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
5729 My Kind of Place Susan Orlean 2004 American English
9755 Darkness Spoken Ingeborg Bachmann 2006 Austrian German
10866 A Century Of Ghost Stories Richard Sugg 2017 British English
10997 Portable Curiosities Julie Koh 2016 Australian English
11034 The Weird Ann VanderMeer 2011 American English
11065 A Vida Como Ela é... Nelson Rodrigues 2006 Brazilian Portuguese
11223 The Color Of Violence INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence 2006 Unknown English
11256 Nobody Passes Matthew Bernstein Sycamore 2006 Unknown English
11314 Atavists Lydia Millet 2025 American English
11608 Forget The Sleepless Shores Sonya Taaffe 2018 American English
11662 Videogames For Humans Merritt Kopas 2015 Unknown English
12288 Where Are You Really From Elaine Hsieh Chou 2025 American English
12648 Save Me, Stranger Erika Krouse 2025 American English
12657 Collected Poems Geoffrey Hill 2013 British English
12657 Selected Poems Adunis 2000 Syrian Arabic
12657 Poems Of John Hollander John Hollander 2013 American English
12899 Are You Happy? Lori Ostlund 2025 American English
12900 Make Your Way Home Carrie R. Moore 2025 Unknown English
12953 Lost In The Dark And Other Excursions John Langan 2025 American English
13259 The Spoken Word Revolution Mark Eleveld 2003 Unknown English
13513 The Norton Anthology Of Latino Literature Ilan Stavans 2005 Multiple English
13731 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Philip K. Dick 2002 American English
13752 The Furry Trap Josh Simmons 2012 American English
13886 Essential Pleasures Robert Pinsky 2009 American English
14328 Shapes Of Native Nonfiction Elissa Washuta, Theresa Warburton 2019 Unknown English
14348 Fortune Smiles Adam Johnson 2015 American English
14376 We Are Here To Hurt Each Other Paula D. Ashe 2022 Unknown English
14985 Collected Poems of Ted Hughes Ted Hughes 2003 British English
14985 Reliable Essays Clive James 2001 British English
15567 In The Valley Ron Rash 2020 American English
15667 Look How Happy I'm Making You Polly Rosenwaike 2019 Unknown English
15686 The Paris Review Interviews Paris Review 2006 American English
17163 Staying Alive Neil Astley 2002 British English
17163 Collected Poems of Michael Donaghy Michael Donaghy 2004 British English
17163 Native American Folktales Thomas A. Green 2008 American English
17163 Tales from Rugosa Coven Sarah Avery 2013 American English
17163 Snow White Learns Witchcraft Theodora Goss 2019 American English
17163 Art Matters Neil Gaiman 2018 British English
17163 Craigslist Confessional Helena Dea Bala 2020 American English
17163 She Fits Inside These Words r.h. Sin, Robert M. Drake, Samantha King Holmes 2021 American English
17163 Darkness Ellen Datlow 2010 American English
17163 Inferno Ellen Datlow 2007 American English
17163 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror Paula Guran 2010 American English
17163 Language For A New Century Nathalie Handal, Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar 2008 Multiple English
17163 The Picador Book Of Modern Indian Literature Amit Chaudhuri 2001 Indian English
17163 The Black Girl Survives In This One Desiree S. Evans, Saraciea J. Fennell 2024 Unknown English
17163 My Dear Kabul Afghan women’s writing group 2024 Unknown Unknown
17163 On The Couch Andrew Blauner 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Drowned Life Jeffrey Ford 2008 American English
17163 The Unfinished World Amber Sparks 2016 American English
17163 The New Century Of South African Poetry Michael Chapman 2002 South African English
17163 Disability Intimacy Alice Wong 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Coiled Serpent Camilla Grudova 2023 Unknown English
17163 El Ghourabaa Samia Marshy, Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch 2024 Unknown English
17163 Skin Thief Suzan Palumbo 2023 Unknown English
17163 Great Spanish Stories Margaret Jull Costa 2014 Unknown Spanish
17163 This Is Salvaged Vauhini Vara 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Woman Who Thought She Was A Planet Vandana Singh 2009 Indian English
17163 No One Will Come Back For Us Premee Mohamed 2023 Canadian English
17163 More Letters Of Note Nikki Usher 2019 Unknown English
17163 Fish Soup Margarita García Robayo 2018 Colombian Spanish
17163 Remaking A World Veena Das and Arthur Kleinman 2001 American English
17163 Humans Brandon Stanton 2020 American English
17163 Humans Of New York Brandon Stanton 2015 American English
17163 Januaries Olivie Blake 2024 Unknown English
17163 Not That Bad Roxane Gay 2018 American English
17163 Remembrance Of Earth's Past Liu Cixin 2012 Chinese Chinese
17163 Frank Miller's Complete Sin City Library Frank Miller 2005 American English
17163 I Must Be Living Twice Eileen Myles 2015 American English
17163 Syrian Brides Anna Halabi 2018 Unknown English