The Greatest Drama Books Since 2010

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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
409 My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante 2012 American Italian
421 A Visit From The Goon Squad Jennifer Egan 2010 American English
443 Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2013 Nigerian English
1844 The Sixth Extinction Elizabeth Kolbert 2014 American English
2524 The Passage Of Power Robert Caro 2012 American English
2535 A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman 2012 Swedish Swedish
2596 Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Jeanette Winterson 2011 British English
2647 Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor 2017 Mexican Spanish
2806 Fates and Furies Lauren Groff 2015 American English
2828 A Manual For Cleaning Women Lucia Berlin 2015 American English
2868 The Story Of The Lost Child Elena Ferrante 2014 Italian Italian
3114 Foster Claire Keegan 2010 Irish English
3172 The Bee Sting Paul Murray 2023 Irish English
3180 Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver 2012 American English
3272 The Luminaries Eleanor Catton 2013 New Zealand English
3426 Transit Rachel Cusk 2016 British English
4472 Intermezzo Sally Rooney 2024 Irish English
4620 Deacon King Kong James McBride 2020 American English
4868 The Love Songs Of W.E.B. Dubois Honorée Fanonne Jeffers 2021 American English
5123 In The Night Of Time Antonio Muñoz Molina 2012 Spanish Spanish
5251 The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach 2011 American English
5460 Forgotten Ally Rana Mitter 2013 British English
5462 The Yellow House Sarah M. Broom 2019 American English
5623 The Thing About December Donal Ryan 2013 Irish English
5936 Small Fry Lisa Brennan-Jobs 2018 American English
5998 The Green Road Anne Enright 2015 Irish English
6164 Arguably Christopher Hitchens 2011 British English
6257 Midwinter Break Bernard MacLaverty 2017 Irish English
6312 Burial Rites Hannah Kent 2013 Australian English
6471 The Spinning Heart Donal Ryan 2012 Irish English
6508 Wild Houses Colin Barrett 2024 Irish English
6568 Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming László Krasznahorkai 2016 Hungarian Hungarian
6664 Preparation for the Next Life Atticus Lish 2014 American English
6687 Pain Zeruya Shalev 2015 Israeli Hebrew
6818 Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017 American English
6958 The Field Of Blood Joanne B. Freeman 2018 American English
7009 Gente Que Se Fue David Gistau 2010 Spanish Spanish
7064 Nightcrawling Leila Mottley 2022 American English
7142 Jade City Fonda Lee 2017 Chinese English
7207 Flight From The Ussr Dato Turashvili 2010 Georgian Georgian
7214 Boy Swallows Universe Trent Dalton 2018 Australian English
7597 Wealth And Power Orville Schell, John Delury 2013 Chinese English
7813 The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides 2011 American English
7978 Trust Exercise Susan Choi 2019 American English
8223 The Heart In Winter Kevin Barry 2024 Irish English
8379 Never A Gentleman Eileen Dreyer 2011 Unknown English
8570 A Day In The Life Of Abed Salama Nathan Thrall 2023 Unknown English
8684 The Chronology Of Water Lidia Yuknavitch 2011 American English
8696 The Discomfort Of Evening Lucas Rijneveld 2018 Dutch Dutch
8769 Spill Simmer Falter Wither Sara Baume 2015 Irish English
8841 The Axeman's Carnival Catherine Chidgey 2023 New Zealander English
8898 Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama Alison Bechdel 2012 American English
9065 Décadence Mandchoue Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse 2011 Unknown English
9067 Soldiers And Kings Jason De León 2024 Unknown English
9076 Autumn Ali Smith 2016 British English
