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
10932 Bodies Of Light Jennifer Down 2021 Australian English
10934 The Bone Key Sarah Monette 2024 American English
10943 Latitudes Of Longing Shubhangi Swarup 2018 Indian English
10943 Barracoon Zora Neale Hurston 2018 American English
10960 Gideon The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2019 New Zealand English
10967 The Hunger Alma Katsu 2018 American English
10966 That Time Of Year Marie NDiaye 2020 French French
11001 Shifting The Silence Etel Adnan 2020 Unknown English
11010 Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros 2023 American English
11011 Birthday César Aira 2019 Argentinian Spanish
11018 Gifted & Talented Olivie Blake 2025 American English
11022 The Eyes Are The Best Part Monika Kim 2024 Unknown Unknown
11022 Alphabetical Diaries Sheila Heti 2024 Unknown Unknown
11024 Ways Of Being Alive Baptiste Morizot 2020 French French
11035 Empire Of Ai Karen Hao 2025 American English
11039 First Time Caller B.K. Borison 2025 Unknown English
11040 Who Is Government? Michael M. Lewis 2025 Unknown English
11042 My Seditious Heart Arundhati Roy 2019 Indian English
11042 Hellfire Leesa Gazi 2019 Bangladeshi Bengali
11042 The Shadow King Maaza Mengiste 2019 American English
11053 Darius The Great Is Not Okay Adib Khorram 2018 Iranian-American English
11054 Gliff Ali Smith 2024 British English
11057 The Remembered Soldier Anjet Daanje 2019 Dutch Dutch
11072 Your Steps On The Stairs Antonio Muñoz Molina, Curtis Bauer 2019 Spanish English
11073 The Lost Man Jane Harper 2018 Australian English
11073 London Rules Mick Herron 2018 British English
11073 Smoke And Ashes Abir Mukherjee 2018 British English
11078 Heaven Mieko Kawakami 2023 Japanese Japanese
11079 Theory & Practice Michelle de Kretser 2024 Unknown English
11109 A Song for a New Day Sarah Pinsker 2019 American English
11131 The Widows Of Malabar Hill Sujata Massey 2018 American English
11137 The End of the Myth Greg Grandin 2019 American English
11137 The Undying Anne Boyer 2019 American English
11137 Wilmington's Lie David Zucchino 2020 American English
11137 His Name Is George Floyd Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa 2022 American English
11160 The Tale Of A Wall Nasser Abu Srour 2024 Unknown Unknown
11161 The Forbidden Garden Simon Parkin 2024 Unknown English
11164 Ordinary People Diana Evans 2018 British English
11164 Scattered All Over The Earth Yoko Tawada 2018 Japanese Japanese
11164 Ghost Wall Sarah Moss 2018 British English
11182 Central Banking Masaaki Shirakawa 2021 Japanese English
11191 Fox And I Catherine Raven 2021 Unknown English
11198 Woodworking Emily St. James 2025 Unknown English
11199 The Lost Pianos Of Siberia Sophy Roberts 2020 British English
11206 Canoës Maylis de Kerangal 2021 French French
11206 The M Case Grégoire Bouillier 2021 French French
11205 The Tokyo Suite Bruna Dantas Lobato, Giovana Madalosso 2020 Brazilian English
11215 The Black Flamingo Dean Atta 2019 British English
11215 Memorial Bryan Washington 2020 American English
11222 Remnants of Days Past Kyoji Watanabe 2020 Japanese Unknown
11223 Becoming Michelle Obama 2018 American English
11228 Whereabouts Jhumpa Lahiri 2018 Italian Italian
11228 The Real Lolita Sarah Weinman 2018 Unknown English
11237 Vera, Or Faith Gary Shteyngart 2025 American English
11238 The Book Of Guilt Catherine Chidgey 2025 New Zealander English
11245 The Peepshow Kate Summerscale 2025 Unknown English
11265 Blanca & Roja Anna-Marie McLemore 2018 American English
11265 Empire Of Sand Tasha Suri 2018 British English
11265 Song Of Blood & Stone L. Penelope 2018 American English
11265 Trail Of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse 2018 American English
