The Greatest Philosophical Books Since 2018

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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
1110 The Overstory Richard Powers 2018 American English
2882 Septology Jon Fosse 2019 Norwegian Norwegian
3091 Disturbance Philippe Lançon 2018 French French
3204 When We Cease To Understand The World Adrian Nathan West, Benjamin Labatut 2020 Chilean Spanish
3594 Thick Tressie McMillan Cottom 2019 American English
4157 Asymmetry Lisa Halliday 2018 American English
5643 Enlightenment Now Steven Pinker 2018 American English
5781 Entangled Life Merlin Sheldrake 2020 British English
5997 The Coddling Of The American Mind Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff 2018 American English
6716 How To Change Your Mind Michael Pollan 2018 American English
6899 Exhalation Ted Chiang 2019 American English
7752 The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Shoshana Zuboff 2019 American English
7837 The Midnight Library Matt Haig 2020 British English
7877 Baumgartner Paul Auster 2023 American English
8492 Underland Robert Macfarlane 2019 British English
8622 Carnality Lina Wolff 2019 Swedish Swedish
8952 Time Without Keys Ida Vitale 2019 Uruguayan Spanish
9225 The Passenger Cormac McCarthy 2022 American English
9625 Abisul Luminat Nicolae Balotă 2018 Romanian Unknown
9729 실격당한 자들을 위한 변론 김원영 2018 Korean Korean
9803 Axiomatic Maria Tumarkin 2018 Australian English
9823 The Precipice Toby Ord 2020 British English
10082 To Shape A New World Tommie Shelby, Brandon M. Terry 2018 American English
10209 Slouching Towards Utopia Bradford DeLong 2022 American English
10241 The Apology Eve Ensler 2019 American English
10385 Another Day In The Colony Chelsea Watego 2021 Unknown English
10410 The Anxious Generation Jonathan Haidt 2024 American English
10454 The Tangled Tree David Quammen 2018 American English
10526 Splinters Leslie Jamison 2024 Unknown English
11005 Shifting The Silence Etel Adnan 2020 Unknown English
11028 Ways Of Being Alive Baptiste Morizot 2020 French French
11355 The Anthropocene Reviewed John Green 2021 American English
11505 The Nature Of Nature Enric Sala 2020 Spanish English
11566 Trick Mirror Jia Tolentino 2019 American English
11663 The Club Leo Damrosch 2019 American English
11663 Winners Take All Anand Giridharadas 2018 American English
11663 Fatal Discord Michael Massing 2018 Unknown English
11663 She Has Her Mother's Laugh Carl Zimmer 2018 American English
11858 Dominion Tom Holland 2019 British English
12470 Figuring Maria Popova 2019 American English
12990 If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies Eliezer Yudkowsky 2025 American English
13749 The Enchantments Of Mammon Eugene McCarraher 2019 American English
13817 Morality Jonathan Sacks 2019 British English
13937 What It Means To Be Human O. Carter Snead 2020 Unknown English
14833 21 Lessons For The 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari 2018 Israeli English
14985 Call Me Zebra Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi 2018 American 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
17164 The Allure Of The Multiverse Paul Halpern 2024 American English
17164 I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki Baek Se-hee 2018 Korean Korean
17164 Twilight Of The Elites Christophe Guilluy, Malcolm Debevoise 2019 French French
17164 Godwin Joseph O'Neill 2024 Unknown English
17164 Waiting For The Fear Oğuz Atay 2024 Unknown English
17164 The Women Are Up To Something Benjamin J. B. Lipscomb 2022 Unknown English
17164 The End Of Law David McIlroy 2019 Unknown English
17164 Technofeudalism Yanis Varoufakis 2024 Greek English
17164 What Is It Like To Be Alive? Chris Arthur 2024 Unknown Unknown
