The Greatest Philosophical 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
13964 Arbeit Und Struktur Wolfgang Herrndorf 2013 German German
14043 Die Stunde Zwischen Frau Und Gitarre Clemens J. Setz 2015 Austrian German
14070 Erste Erde Epos Raoul Schrott 2016 Austrian German
14086 The Burnout Society Byung-Chul Han 2010 German German
14122 Life 3.0 Max Tegmark 2017 Swedish English
14458 The White Man’s Burden William Russell Easterly 2006 Unknown English
14680 Letters To A Young Novelist Mario Vargas Llosa 2002 Peruvian Spanish
14698 Mushotoku Mind Taisen Deshimaru 2012 Japanese English
14833 21 Lessons For The 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari 2018 Israeli English
14985 Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Carlo Rovelli 2015 Italian Italian
14985 The Spirit Level Richard Wilkinson 2009 British English
14985 Call Me Zebra Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi 2018 American English
14985 The Baroque Cycle Neal Stephenson 2003 American English
14985 Treasury Of The True Dharma Eye Kazuaki Tanahashi 2010 Japanese Japanese
14985 The Golden Mean Annabel Lyon 2009 Canadian English
14985 A Swim In A Pond In The Rain George Saunders 2021 American English
14985 The Crisis Of Narration Byung-Chul Han 2023 German German
17152 The Invented Part Rodrigo Fresán 2014 Argentinian Spanish
17152 Levels of Life Julian Barnes 2013 British English
17152 Women & Power Mary Beard 2017 British English
17152 Vn Madeline Ashby 2012 Canadian English
17152 Boomerang Helen Simpson 2000 British English
17152 Dark Matters Simone Browne 2015 Canadian English
17152 Red John Logan 2009 American English
17152 Universal Consciousness alexis karpouzos 2016 Greek Unknown
17152 Brother Astronomer Guy Consolmagno 2000 American English
17152 The Age Of Entanglement Louisa Gilder 2009 American English
17152 The Cosmic Landscape Leonard Susskind 2005 American English
17152 Dignaga's Investigation Of The Percept Douglas Duckworth 2016 Unknown English
17152 Japanese Philosophy John C. Maraldo, Thomas P. Kasulis, James W. Heisig 2011 American English
17152 The Philosophical Works Of Al Kindi Peter Adamson, Peter E. Pormann 2012 Unknown English
17152 Justice As Fairness John Rawls 2001 American English
17152 If You're An Egalitarian, How Come You're So Rich? G. A. Cohen 2000 British English
17152 The Trouble With Physics Lee Smolin 2006 American English
17152 Nothing Ever Dies Viet Thanh Nguyen 2016 American English
17152 The Allure Of The Multiverse Paul Halpern 2024 American English
17152 Men In The Off Hours Anne Carson 2000 Canadian English
17152 Chwila Wislawa Szymborska 2002 Polish Polish
17152 I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki Baek Se-hee 2018 Korean Korean
17152 Twilight Of The Elites Christophe Guilluy, Malcolm Debevoise 2019 French French
17152 How Will Capitalism End? Wolfgang Streeck 2016 German English
17152 Atlas Of An Anxious Man Christoph Ransmayr 2016 Austrian German
17152 Unjust Rewards Polly Toynbee, David Walker 2008 British English
17152 From The Ruins Of Empire Pankaj Mishra 2012 Indian English
17152 The Endtimes Of Human Rights Stephen Hopgood 2013 British English
17152 The Road To Somewhere David Goodhart 2017 British English
17152 Godwin Joseph O'Neill 2024 Unknown English
17152 Waiting For The Fear Oğuz Atay 2024 Unknown English
17152 American Covenant Yuval Levin 2016 American English
17152 The Women Are Up To Something Benjamin J. B. Lipscomb 2022 Unknown English
17152 The End Of Law David McIlroy 2019 Unknown English
17152 Technofeudalism Yanis Varoufakis 2024 Greek English
17152 What Is It Like To Be Alive? Chris Arthur 2024 Unknown Unknown
17152 The Art Of Dying Peter Schjeldahl 2024 American English
17152 The Language Puzzle Steven J. Mithen 2024 Unknown Unknown
17152 Meditations For Mortals Oliver Burkeman 2024 British English
17152 Fratriarchy Juliet Mitchell 2024 British Unknown
17152 La Défaite De L'occident Emmanuel Todd 2024 French French
