The Greatest Postmodern 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
6681 A Fraction Of The Whole Steve Toltz 2008 Australian English
6711 The Old Drift Namwali Serpell 2019 Zambian English
6712 Ooga-Booga Frederick Seidel 2006 American English
6732 Eat the Document Dana Spiotta 2006 American English
6738 Emergence Steven Johnson 2001 American English
6756 I Hotel Karen Tei Yamashita 2010 American English
6800 We Others Steven Millhauser 2011 American English
6815 The Owl's Absence Bae Suah 2010 Korean Korean
6838 Yellowface R. F. Kuang 2023 American English
6944 La Poupée Russe Gheorghe Crăciun 2004 Romanian Unknown
6948 Ducks, Newburyport Lucy Ellmann 2019 British English
6982 Hawthorn & Child Keith Ridgway 2012 Irish English
7026 Precarious Life Judith Butler 2004 American English
7047 The Children's Crusade Florina Ilis 2005 Romanian Romanian
7063 Then We Came To The End Joshua Ferris 2007 American English
7082 Hermina Sami Tchak 2003 French French
7087 There Once Lived A Woman Who Tried To Kill Her Neighbour’s Baby Ludmila Petrushevskaya 2009 Russian Russian
7109 The Children Of The Dead Elfriede Jelinek 2024 Austrian German
7131 Beauty Is A Wound Eka Kurniawan 2002 Indonesian Indonesian
7130 Knife Salman Rushdie 2024 British English
7178 The Asylum Seeker Arnon Grunberg 2003 Dutch Dutch
7204 Gb84 David Peace 2004 British English
7207 Animalinside László Krasznahorkai, Max Neumann 2010 Hungarian Hungarian
7214 Question 7 Richard Flanagan 2023 Unknown English
7603 The Beginning Of Infinity David Deutsch 2011 British English
7627 Whale Cheon Myeong-kwan 2004 Korean Korean
7632 Telephone Percival Everett 2020 American English
7633 When The Clock Broke John Ganz 2024 Unknown English
7650 Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr 2021 American English
7703 Beatlebone Kevin Barry 2015 Irish English
7726 A Worldly Country John Ashbery 2007 American English
7726 Stupidity Rafael Spregelburd 2007 Argentinian Spanish
7754 Mr. Fox Helen Oyeyemi 2011 British English
7809 Twilight of the Superheroes Deborah Eisenberg 2006 American English
7845 The Accidental Ali Smith 2005 British English
7877 Baumgartner Paul Auster 2023 American English
7895 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English
7897 Dangerous Laughter Steven Millhauser 2008 American English
7900 Spreadeagle Kevin Killian 2012 American English
7915 The Braindead Megaphone George Saunders 2007 American English
7977 Trust Exercise Susan Choi 2019 American English
8001 Fragmentos De Un Libro Futuro José Ángel Valente 2000 Spanish Spanish
8030 Falling Man Don DeLillo 2007 American English
8072 Taipei Tao Lin 2013 American English
8074 Chronic City Jonathan Lethem 2009 American English
8106 O Miki Liukkonen 2017 Finnish Finnish
8203 The Day I Wasn't There Hélène Cixous 2000 French French
8220 Rok Perel Zuzana Brabcová 2000 Czech Czech
8262 The Poetry Of Thought George Steiner 2011 British English
8286 Nowhere Man Aleksandar Hemon 2002 Bosnian English
8298 Alec: The Years Have Pants Eddie Campbell 2008 British English
8302 Lizard Tails Juan Marsé 2004 Spanish Spanish
8412 Lost In A Good Book Jasper Fforde 2002 British English
8446 The Natashas Yelena Moskovich 2016 Russian English
8446 The Harvest Of Chronos Mojca Kumerdej 2016 Slovenian Slovenian
8446 The Interim Wolfgang Hilbig 2000 German German
8462 Headshot Rita Bullwinkel 2024 Unknown English
8498 Transcritique Kojin Karatani 2003 Japanese Japanese
8536 L'amour, Roman Camille Laurens 2003 French French
8556 Our Evenings Alan Hollinghurst 2024 Unknown English
8633 Vanishing Point David Markson 2004 American English
8654 Three Days With My Mother François Weyergans 2005 Belgian French
