The Greatest Coming Of Age, Drama, and Fiction Books 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 488 '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
196 Atonement Ian McEwan 2001 British English
210 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Michael Chabon 2000 American English
361 Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 American English
551 My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante 2011 Italian Italian
553 The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini 2003 Afghan English
624 The Book Thief Markus Zusak 2005 Australian English
697 The Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst 2004 British English
784 The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 American English
863 The Goldfinch Donna Tartt 2013 American English
1051 Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward 2017 American English
1112 The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold 2002 American English
1190 Salvage the Bones Jesmyn Ward 2011 American English
1195 The Round House Louise Erdrich 2012 American English
1233 Normal People Sally Rooney 2018 American English
1541 Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth Chris Ware 2000 American English
1817 Brooklyn Colm Toibin 2009 Irish English
1818 A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara 2015 American English
1958 Empire Falls Richard Russo 2001 American English
2070 The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes 2011 British English
2140 The Fault in Our Stars John Green 2012 American English
2377 Home Marilynne Robinson 2008 American English
2592 Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver 2022 American English
2608 Mother's Milk Edward St Aubyn 2005 British English
2674 The Neapolitan Novels Elena Ferrante 2011 Italian Italian
2698 Lost Children Archive Valeria Luiselli 2019 Mexican English
2811 A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini 2007 Afghan English
2925 Out Stealing Horses Per Petterson 2003 Norwegian Norwegian
3179 The Hate U Give Angie Thomas 2017 American English
3379 The Nightingale Kristin Hannah 2015 American English
3622 Deacon King Kong James McBride 2020 American English
3703 Girl, Woman, Other Bernardine Evaristo 2019 British English
3846 The Help Kathryn Stockett 2009 American English
4243 Netherland Joseph O'Neill 2008 Irish English
4298 All My Puny Sorrows Miriam Toews 2014 Canadian English
4398 Indian Horse Richard Wagamese 2012 Canadian English
4481 Brick Lane Monica Ali 2003 British English
4488 Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger 2013 American English
4536 Purple Hibiscus Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2003 Nigerian English
4551 We The Animals Justin Torres 2011 American English
4552 Everything I Never Told You Celeste Ng 2014 American English
4563 Shantaram Gregory David Roberts 2003 Australian English
4815 The Crossover Kwame Alexander 2014 American English
5294 Chanda's Secrets Allan Stratton 2004 Canadian English
5338 The Death of Vivek Oji Akwaeke Emezi 2020 Nigerian English
5765 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer 2005 American English
5832 Winter's Bone Daniel Woodrell 2006 American English
5879 Eat the Document Dana Spiotta 2006 American English
6026 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English
6330 Preparation for the Next Life Atticus Lish 2014 American English
6424 Blankets Craig Thompson 2003 American English
6443 Seven Years Peter Stamm 2009 Swiss German
6461 Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart 2020 Scottish English
6559 Carry Me Down M. J. Hyland 2006 Australian English
6559 American Rust Philipp Meyer 2009 American English
6732 The Wrath & The Dawn Renée Ahdieh 2015 American English
6983 Long Way Down Jason Reynolds 2017 American English
7022 Ten Thousand Saints Eleanor Henderson 2011 American English
7261 The Association Of Small Bombs Karan Mahajan 2016 Indian English
7314 Trust Exercise Susan Choi 2019 American English
7652 Dear Martin Nic Stone 2017 American English
7813 The Half Brother Lars Saabye Christensen 2001 Norwegian Norwegian
8274 The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle David Wroblewski 2008 American English
8333 Allegedly Tiffany D. Jackson 2017 American English
8333 American Street Ibi Zoboi 2017 American English
8419 Behold the Dreamers Imbolo Mbue 2016 Cameroonian English
9113 The Black Flamingo Dean Atta 2019 British English
9220 Auē Becky Manawatu 2019 New Zealander English
9220 Stonedogs Craig Marriner 2002 New Zealander English
9516 Betty Tiffany McDaniel 2020 American English
9933 Golden Child Claire Adam 2019 Trinidadian English
10624 18% Gray Zachary Karabashliev 2008 Bulgarian Bulgarian
10778 San Remo Drive Leslie Epstein 2003 American English
10804 Three Junes Julia Glass 2002 American English
10855 Boy, Snow, Bird Helen Oyeyemi 2014 British English
10967 Mr. Ibrahim And The Flowers Of The Koran Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt 2001 French French
11184 LaRose Louise Erdrich 2016 American English
11278 Wolf Hollow Lauren Wolk 2016 American English
11348 Crank Ellen Hopkins 2004 American English
11358 Ttyl Lauren Myracle 2004 American English
11651 Delicious Foods James Hannaham 2015 American English
11630 Lila Marilynne Robinson 2014 American English
12034 Heroine Mindy McGinnis 2019 American English
12163 I Loved You More Tom Spanbauer 2014 American English
12280 Q & A Vikas Swarup 2005 Indian English
12470 Ninth House Leigh Bardugo 2019 American English
12491 Jade Legacy Fonda Lee 2021 American English
12508 Mars Room Rachel Kushner 2018 American English
12936 A Girl Is A Half Formed Thing Eimear McBride 2013 Irish English
13255 The History Boys Alan Bennett 2004 British English
13255 Jade War Fonda Lee 2019 Canadian English
14371 The Glorious Heresies Lisa McInerney 2015 Irish English
14371 Nightcrawling Leila Mottley 2022 American English
14371 4000 Miles Amy Herzog 2011 American English
14371 The Wolves Sarah DeLappe 2016 American English
14371 Queenie Candice Carty-Williams 2019 British English
14371 Riot Baby Tochi Onyebuchi 2020 American English
14371 Dare Me Megan Abbott 2012 American English
14371 I'll Be Right There Kyung-sook Shin 2010 South Korean Korean
14371 The End Of Loneliness Benedict Wells 2016 German German