17152 Discounting The Future Liliana Doganova 2024 Unknown English
17152 Concerning The Future Of Souls Joy Williams 2024 Unknown English
17152 The Matter With Things Iain McGilchrist 2021 British English
17152 The Revolt Of The Public And The Crisis Of Authority In The New Millennium Martin Gurri 2014 Unknown English
17152 Faces Of Moderation Aurelian Craiutu 2016 Unknown English
17152 Shakespeare Is Hard, But So Is Life Fintan O'Toole 2002 Irish English
17152 Justice And Hope Raimond Gaita 2024 Unknown English
17152 The City And Its Uncertain Walls Haruki Murakami 2023 Japanese Japanese
17152 The Garden Against Time Olivia Laing 2024 Unknown English
17152 The Problem With Solutions Julie Guthman 2024 Unknown English
17152 Living On Earth Peter Godfrey-Smith 2024 Unknown English
17152 Why We Die Venki Ramakrishnan 2024 Unknown English
17152 Quantum Drama Jim Baggott, John L. Heilbron 2024 Unknown English
17152 Limitarianism Ingrid Robeyns 2023 Unknown English
17152 Revolutionary Becomings Ying Qian 2024 Unknown English
17152 Coming Of Age Lucy Foulkes 2024 Unknown English
17152 Selfish Genes To Social Beings Jonathan Silvertown 2024 Unknown English
17152 My Bright Abyss Christian Wiman 2013 American English
17152 Why Liberalism Failed Patrick J. Deneen 2018 American English
17152 Bronze Age Mindset Bronze Age Pervert 2018 Unknown English
17152 The Power Of Meaning Emily Esfahani Smith 2017 American English
17152 Psychopolitics Byung-Chul Han 2017 German German
17152 Yoga Emmanuel Carrère 2020 French French
17152 The Closing Of The Western Mind Charles Freeman 2002 British English
17152 The Red Book C.G. Jung 2009 Swiss German
17152 The Molecule Of More Daniel E. Lieberman 2018 American English
17152 The Right To Oblivion Lowry Pressly 2024 Unknown English
17152 Life As No One Knows It Sara Imari Walker 2024 Unknown English
17152 Cosmic Connections Charles Taylor 2024 Unknown English
17152 Stranger Than We Can Imagine John Higgs 2015 British English
17152 Plato At The Googleplex Rebecca Goldstein 2014 American English
17152 Fanged Noumena Nick Land 2011 British English
17152 State Of Exception Giorgio Agamben 2003 Italian Italian
17152 Better Never To Have Been David Benatar 2006 South African English
17152 Aliens & Anorexia Chris Kraus 2000 American English
17152 The Bright Book Of Life Harold Bloom 2020 American English
17152 Caminhar Frédéric Gros 2009 French French
17152 Surfaces And Essences Douglas Hofstadter 2013 American English
17152 Scale Geoffrey B. West 2017 American English
17152 Silêncio Na Era Do Ruído Erling Kagge 2016 Norwegian Norwegian
17152 Heavenly Participation Boersma, Hans 2011 Canadian English
17152 What Tech Calls Thinking Daub, Adrian 2020 Unknown English
17152 Reality Transurfing Steps I V Vadim Zeland 2004 Russian Russian
17152 If Cats Disappeared From The World Genki Kawamura 2012 Japanese Japanese
17152 Thought To Exist In The Wild Derrick Jensen 2007 American English
17152 Night Etel Adnan 2016 Unknown English
17152 The Ecological Thought Timothy Morton 2010 British English
17152 The Humans Matt Haig 2013 British English
17152 Man Of My Time Dalia Sofer 2020 Unknown English
17152 Intelligence And Spirit Reza Negarestani 2018 Unknown English
17152 Requiem For The Living Alan Cherchesov 2005 Unknown Russian
17152 Dagny, Or A Love Feast Zurab Karumidze 2014 Georgian English
17152 The Last Language Jennifer duBois 2023 Unknown English
17152 Astrotopia Mary-Jane Rubenstein 2023 Unknown English
17152 Obra Maestra Juan Tallón 2022 Spanish Spanish
17152 The Dimensions Of A Cave Greg Jackson 2023 Unknown English
17152 How To Be Multiple Helena de Bres 2023 Unknown Unknown
17152 On Marriage Devorah Baum 2023 Unknown English
17152 The Pensive Citadel Victor Brombert 2023 Unknown Unknown
17152 The Body Of The Soul Lyudmila Ulitskaya 2023 Russian Russian
17152 How To Be Adam Nicolson 2023 British English
17152 The Pole J. M. Coetzee 2023 South African English