8691 The One Before Juan José Saer 2015 Argentinian Spanish
8703 Millennium People J. G. Ballard 2003 British English
8707 The Last Books of Hector Viel Temperley Hector Viel Temperley
 2011 Argentinian Spanish
8757 Breakfast At Midnight Louis Armand 2012 Unknown English
8791 The Diaries Of Emilio Renzi Ricardo Piglia 2015 Argentinian Spanish
8850 Philosophy of the Tourist Hiroki Azuma 2017 Japanese Unknown
8855 I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home Lorrie Moore 2023 American English
8891 Cendrillon Éric Reinhardt 2007 French French
8899 Yoga For People Who Can’t Be Bothered To Do It Geoff Dyer 2003 British English
8977 Mantra Rodrigo Fresán 2001 Argentinian Spanish
8997 Delirious Damien Wilkins 2012 New Zealand English
9038 Yama Loka Terminus Léo Henry, Jacques Mucchielli 2008 French French
9042 Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here Jonathan Blitzer 2024 Unknown English
9076 Autumn Ali Smith 2016 British English
9081 Event Factory Renee Gladman 2010 American English
9114 Cosmopolis Don DeLillo 2003 American English
9130 Génie Divin Guillaume Dustan 2001 French French
9141 The Consequences Niña Weijers 2014 Dutch Dutch
9184 Red Clocks Leni Zumas 2018 American English
9226 The Passenger Cormac McCarthy 2022 American English
9228 Han Hinkon Makoto Yuasa 2008 Japanese Unknown
9229 Poems Jorge Luis Borges 2010 Argentinian Spanish
9265 Nothing to be Frightened Of Julian Barnes 2008 British English
9265 The Candy House Jennifer Egan 2022 American English
9599 The Naked Eye Yoko Tawada 2004 Multiple German
9608 Meteor In The Madhouse Leon Forrest 2001 American English
9645 Tram 83 Fiston Mwanza Mujila 2014 Congolese French
9718 Eros Is More Juan Antonio González Iglesias 2018 Spanish Spanish
9725 Someone You Can Build A Nest In John Wiswell 2024 Unknown English
9736 Europe Central William T. Vollmann 2005 American English
9766 Show Them A Good Time Nicole Flattery 2019 Irish English
9767 When The Earth Was Flat Raymond Fraser 2007 Canadian English
9774 Animal Money Michael Cisco 2015 American English
9812 The Childhood Of Jesus J. M. Coetzee 2013 South African English
9825 Mean Boy Lynn Coady 2006 Canadian English
9830 The Opposite Of A Person Lieke Marsman 2017 Dutch Dutch
9831 Tristano Dies Antonio Tabucchi 2004 Italian Italian
9951 An Apartment On Uranus Paul B. Preciado 2019 Spanish French
9964 On The Calculation Of Volume Solvej Balle 2025 Danish Danish
10016 Multiple Choice Alejandro Zambra 2014 Chilean Spanish
10025 The End Of The World Is A Cul De Sac Louise Kennedy 2021 Irish English
10066 Campo De Retamas Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio 2013 Spanish Spanish
10102 The People In The Trees Hanya Yanagihara 2013 American English
10104 Colored Television Danzy Senna 2024 Unknown English
10107 My Life As A Russian Novel Emmanuel Carrère 2007 French French
10113 Carte Muette Philippe Vasset 2007 French French
10129 White City Kevin Power 2021 Irish English
10139 Change Machine Jaya Savige 2020 Australian English
10157 You Dreamed Of Empires Alvaro Enrigue 2024 Unknown English
10172 The Pale King David Foster Wallace 2011 American English
10200 Duplex Kathryn Davis 2013 American English
10211 Peripathetic Cher Tan 2020 Unknown English
10212 Neuromaani Jaakko Yli-Juonikas 2012 Finnish Finnish
10227 Doctor Pasavento Enrique Vila-Matas 2005 Spanish Spanish
10237 Que Cavalos São Aqueles Que Fazem Sombra No Mar? António Lobo Antunes 2009 Portuguese Portuguese
10280 This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud 2024 Unknown English
10282 La Burla Del Tiempo Mauricio Electorat 2004 Chilean Spanish
10362 Liars Sarah Manguso 2024 American English