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
11661 The Furrows Namwali Serpell 2022 Unknown English
11661 Under The Skin Linda Villarosa 2023 American English
11661 On Juneteenth Annette Gordon-Reed 2021 American English
11661 Red Comet Heather L. Clark 2020 American English
11661 Shakespeare In A Divided America James Shapiro 2020 American English
11661 War Margaret MacMillan 2020 Canadian English
11661 Disappearing Earth Julia Phillips 2019 American English
11661 The Club Leo Damrosch 2019 American English
11661 No Visible Bruises Rachel Louise Snyder 2019 American English
11661 Winners Take All Anand Giridharadas 2018 American English
11661 Into The Raging Sea Rachel Slade 2018 American English
11661 Macbeth Jo Nesbø 2018 Norwegian English
11661 Wade In The Water Tracy K. Smith 2018 American English
11661 American Dialogue Joseph Ellis 2018 American English
11661 Brown Kevin Young 2018 American English
11661 Cherry Nico Walker 2018 American English
11661 Eternal Life Dara Horn 2018 American English
11661 Everything Under Daisy Johnson 2018 British English
11661 The Female Persuasion Meg Wolitzer 2018 American English
11661 Friday Black Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 2018 American English
11661 The House Of Broken Angels Luis Alberto Urrea 2018 American English
11661 Lake Success Gary Shteyngart 2018 American English
11661 Last Stories William Trevor 2018 Irish English
11661 Only To Sleep Lawrence Osborne 2018 British English
11661 The Parking Lot Attendant Nafkote Tamirat 2018 American English
11661 Property Lionel Shriver 2018 American English
11661 Pure Hollywood Christine Schutt 2018 American English
11661 A State Of Freedom Neel Mukherjee 2018 British English
11661 A View Of The Empire At Sunset Caryl Phillips 2018 British English
11661 The Witch Elm Tana French 2018 Irish English
11661 Your Duck Is My Duck Deborah Eisenberg 2018 American English
11661 American Eden Victoria Johnson 2018 Unknown English
11661 Brothers Of The Gun Marwan Hisham, Molly Crabapple 2018 Unknown English
11661 Dead Girls Alice Bolin 2018 American English
11661 The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams 2018 American English
11661 Fatal Discord Michael Massing 2018 Unknown English
11661 Fly Girls Keith O'Brien 2018 American English
11661 Gandhi: The Years That Changed The World Ramachandra Guha 2018 Indian English
11661 God Save Texas Lawrence Wright 2018 American English
11661 In Pieces Sally Field 2018 American English
11661 Looking For Lorraine Imani Perry 2018 Unknown English
11661 No Ashes In The Fire C. L. Moore 2018 Unknown English
11661 Patriot Number One Lauren Hilgers 2018 Unknown English
11661 Rise And Kill First Hjalmar Bergman 2018 Unknown Unknown
11661 She Has Her Mother's Laugh Carl Zimmer 2018 American English
11661 The Souls Of Yellow Folk Wesley Yang 2018 American English
11661 We The Corporations Adam Winkler 2018 American English
11796 Leviathan Falls James S. A. Corey 2021 American English
11803 Culture Creep Alice Bolin 2021 American English
11810 Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? Elizabeth Blackburn 2022 Unknown English
11824 The Wax Child Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken 2023 Danish English
11835 I Gave You Eyes And You Looked Toward Darkness Irene Solà 2023 Unknown Catalan
11834 These Days Lucy Caldwell 2022 British English
11840 Broad Band Claire Evans 2018 Unknown English
11855 Mahmoud Ou La Montée Des Eaux Antoine Wauters 2021 Belgian French
11856 Dominion Tom Holland 2019 British English
11878 Sololand Hassan Blasim 2021 Iraqi Arabic
11880 Watching Over Her Jean-Baptiste Andrea 2021 French French
11882 Honor Thrity Umrigar 2022 American English
11882 Root And Branch Eda Gunaydin 2022 Unknown English
