 Unknown English
7784 My Friends Hisham Matar 2024 British Unknown
7787 Lessons In Chemistry Bonnie Garmus 2022 American English
7788 Cold Enough For Snow Jessica Au 2022 Australian English
7799 Network Effect Martha Wells 2020 American English
7837 The Midnight Library Matt Haig 2020 British English
7839 The Invisible Life Of Addie La Rue V. E. Schwab 2020 American English
7855 Heart, Be At Peace Donal Ryan 2024 Unknown English
7870 The Life Changing Magic Of Numbers Bobby Seagull 2019 British English
7877 Baumgartner Paul Auster 2023 American English
7883 Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020 Mexican English
7886 Wifedom Anna Funder 2023 Unknown English
7890 The Dog Star Agneta Pleijel 2023 Swedish Swedish
7903 The House in the Cerulean Sea Tj Klune 2020 American English
7899 The Great Alone Kristin Hannah 2018 American English
7922 Small Mercies Dennis Lehane 2023 American English
7929 Abundance Ezra Klein 2025 American English
7942 Phantom Pain Wings Kim Hye-soon 2019 Korean Korean
7948 The Kingdom, The Power, And The Glory Tim Alberta 2024 Unknown English
7952 The Wide Wide Sea Hampton Sides 2024 Unknown English
7977 Trust Exercise Susan Choi 2019 American English
7979 Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 2018 American English
7991 Greta And Valdin Rebecca K Reilly 2021 Unknown English
8020 The Story Of A Heart Rachel Clarke 2024 Unknown English
8022 Loved And Missed Susie Boyt 2023 British English
8053 Neon Gods Katee Robert 2021 American English
8059 The Dragon Republic R. F. Kuang 2019 American English
8060 Maniac Benjamin Labatut 2023 Chilean Spanish
8061 The Anarchy William Dalrymple 2019 British English
8065 Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt 2022 American English
8067 Bunny Mona Awad 2019 Canadian English
8068 All That She Carried Tiya Miles 2021 American English
8073 How To Do Nothing Jenny Odell 2019 American English
8095 The Dictionary Of Lost Words Pip Williams 2020 Australian English
8169 One Day In December Josie Silver 2018 British English
8184 Alberta empfängt einen Liebhaber Birgit Vanderbeke 2023 German German
8222 The Heart In Winter Kevin Barry 2024 Irish English
8225 Ordinary Human Failings Megan Nolan 2024 Irish English
8226 The Lincoln Highway Amor Towles 2021 American English
8227 The Best Minds Jonathan Rosen 2023 Unknown English
8231 Solito Javier Zamora 2022 Unknown English
8240 Beach Read Emily Henry 2020 American English
8261 Trespasses Louise Kennedy 2022 Irish English
8269 A Caribbean Heiress In Paris Adriana Herrera 2022 American English
8269 Before I Let Go Kennedy Ryan 2022 American English
8269 Honey And Spice Bolu Babalola 2022 British English
8269 The Dead Romantics Ashley Poston 2022 American English
8269 That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon Kimberly Lemming 2022 American English
8269 You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty Akwaeke Emezi 2022 Nigerian English
8269 The Bodyguard Katherine Center 2022 American English
8300 Empire Of Pain Patrick Radden Keefe 2021 American English
8313 A Marriage At Sea Sophie Elmhirst 2024 British English
8397 Audition Katie Kitamura 2025 Unknown English
8420 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad 2025 Unknown English
8428 Sad Tiger Neige Sinno 2023 Unknown French
8429 She Said Jodi Kantor 2019 American English
8432 All Fours Miranda July 2024 American English
8432 Heart The Lover Lily King 2025 Unknown English
8440 The Death of Vivek Oji Akwaeke Emezi 2020 Nigerian English
8462 Headshot Rita Bullwinkel 2024 Unknown English
8493 Underland Robert Macfarlane 2019 British English