17164 The Art Of Dying Peter Schjeldahl 2024 American English
17164 The Language Puzzle Steven J. Mithen 2024 Unknown Unknown
17164 Meditations For Mortals Oliver Burkeman 2024 British English
17164 Fratriarchy Juliet Mitchell 2024 British Unknown
17164 La Défaite De L'occident Emmanuel Todd 2024 French French
17164 Discounting The Future Liliana Doganova 2024 Unknown English
17164 Concerning The Future Of Souls Joy Williams 2024 Unknown English
17164 The Matter With Things Iain McGilchrist 2021 British English
17164 Justice And Hope Raimond Gaita 2024 Unknown English
17164 The City And Its Uncertain Walls Haruki Murakami 2023 Japanese Japanese
17164 The Garden Against Time Olivia Laing 2024 Unknown English
17164 The Problem With Solutions Julie Guthman 2024 Unknown English
17164 Living On Earth Peter Godfrey-Smith 2024 Unknown English
17164 Why We Die Venki Ramakrishnan 2024 Unknown English
17164 Quantum Drama Jim Baggott, John L. Heilbron 2024 Unknown English
17164 Limitarianism Ingrid Robeyns 2023 Unknown English
17164 Revolutionary Becomings Ying Qian 2024 Unknown English
17164 Coming Of Age Lucy Foulkes 2024 Unknown English
17164 Selfish Genes To Social Beings Jonathan Silvertown 2024 Unknown English
17164 Why Liberalism Failed Patrick J. Deneen 2018 American English
17164 Bronze Age Mindset Bronze Age Pervert 2018 Unknown English
17164 Yoga Emmanuel Carrère 2020 French French
17164 The Molecule Of More Daniel E. Lieberman 2018 American English
17164 The Right To Oblivion Lowry Pressly 2024 Unknown English
17164 Life As No One Knows It Sara Imari Walker 2024 Unknown English
17164 Cosmic Connections Charles Taylor 2024 Unknown English
17164 The Bright Book Of Life Harold Bloom 2020 American English
17164 What Tech Calls Thinking Daub, Adrian 2020 Unknown English
17164 Man Of My Time Dalia Sofer 2020 Unknown English
17164 Intelligence And Spirit Reza Negarestani 2018 Unknown English
17164 The Last Language Jennifer duBois 2023 Unknown English
17164 Astrotopia Mary-Jane Rubenstein 2023 Unknown English
17164 Obra Maestra Juan Tallón 2022 Spanish Spanish
17164 The Dimensions Of A Cave Greg Jackson 2023 Unknown English
17164 How To Be Multiple Helena de Bres 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 On Marriage Devorah Baum 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Pensive Citadel Victor Brombert 2023 Unknown Unknown
17164 The Body Of The Soul Lyudmila Ulitskaya 2023 Russian Russian
17164 How To Be Adam Nicolson 2023 British English
17164 The Pole J. M. Coetzee 2023 South African English
17164 The Rigor Of Angels William Egginton 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Suicide Museum Ariel Dorfman 2023 Chilean English
17164 The Marriage Question Clare Carlisle 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Philosopher Of Palo Alto John Tinnell 2023 Unknown English
17164 My Stupid Intentions Bernardo Zannoni 2023 Italian Italian
17164 Lament For Julia Susan Taubes 2023 Unknown English
17164 Parfit David Edmonds 2023 Unknown English
17164 Greek Lessons Han Kang 2023 Korean Korean
17164 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
17164 Three Roads Back Robert D. Richardson 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Guest Lecture Martin Riker 2023 Unknown English
17164 Judas Jeff Loveness 2018 Unknown English
17164 The Tragic Mind Robert D. Kaplan 2023 American English
17164 Soul Boom Rainn Wilson 2023 American English
17164 A Prayer For The Crown Shy Becky Chambers 2022 American English
17164 Of Consolation To Helvia Seneca 2042 Roman English
17164 Psychology Of Money Morgan Housel 2020 American English
17164 Lettere A Lucilio Seneca 2064 Roman Italian