9076 Euphoria Lily King 2014 American English
9082 Good Material Dolly Alderton 2024 British English
9147 Boy, Snow, Bird Helen Oyeyemi 2014 British English
9194 Hit Makers Derek Thompson 2017 American English
9265 An Immense World Ed Yong 2022 British English
9319 Russia Is Burning Maria Bloshteyn 2020 Russian English
9539 The Tiger John Vaillant 2010 Canadian English
9539 Love's End Pascal Rambert 2011 French French
9596 I Am An Emotional Creature Eve Ensler 2010 American English
9662 F Letter Galina Rymbu, Eugene Ostashevsky, Ainsley Morse 2021 Russian Russian
9771 Un Attieké Pour Elgass Tierno Monenembo 2021 French French
9804 The Shepherd's Hut Tim Winton 2018 Australian English
9834 Country Girl Edna O'Brien 2012 Irish English
9960 Actress Anne Enright 2020 Irish English
10101 écrits 2003 2014 Angélica Liddell 2015 Spanish Spanish
10362 The Colony Audrey Magee 2022 Irish English
10370 Cue The Sun! Emily Nussbaum 2024 Unknown English
10372 Close To Home Michael Magee 2023 Irish English
10387 Rogue Forces Mark Willacy 2021 Unknown English
10397 Mudwoman Joyce Carol Oates 2012 American English
10425 How To Build A Boat Elaine Feeney 2023 Irish English
10456 Crudo Olivia Laing 2018 British English
10456 Early Work Andrew Martin 2018 American English
10570 China’s Great Wall Of Debt Dinny McMahon 2018 Unknown English
10610 Someone Like Us Dinaw Mengestu 2024 American English
10615 Evenings And Weekends Oisin McKenna 2024 Unknown English
10627 Traveling Ann Powers 2024 Unknown English
10700 Blue Ruin Hari Kunzru 2024 British English
10711 The Extinction Of Irena Rey Jennifer Croft 2024 Unknown English
10723 My Good Bright Wolf Sarah Moss 2024 Unknown English
10824 An Untamed State Roxane Gay 2014 American English
10895 Brand New Ancients Kae Tempest 2013 British English
10936 Trilogy Jon Fosse 2014 Norwegian Norwegian
10981 They Know Not What They Do Jussi Valtonen 2014 Finnish Finnish
11167 The Destroyers Christopher Bollen 2017 American English
11355 The Anthropocene Reviewed John Green 2021 American English
11483 The Sparsholt Affair Alan Hollinghurst 2017 British English
11521 Spelunky Derek Yu 2015 American English
11629 May We Be Forgiven A. M. Homes 2012 American English
11663 Under The Skin Linda Villarosa 2023 American English
11663 After The Music Stopped Alan S. Blinder 2013 American English
11663 Days Of Fire Peter Baker 2013 American English
11663 Last Stories William Trevor 2018 Irish English
11663 Your Duck Is My Duck Deborah Eisenberg 2018 American English
12050 The Detour Gerbrand Bakker 2010 Dutch Dutch
12108 The Ferryman And His Wife Frode Grytten, Alison McCullough 2023 Norwegian English
12497 This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga 2018 Zimbabwean English
12658 Owls Of The Eastern Ice Jonathan C. Slaght 2020 American English
12996 Boleyn Traitor Philippa Gregory 2025 English English
13067 Evensong Stewart O'Nan 2025 American English
13121 Gunk Saba Sams 2025 British English
13123 Havoc Rebecca Wait 2025 British English
13280 Even The Dogs Jon McGregor 2010 British English
13280 Marzahn, Mon Amour Katja Oskamp 2019 German German
13280 The Adversary Michael Crummey 2024 Canadian English
13318 Schubert’s Winter Journey Ian Bostridge 2015 British English
13354 Si Bob Ong 2014 Filipino Filipino
13533 Born To Run Bruce Springsteen 2016 American English
13578 Anxious People Fredrik Backman 2019 Swedish Swedish
13818 The Catholic School Edoardo Albinati 2016 Italian Italian
13818 Celestial Bodies Jokha Alharthi 2010 Omani Arabic
13941 Anything Is Possible Elizabeth Strout 2017 American English
13971 What We Owe Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde 2017 Swedish English
14078 Riot Baby Tochi Onyebuchi 2020 American English
14232 LaRose Louise Erdrich 2016 American English