11882 Translating Myself And Others Jhumpa Lahiri 2022 Multiple English
11882 Losing Face George Haddad 2022 Unknown English
11882 This All Come Back Now Mykaula Saunders 2022 Unknown English
11882 All That’s Left Unsaid Tracey Lien 2022 Unknown English
11919 Lake Of Urine Guillermo Stitch 2020 British English
11922 A People's History Of Computing In The United States Joy Lisi Rankin 2018 American English
11931 The Land In Winter Andrew Miller 2024 British English
11934 Super Pumped Mike Isaac 2019 American English
11935 Wolf Bells Leni Zumas 2024 American English
11939 Sontag Benjamin Moser 2019 American English
11939 Chasing Me To My Grave Winfred Rembert, Erin I. Kelly 2021 American English
11939 G Man Beverly Gage 2022 American English
12015 Saknaden Ulf Lundell 2021 Swedish Swedish
12016 Infidel Pornsak Pichetshote 2018 Unknown English
12017 La Danseuse Patrick Modiano 2023 French French
12024 Biotope Orly Castel-Bloom 2022 Israeli Hebrew
12038 Ginseng Roots Craig Thompson 2024 American English
12044 Strange And Perfect Account From The Permafrost Donald Niedekker 2022 Unknown Dutch; flemish
12048 Survivor’s Guilt Robyn Gigl 2023 American English
12061 O Tamanho Do Mundo António Lobo Antunes 2022 Portuguese Portuguese
12063 Strange Pictures Uketsu 2022 Unknown Unknown
12066 Discontent Beatriz Serrano, Mara Faye Lethem 2023 Unknown English
12068 Archipelago Of The Sun Yoko Tawada 2022 Unknown English
12071 When You Listen To This Song Lola Lafon 2022 French French
12074 The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow 2025 Unknown English
12072 The Afghans Asne Seierstad, Seán Kinsella 2022 Norwegian English
12073 Dry Cleaned Joris Mertens 2022 Unknown English
12075 Great Big Beautiful Life Emily Henry 2025 American English
12080 The Ten Year Affair Erin Somers 2025 Unknown English
12082 Perfect Victims Mohammed El-Kurd 2025 Unknown English
12102 Vantage Point Sara Sligar 2025 Unknown English
12104 Promise Me Sunshine Cara Bastone 2025 Unknown English
12107 Good And Evil And Other Stories Samanta Schweblin 2025 Argentine Spanish
12106 The Ferryman And His Wife Frode Grytten, Alison McCullough 2023 Norwegian English
12105 Dwelling Emily Hunt Kivel 2025 Unknown English
12108 American Kings Seth Wickersham 2025 American English
12109 Valley Of Forgetting Jennie Erin Smith 2025 American English
12114 Great Black Hope Rob Franklin 2025 Unknown English
12110 North Sun Ethan Rutherford 2025 Unknown English
12115 Joyride Susan Orlean 2025 American English
12117 Glitz, Glam, And A Damn Good Time Jennifer Wright 2025 American English
12119 Culpability Bruce Holsinger 2025 Unknown English
12121 Toni At Random Dana A. Williams 2025 American English
12122 The Palestine Laboratory Antony Loewenstein 2023 Australian English
12122 Songs For The Dead And The Living Sara M. Saleh 2023 Unknown English
12124 The Zorg Siddharth Kara 2025 Unknown English
12125 The Season Helen Garner 2024 Australian English
12126 The Pelican Child Joy Williams 2025 Unknown English
12127 Bad Company Megan Greenwell 2025 American English
12128 Storyteller Leo Damrosch 2025 American English
12132 Awake Jen Hatmaker 2025 American English
12133 A Witch's Guide To Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna 2025 Unknown English
12135 The Book Of Alchemy Suleika Jaouad 2025 Unknown English
12139 August Lane Regina Black 2025 Unknown English
12144 Venetian Vespers John Banville 2025 Irish English
12142 Gertrude Stein Francesca Wade 2025 British English
12153 Red Scare Clay Risen 2025 American English
12146 The Perfect Tuba Sam Quinones 2025 American English
12154 Is A River Alive? Robert Macfarlane 2025 British English
12156 Dead And Alive Zadie Smith 2025 British English