The Greatest Books Since 2018

Click to learn how this list is calculated.

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.

View: List Grid Table
Filter by: Genres Dates Countries

Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17131 The Nutmeg's Curse Amitav Ghosh 2021 Indian English
17131 Deadly Quiet City Murong Xuecun 2021 Chinese Chinese
17131 Serotonin Michel Houellebecq 2019 French French
17131 Never Enough Judith Grisel 2019 Unknown English
17131 Lost Connections Johann Hari 2018 British English
17131 Lifespan David A. Sinclair 2019 Australian English
17131 Victory Colony, 1950 Bhaswati Ghosh 2020 Unknown English
17131 Unsheltered Barbara Kingsolver 2018 American English
17131 Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want To Come Jessica Pan 2019 Unknown English
17131 Von Hier Bis Zum Anfang Chris Whitaker 2021 British English
17131 Flowers Of Fire Hawon Jung 2023 Unknown English
17131 Gerta Tučková, Kateřina 2020 Czech Czech
17131 Sounds Like Titanic Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman 2019 American English
17131 The It Girl Ruth Ware 2022 British English
17131 The Family Chao Lan Samantha Chang 2022 American English
17131 The Turnout Megan Abbott 2021 American English
17131 Harrow Joy Williams 2021 American English
17131 Silverview John le Carré 2021 British English
17131 The Chain Adrian McKinty 2019 Irish English
17131 The Parade Dave Eggers 2019 American English
17131 Waiting For Eden Elliot Ackerman 2018 American English
17131 Children Of Memory Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022 British English
17131 Nona The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2022 New Zealand English
17131 System Collapse Martha Wells 2023 American English
17131 The Talk Darrin Bell 2023 American English
17131 Fugitive Telemetry Martha Wells 2021 American English
17131 Rogue Protocol Martha Wells 2018 American English
17131 Unmasking Autism Devon Price 2022 Unknown English
17131 Sulwe Lupita Nyong’o 2019 Unknown English
17131 Sociopath Patric Gagne 2024 Unknown English
17131 Fruit Of The Dead Rachel Lyon 2024 Unknown English
17131 A Guest In The House Emily Carroll 2023 Canadian English
17131 Kantika Elizabeth Graver 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Nursery Szilvia Molnar 2023 Unknown English
17131 We Could Be So Good Cat Sebastian 2023 Unknown English
17131 Battle Of Ink And Ice Darrell Hartman 2023 Unknown English
17131 Easily Slip Into Another World Henry Threadgill, Brent Hayes Edwards 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Land Of Hope And Fear Isabel Kershner 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Odyssey Of Phillis Wheatley David Waldstreicher 2023 Unknown English
17131 Schoenberg Harvey Sachs 2023 Unknown English
17131 Sink Joseph Earl Thomas 2023 Unknown English
17131 Spoken Word Joshua Bennett 2023 Unknown English
17131 Time’s Echo Jeremy Eichler 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Undertow Jeff Sharlet 2023 American English
17131 Up Home Ruth J. Simmons 2023 Unknown English
17131 You Have To Be Prepared To Die Before You Can Begin To Live Paul Kix 2023 Unknown English
17131 Keeping The Faith Brenda Wineapple 2024 Unknown English
17131 The History Of Sound Ben Shattuck 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Unseen Truth Sarah Lewis 2024 Unknown English
17131 Lazarus Man Richard Price 2024 Unknown English
17131 Reservoir Bitches Dahlia de la Cerda 2024 Unknown Spanish
17131 Broiler Eli Cranor 2024 Unknown English
17131 Berlin Atomized Julia Kornberg 2021 Unknown English
17131 Last Date In El Zapotal Mateo García Elizondo 2019 Mexican Spanish
17131 Good Night, Sleep Tight Brian Evenson 2024 American English
17131 The Queens’ Ball Copi 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 Bad Foundations Brian Allen Carr 2024 American English
17131 The Letters Of Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson, Cristanne Miller, Domhnall Mitchell 2024 American English
17131 The Dog Who Followed The Moon James Norbury 2024 Unknown English
17131 Abolition Angela Davis 2022 American English
