The Greatest Anthologies Since 2000

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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
5727 My Kind of Place Susan Orlean 2004 American English
9752 Darkness Spoken Ingeborg Bachmann 2006 Austrian German
10862 A Century Of Ghost Stories Richard Sugg 2017 British English
10993 Portable Curiosities Julie Koh 2016 Australian English
11030 The Weird Ann VanderMeer 2011 American English
11061 A Vida Como Ela é... Nelson Rodrigues 2006 Brazilian Portuguese
11219 The Color Of Violence INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence 2006 Unknown English
11252 Nobody Passes Matthew Bernstein Sycamore 2006 Unknown English
11310 Atavists Lydia Millet 2025 American English
11606 Forget The Sleepless Shores Sonya Taaffe 2018 American English
11660 Videogames For Humans Merritt Kopas 2015 Unknown English
12287 Where Are You Really From Elaine Hsieh Chou 2025 American English
12646 Save Me, Stranger Erika Krouse 2025 American English
12655 Collected Poems Geoffrey Hill 2013 British English
12655 Selected Poems Adunis 2000 Syrian Arabic
12655 Poems Of John Hollander John Hollander 2013 American English
12897 Are You Happy? Lori Ostlund 2025 American English
12898 Make Your Way Home Carrie R. Moore 2025 Unknown English
12950 Lost In The Dark And Other Excursions John Langan 2025 American English
13256 The Spoken Word Revolution Mark Eleveld 2003 Unknown English
13511 The Norton Anthology Of Latino Literature Ilan Stavans 2005 Multiple English
13730 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Philip K. Dick 2002 American English
13751 The Furry Trap Josh Simmons 2012 American English
13885 Essential Pleasures Robert Pinsky 2009 American English
14327 Shapes Of Native Nonfiction Elissa Washuta, Theresa Warburton 2019 Unknown English
14347 Fortune Smiles Adam Johnson 2015 American English
14375 We Are Here To Hurt Each Other Paula D. Ashe 2022 Unknown English
14983 Collected Poems of Ted Hughes Ted Hughes 2003 British English
14983 Reliable Essays Clive James 2001 British English
15560 In The Valley Ron Rash 2020 American English
15660 Look How Happy I'm Making You Polly Rosenwaike 2019 Unknown English
15679 The Paris Review Interviews Paris Review 2006 American English
17119 Staying Alive Neil Astley 2002 British English
17119 Collected Poems of Michael Donaghy Michael Donaghy 2004 British English
17119 Native American Folktales Thomas A. Green 2008 American English
17119 Tales from Rugosa Coven Sarah Avery 2013 American English
17119 Snow White Learns Witchcraft Theodora Goss 2019 American English
17119 Art Matters Neil Gaiman 2018 British English
17119 Craigslist Confessional Helena Dea Bala 2020 American English
17119 She Fits Inside These Words r.h. Sin, Robert M. Drake, Samantha King Holmes 2021 American English
17119 Darkness Ellen Datlow 2010 American English
17119 Inferno Ellen Datlow 2007 American English
17119 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror Paula Guran 2010 American English
17119 Language For A New Century Nathalie Handal, Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar 2008 Multiple English
17119 The Picador Book Of Modern Indian Literature Amit Chaudhuri 2001 Indian English
17119 The Black Girl Survives In This One Desiree S. Evans, Saraciea J. Fennell 2024 Unknown English
17119 My Dear Kabul Afghan women’s writing group 2024 Unknown Unknown
17119 On The Couch Andrew Blauner 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Drowned Life Jeffrey Ford 2008 American English
17119 The Unfinished World Amber Sparks 2016 American English
17119 The New Century Of South African Poetry Michael Chapman 2002 South African English
17119 Disability Intimacy Alice Wong 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Coiled Serpent Camilla Grudova 2023 Unknown English
17119 El Ghourabaa Samia Marshy, Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch 2024 Unknown English
17119 Skin Thief Suzan Palumbo 2023 Unknown English
17119 Great Spanish Stories Margaret Jull Costa 2014 Unknown Spanish
17119 This Is Salvaged Vauhini Vara 2023 Unknown English
17119 The Woman Who Thought She Was A Planet Vandana Singh 2009 Indian English
17119 No One Will Come Back For Us Premee Mohamed 2023 Canadian English
17119 More Letters Of Note Nikki Usher 2019 Unknown English
17119 Fish Soup Margarita García Robayo 2018 Colombian Spanish
17119 Remaking A World Veena Das and Arthur Kleinman 2001 American English
17119 Humans Brandon Stanton 2020 American English
17119 Humans Of New York Brandon Stanton 2015 American English
17119 Januaries Olivie Blake 2024 Unknown English
17119 Not That Bad Roxane Gay 2018 American English
17119 Remembrance Of Earth's Past Liu Cixin 2012 Chinese Chinese
17119 Frank Miller's Complete Sin City Library Frank Miller 2005 American English
17119 I Must Be Living Twice Eileen Myles 2015 American English
17119 Syrian Brides Anna Halabi 2018 Unknown English