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
7188 Pet Akwaeke Emezi 2019 American English
7191 Heartstopper Alice Oseman 2018 British English
7211 Boy Swallows Universe Trent Dalton 2018 Australian English
7213 Prophet Song Paul Lynch 2023 Irish English
7212 Question 7 Richard Flanagan 2023 Unknown English
7563 Enter Ghost Isabella Hammad 2023 British English
7565 There's Always This Year Hanif Abdurraqib 2024 American English
7583 Orbital Samantha Harvey 2024 Unknown Unknown
7584 Verity Colleen Hoover 2018 American English
7585 After Sappho Selby Wynn Schwartz 2023 Unknown English
7591 The Women Kristin Hannah 2024 American English
7594 The Reformatory Tananarive Due 2023 American English
7621 Dropbear Evelyn Araluen 2021 Australian English
7631 Telephone Percival Everett 2020 American English
7632 When The Clock Broke John Ganz 2024 Unknown English
7633 The Golden Road William Dalrymple 2024 Unknown English
7649 Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr 2021 American English
7665 Victory City Salman Rushdie 2023 British English
7669 Julián Is A Mermaid Jessica Love 2018 American English
7668 Soldier Sailor Claire Kilroy 2024 Irish Unknown
7678 The Netanyahus Joshua Cohen 2021 American English
7679 Master Slave Husband Wife Ilyon Woo 2023 Unknown English
7684 A Master of Djinn P. Djèlí Clark 2021 American English
7689 Birnam Wood Eleanor Catton 2023 New Zealand English
7701 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones 2025 American English
7705 Poverty, By America Matthew Desmond 2023 American English
7734 Stag Dance Torrey Peters 2025 American English
7738 No Turning Back Rania Abouzeid 2018 Unknown English
7742 Flesh David Szalay 2025 British English
7751 The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Shoshana Zuboff 2019 American English
7756 Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart 2020 Scottish English
7760 Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James 2019 Jamaican English
7780 The Pairing Casey McQuiston 2024 Unknown English
7783 My Friends Hisham Matar 2024 British Unknown
7786 Lessons In Chemistry Bonnie Garmus 2022 American English
7787 Cold Enough For Snow Jessica Au 2022 Australian English
7798 Network Effect Martha Wells 2020 American English
7836 The Midnight Library Matt Haig 2020 British English
7838 The Invisible Life Of Addie La Rue V. E. Schwab 2020 American English
7854 Heart, Be At Peace Donal Ryan 2024 Unknown English
7869 The Life Changing Magic Of Numbers Bobby Seagull 2019 British English
7876 Baumgartner Paul Auster 2023 American English
7882 Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020 Mexican English
7885 Wifedom Anna Funder 2023 Unknown English
7889 The Dog Star Agneta Pleijel 2023 Swedish Swedish
7902 The House in the Cerulean Sea Tj Klune 2020 American English
7898 The Great Alone Kristin Hannah 2018 American English
7921 Small Mercies Dennis Lehane 2023 American English
7928 Abundance Ezra Klein 2025 American English
7941 Phantom Pain Wings Kim Hye-soon 2019 Korean Korean
7947 The Kingdom, The Power, And The Glory Tim Alberta 2024 Unknown English
7951 The Wide Wide Sea Hampton Sides 2024 Unknown English
7976 Trust Exercise Susan Choi 2019 American English
7978 Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 2018 American English
7990 Greta And Valdin Rebecca K Reilly 2021 Unknown English
8019 The Story Of A Heart Rachel Clarke 2024 Unknown English
8021 Loved And Missed Susie Boyt 2023 British English
8052 Neon Gods Katee Robert 2021 American English
8058 The Dragon Republic R. F. Kuang 2019 American English
8059 Maniac Benjamin Labatut 2023 Chilean Spanish
8060 The Anarchy William Dalrymple 2019 British English
8064 Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt 2022 American English
8066 Bunny Mona Awad 2019 Canadian English
8067 All That She Carried Tiya Miles 2021 American English
8072 How To Do Nothing Jenny Odell 2019 American English
8094 The Dictionary Of Lost Words Pip Williams 2020 Australian English
8168 One Day In December Josie Silver 2018 British English
8183 Alberta empfängt einen Liebhaber Birgit Vanderbeke 2023 German German
8220 The Heart In Winter Kevin Barry 2024 Irish English
8223 Ordinary Human Failings Megan Nolan 2024 Irish English
8224 The Lincoln Highway Amor Towles 2021 American English
8225 The Best Minds Jonathan Rosen 2023 Unknown English
8229 Solito Javier Zamora 2022 Unknown English
8238 Beach Read Emily Henry 2020 American English
8259 Trespasses Louise Kennedy 2022 Irish English
8267 A Caribbean Heiress In Paris Adriana Herrera 2022 American English
8267 Before I Let Go Kennedy Ryan 2022 American English
8267 Honey And Spice Bolu Babalola 2022 British English
8267 The Dead Romantics Ashley Poston 2022 American English
8267 That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon Kimberly Lemming 2022 American English
8267 You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty Akwaeke Emezi 2022 Nigerian English
8267 The Bodyguard Katherine Center 2022 American English
8298 Empire Of Pain Patrick Radden Keefe 2021 American English
8311 A Marriage At Sea Sophie Elmhirst 2024 British English
8395 Audition Katie Kitamura 2025 Unknown English
8418 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad 2025 Unknown English
8426 Sad Tiger Neige Sinno 2023 Unknown French
8427 She Said Jodi Kantor 2019 American English
8430 All Fours Miranda July 2024 American English
8430 Heart The Lover Lily King 2025 Unknown English
8438 The Death of Vivek Oji Akwaeke Emezi 2020 Nigerian English
8460 Headshot Rita Bullwinkel 2024 Unknown English
8491 Underland Robert Macfarlane 2019 British English