17131 Behind You Is The Sea Susan Muaddi Darraj 2024 Unknown English
17131 Black Women Taught Us Jenn M. Jackson 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Body Alone Nina Lohman 2024 Unknown English
17131 Confrontations Simone Atangana Bekono, Suzanne Heukensfeldt Jansen 2020 Unknown Dutch
17131 Crazy Like A Fox Christi Furnas 2024 Unknown English
17131 Dear Elia Mimi Khúc 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 Disability Intimacy Alice Wong 2024 Unknown English
17131 Greasepaint Hannah Levene 2024 Unknown English
17131 I’m A Fool To Want You Camila Sosa Villada, Kit Maude 2024 Unknown Spanish
17131 A Kind Of Madness Uche Okonkwo 2024 Unknown English
17131 Liberating Abortion Renee Bracey Sherman, Regina Mahone 2024 Unknown English
17131 Loving Corrections adrienne maree brown 2024 Unknown English
17131 My Life IllumiNative 2024 Unknown English
17131 Night Flyer Tiya Miles 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Rise And Fall Of The Second American Republic Manisha Sinha 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow Elin Anna Labba, Fiona Graham 2020 Unknown Swedish
17131 The Sapling Cage Margaret Killjoy 2024 Unknown English
17131 Sex Work Today Bernadette Barton, Barbara G. Brents, Angela Jones 2024 Unknown English
17131 Sound Museum poupeh missaghi 2024 Unknown English
17131 Table For One Ko-eun Yun, Lizzie Buehler 2024 Unknown Korean
17131 The Unfinished Cheryl Isaacs 2024 Unknown English
17131 Vengeance Feminism Kali Nicole Gross 2024 Unknown English
17131 Wake Up America Keisha N. Blain 2024 Unknown English
17131 We Choose To Dr. Curtis Boyd, Dr. Glenna Halvorson-Boyd 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 We’re Alone Edwidge Danticat 2024 Unknown Unknown
17131 What If We Get It Right? Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2024 Unknown English
17131 Who’s Afraid Of Gender? Judith Butler 2024 American English
17131 Wilderness And The American Spirit Ruby McConnell 2024 Unknown English
17131 A Witch’s Guide To Burning Aminder Dhaliwal 2024 Unknown English
17131 1666 Lora Chilton 2024 Unknown English
17131 Becoming Little Shell Chris La Tray 2023 Unknown English
17131 An American Sunrise Joy Harjo 2019 American English
17131 The Heartbeat Of Wounded Knee David Treuer 2019 American English
17131 You Better Be Lightning Andrea Gibson 2021 American English
17131 Stranger Faces Namwali Serpell 2020 Unknown English
17131 The Flicker Of Old Dreams Susan Henderson 2018 American English
17131 Come West And See Maxim Loskutoff 2018 American English
17131 Bitterroot Susan Devan Harness 2018 Unknown English
17131 Finding The Mother Tree Suzanne Simard 2021 Canadian English
17131 Alexandra Petri's Us History Alexandra Petri 2023 American English
17131 Cycles Amy J. Hammer 2021 Unknown English
17131 True West Betsy Gaines Quammen 2020 Unknown English
17131 Masquerade O.O. Sangoyomi 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Witch's Heart Genevieve Gornichec 2021 American English
17131 Perfect Little Angels Vincent Anioke 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Coiled Serpent Camilla Grudova 2023 Unknown English
17131 At A Loss For Words Carol Off 2024 Canadian English
17131 Indian Winter Kazim Ali 2024 Unknown English
17131 Dinner On Monster Island Tania De Rozario 2024 Unknown English
17131 El Ghourabaa Samia Marshy, Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch 2024 Unknown English
17131 Apples On A Windowsill Shawna Lemay 2024 Canadian English
17131 The Wedding Gurjinder Basran 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Pain Project Kara Stanley, Simon Paradis 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Elephant Of Silence John Wall Barger 2024 Unknown English
17131 Bad Houses John Elizabeth Stintzi 2024 Unknown English
17131 Crooked Teeth Danny Ramadan 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Dark King Swallows The World Robert G. Penner 2024 Unknown English
17131 The Nowhere Places Susan LeBlanc 2024 Unknown English
17131 Beside The Sickle Moon Thaer Husien 2024 Unknown English
17131 Barcelona Red Metallic Christine Cosack 2024 Unknown English