The Greatest Drama 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 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
221 White Teeth Zadie Smith 2000 British English
237 The Corrections Jonathan Franzen 2001 American English
396 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz 2007 Dominican English
397 Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel 2009 British English
409 My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante 2012 American Italian
420 The Human Stain Philip Roth 2000 American English
421 A Visit From The Goon Squad Jennifer Egan 2010 American English
443 Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2013 Nigerian English
574 The Known World Edward P. Jones 2003 American English
892 The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini 2003 Afghan English
898 My Struggle Karl Ove Knausgård 2009 Norwegian Norwegian
947 Bel Canto Ann Patchett 2001 American English
1261 The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood 2000 Canadian English
1684 Train Dreams Denis Johnson 2002 American English
1844 The Sixth Extinction Elizabeth Kolbert 2014 American English
1876 Home Marilynne Robinson 2008 American English
1958 Let the Great World Spin Colum McCann 2009 Irish English
2102 Tree of Smoke Denis Johnson 2007 American English
2245 The Gathering Anne Enright 2007 Irish English
2318 To The End Of The Land David Grossman 2008 Israeli Hebrew
2410 That They May Face the Rising Sun John McGahern 2002 Irish English
2469 On Beauty Zadie Smith 2005 British English
2487 Small Island Andrea Levy 2004 British English
2524 The Passage Of Power Robert Caro 2012 American English
2535 A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman 2012 Swedish Swedish
2587 Empire Falls Richard Russo 2001 American English
2596 Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Jeanette Winterson 2011 British English
2647 Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor 2017 Mexican Spanish
2681 El Día Del Watusi Francisco Casavella 2002 Spanish Spanish
2806 Fates and Furies Lauren Groff 2015 American English
2819 The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard 2003 Australian English
2828 A Manual For Cleaning Women Lucia Berlin 2015 American English
2868 The Story Of The Lost Child Elena Ferrante 2014 Italian Italian
2902 Cremation Rafael Chirbes 2007 Spanish Spanish
2904 What I Loved Siri Hustvedt 2003 American English
2908 Love Life Zeruya Shalev 2000 Israeli Hebrew
2929 Unless Carol Shields 2002 Canadian English
2958 The Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai 2006 Indian English
2967 The Sea John Banville 2005 Irish English
3114 Foster Claire Keegan 2010 Irish English
3136 Mother's Milk Edward St Aubyn 2005 British English
3172 The Bee Sting Paul Murray 2023 Irish English
3180 Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver 2012 American English
3238 The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson 2000 American English
3272 The Luminaries Eleanor Catton 2013 New Zealand English
3444 Transit Rachel Cusk 2016 British English
3509 Joe Cinque's Consolation Helen Garner 2004 Australian English
3574 Notes from No Man's Land Eula Biss 2009 American English
3875 We Need To Talk About Kevin Lionel Shriver 2003 American English
4365 The Anatomy Of A Moment Javier Cercas 2009 Spanish Spanish
4472 Intermezzo Sally Rooney 2024 Irish English
4595 Last Night James Salter 2005 American English
4619 Deacon King Kong James McBride 2020 American English
4867 The Love Songs Of W.E.B. Dubois Honorée Fanonne Jeffers 2021 American English
5122 In The Night Of Time Antonio Muñoz Molina 2012 Spanish Spanish
5250 The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach 2011 American English
5317 Faithless Joyce Carol Oates 2001 American English
5359 Team of Rivals Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005 American English
5459 Forgotten Ally Rana Mitter 2013 British English
5461 The Yellow House Sarah M. Broom 2019 American English
5462 Giving up the Ghost Hilary Mantel 2003 British English
5622 The Thing About December Donal Ryan 2013 Irish English
5934 Small Fry Lisa Brennan-Jobs 2018 American English
5996 The Green Road Anne Enright 2015 Irish English
6163 Arguably Christopher Hitchens 2011 British English
6256 Midwinter Break Bernard MacLaverty 2017 Irish English
6258 A Novel About My Wife Emily Perkins 2008 New Zealand English
6265 The Other Boleyn Girl Philippa Gregory 2001 British English
6311 Burial Rites Hannah Kent 2013 Australian English
6460 A Gate at the Stairs Lorrie Moore 2009 American English
6470 The Spinning Heart Donal Ryan 2012 Irish English
6507 Wild Houses Colin Barrett 2024 Irish English
6567 Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming László Krasznahorkai 2016 Hungarian Hungarian
6663 Preparation for the Next Life Atticus Lish 2014 American English
6686 Pain Zeruya Shalev 2015 Israeli Hebrew
6812 Scorched Wajdi Mouawad 2003 French French
6817 Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017 American English
6841 Rapture Carol Ann Duffy 2005 British English
6957 The Field Of Blood Joanne B. Freeman 2018 American English
6980 We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live Joan Didion 2006 American English
7008 Gente Que Se Fue David Gistau 2010 Spanish Spanish
7048 Personality Andrew O'Hagan 2003 Scottish English
7063 Nightcrawling Leila Mottley 2022 American English
7104 Māori Michael King 2003 New Zealand English
7105 Brother, I'm Dying Edwidge Danticat 2007 Haitian English
7141 Jade City Fonda Lee 2017 Chinese English
7206 Flight From The Ussr Dato Turashvili 2010 Georgian Georgian
7212 Boy Swallows Universe Trent Dalton 2018 Australian English
7596 Wealth And Power Orville Schell, John Delury 2013 Chinese English
7644 The Hungry Tide Amitav Ghosh 2004 Indian English
7709 Moral Hazard Kate Jennings 2002 Australian English
7812 The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides 2011 American English
7881 Safe Area Joe Sacco 2000 American English
7959 La Casa De La Fuerza Angélica Liddell 2009 Spanish Spanish
7977 Trust Exercise Susan Choi 2019 American English
8031 Walk The Blue Fields Claire Keegan 2007 Irish English
8171 A Long Way Down Nick Hornby 2005 British English
8203 4.48 Psychosis Sarah Kane 2000 British English
8221 The Heart In Winter Kevin Barry 2024 Irish English
8223 Island Alistair MacLeod 2000 Canadian English
8252 Serve The People! Yan Lianke 2005 Chinese Chinese
8277 Love And Summer William Trevor 2009 Irish English
8309 How The Light Gets In M. J. Hyland 2003 Australian English
8326 Lush Life Richard Price 2008 American English
8328 This All Happened Michael Winter 2000 Canadian English
8377 Never A Gentleman Eileen Dreyer 2011 Unknown English
8422 The Man Who Loved China Simon Winchester 2008 British English
8567 A Day In The Life Of Abed Salama Nathan Thrall 2023 Unknown English
8672 Peace Like A River Leif Enger 2001 American English
8681 The Chronology Of Water Lidia Yuknavitch 2011 American English
8693 The Discomfort Of Evening Lucas Rijneveld 2018 Dutch Dutch
8766 Spill Simmer Falter Wither Sara Baume 2015 Irish English
8838 The Axeman's Carnival Catherine Chidgey 2023 New Zealander English
8882 Měsíc Nad řekou Fráňa Šrámek 2006 Czech Czech
8896 Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama Alison Bechdel 2012 American English
8970 The Shack William P. Young 2007 American English
9063 Décadence Mandchoue Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse 2011 Unknown English
9065 Soldiers And Kings Jason De León 2024 Unknown English
9074 Autumn Ali Smith 2016 British English
9074 Euphoria Lily King 2014 American English