11270 The Need Helen Phillips 2019 American English
11270 The Turn Of The Key Ruth Ware 2019 British English
11274 Where We Come From Oscar Cásares 2019 American English
11293 Such A Fun Age Kiley Reid 2019 American English
11295 A Year Brian Eno 2022 British Unknown
11295 No Way Out Cara Hunter 2019 British English
11295 The Border Don Winslow 2019 American English
11302 Run For The Hills Kevin Wilson 2025 Unknown English
11310 Atavists Lydia Millet 2025 American English
11312 Homeseeking Karissa Chen 2025 Unknown English
11313 Bad Art Mother Edwina Preston 2022 Unknown English
11338 The Incendiaries R. O. Kwon 2018 American English
11341 The National Telepathy Roque Larraquy, Frank Wynne 2020 Argentine Spanish
11351 The Anthropocene Reviewed John Green 2021 American English
11354 The Girl In The Green Dress Jeni Haynes 2019 Unknown English
11354 Walking On The Ceiling Ayşegül Savaş 2019 Turkish English
11354 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds In This Strange World Elif Shafak 2019 Turkish English
11354 The House Of Youssef Yumna Kassab 2019 Australian English
11361 Une Façon D'aimer Dominique Barbéris 2019 French French
11386 The Nemesis Manoranjan Byapari 2018 Unknown Bengali
11390 Love Me Tender Constance Debré 2020 French French
11390 Poor Caleb Femi 2020 British English
11401 The Living and the Rest José Eduardo Agualusa 2020 Angolan Portuguese
11408 Hildegarde Léo Henry 2018 French French
11416 Djinn Patrol On The Purple Line Deepa Anappara 2020 Indian English
11416 When No One Is Watching Alyssa Cole 2020 American English
11416 Winter Counts David Heska Wanbli Weiden 2020 American English
11426 Children Of Virtue And Vengeance Tomi Adeyemi 2019 American English
11426 Gods Of Jade And Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2019 Mexican English
11426 We Hunt The Flame Hafsah Faizal 2019 American English
11441 Readme.Txt Chelsea Manning 2022 American English
11476 Someone To Watch Over You Kumi Kimura 2021 Unknown English
11480 Overstaying Ariane Koch 2021 Unknown English
11492 Red at the Bone Jacqueline Woodson 2019 American English
11496 Ultramarine Mariette Navarro, Eve Hill-Agnus 2021 Unknown French
11497 Hunter Shuang Xuetao 2019 Chinese Chinese
11498 Azadi Arundhati Roy 2020 Indian English
11498 What The Colonists Never Knew Dennis Foley, Peter Read 2020 Unknown English
11498 The Thirty Names Of Night Zeyn Joukhadar 2020 Unknown English
11503 The Nature Of Nature Enric Sala 2020 Spanish English
11510 Bowlaway Elizabeth McCracken 2019 American English
11506 The Coming Bad Days Sarah Bernstein 2021 Canadian English
11512 On The Line Joseph Ponthus 2019 French French
11513 Le Recensement Des Intellos De Gauche Giacomo Papi 2019 Unknown French
11522 Dial A For Aunties Jesse Q. Sutanto 2021 Indonesian English
11565 Trick Mirror Jia Tolentino 2019 American English
11598 Stella Maris Cormac McCarthy 2022 American English
11606 Forget The Sleepless Shores Sonya Taaffe 2018 American English
11607 Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger 2020 American English
11607 Woven In Moonlight Isabel Ibañez 2020 American English
11638 On The Calculation Of Volume Ii Solvej Balle 2020 Unknown Danish
11640 The Colony Annika Norlin, Alice E. Olsson 2023 Swedish English
11642 Arsonists City Hala Alyan 2021 American English
11642 Gentle And Fierce Vanessa Berry 2021 Australian English
11642 On Animals Susan Orlean 2021 American English
11642 Paradise Estate Max Easton 2021 Unknown English
11642 Silence Is A Sense Layla AlAmmar 2021 Unknown English
11649 Money To Burn Asta Olivia Nordenhof 2020 Danish Danish
11651 Mammoth Eva Baltasar 2022 Catalan Catalan
11661 Checkout 19 Claire-Louise Bennett 2021 Irish English