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
10371 Sweet Land Stories E. L. Doctorow 2004 American English
10454 The Topeka School Ben Lerner 2019 American English
10454 Crudo Olivia Laing 2018 British English
10492 The Book Of Love Kelly Link 2024 Unknown English
10508 A Voyage To India Gonçalo M. Tavares 2010 Portuguese Portuguese
10539 A Sunny Place For Shady People Mariana Enríquez 2024 Unknown Unknown
10543 My Struggle: Book 6 Karl Ove Knausgård 2011 Norwegian Norwegian
10605 All Things Are Too Small Becca Rothfeld 2024 Unknown English
10655 Chinese Postman Brian Castro 2024 Unknown English
10693 Consent Jill Ciment 2024 American English
10707 The Hypocrite Jo Hamya 2024 British English
10711 The Lodgers Holly Pester 2024 Unknown English
10828 Touching Feeling Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick 2003 American English
10853 Strange Pictures Uketsu 2022 Unknown Unknown
10871 Mr. Splitfoot Samantha Hunt 2016 American English
10881 The Vitals Tracy Sorensen 2023 Unknown English
10881 The Pole And Other Stories J. M. Coetzee 2023 South African English
10908 Liveblog Megan Boyle 2015 American English
10913 The Last Novel David Markson 2007 American English
10942 The Art Of Cruelty Maggie Nelson 2011 American English
10964 Radiant Terminus Antoine Volodine 2014 French French
10998 Portable Curiosities Julie Koh 2016 Australian English
11006 Shifting The Silence Etel Adnan 2020 Unknown English
11026 Alphabetical Diaries Sheila Heti 2024 Unknown Unknown
11045 Les Turbines Du Titanic Robert Perišić 2015 Unknown French
11058 Gliff Ali Smith 2024 British English
11059 Two Years Eight Months And Twenty Eight Nights Salman Rushdie 2015 British English
11077 Life Adjustment Center Ryan McGinley 2010 American Unknown
11210 The M Case Grégoire Bouillier 2021 French French
11213 Based On A True Story Norm Macdonald 2016 Canadian English
11295 Le Pietre Claudio Morandini 2017 Italian Italian
11304 Spam Finn Brunton 2013 American English
11308 The Book Of Sins Chen Xiwo 2014 Chinese Chinese
11425 A Naked Singularity Sergio De La Pava 2008 American English
11540 Perdido Street Station China Miéville 2000 British English
11615 Homesick for Another World Ottessa Moshfegh 2017 American English
11616 The Prague Cemetery Umberto Eco 2010 Italian Italian
11640 On The Calculation Of Volume Ii Solvej Balle 2020 Unknown Danish
11641 Damned If I Do Percival Everett 2013 American English
11644 Paradise Estate Max Easton 2021 Unknown English
11663 Checkout 19 Claire-Louise Bennett 2021 Irish English
11663 The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010 American English
11663 Lives Of The Poets E. L. Doctorow 2001 American English
11663 Lake Success Gary Shteyngart 2018 American English
11663 Your Duck Is My Duck Deborah Eisenberg 2018 American English
11875 London Orbital Iain Sinclair 2002 British English
11934 This Young Monster Charlie Fox 2017 British English
12026 Biotope Orly Castel-Bloom 2022 Israeli Hebrew
12050 Omega Minor Paul Verhaeghen 2004 Belgian Dutch
12062 Cannonball Joseph McElroy 2013 American English
12063 O Tamanho Do Mundo António Lobo Antunes 2022 Portuguese Portuguese
12141 Yellow Blue Tibia Adam Roberts 2009 British English
12226 Shades Of Grey Jasper Fforde 2009 British English
12483 EEG Daša Drndić 2016 Croatian Croatian
12765 Father's On The Phone With The Flies Herta Müller 2012 German German
12866 The Extreme Self Douglas Coupland, Shumon Basar, Hans Ulrich Obrist 2021 Multiple English
13226 A Haunting Beauty Charles Birkin 2000 British Unknown
13258 You Shall Know Our Velocity Dave Eggers 2002 American English
13279 Even The Dogs Jon McGregor 2010 British English
13286 How To Live Safely In A Science Fictional Universe Charles Yu 2010 American English
13288 Nocilla Dream Agustín Fernández Mallo 2006 Spanish Spanish
13304 Maze Of Blood Marly Youmans 2015 American English
13331 Wir Schlafen Nicht Kathrin Röggla 2004 Austrian German
13500 The Power Of Horses And Other Stories Elizabeth Cook 2021 British Unknown
13500 The Ship Of Fools Cristina Peri Rossi 2021 Uruguayan Spanish
13513 Indecision Benjamin Kunkel 2005 American English
13556 Part Of The Solution Ulrich Peltzer 2007 German German
13567 J Pod Douglas Coupland 2006 Canadian English
13578 One With Others C. D. Wright 2010 American English
13716 The Headmaster Ritual Taylor Antrim 2007 American English
13793 Vampires In The Lemon Grove Karen Russell 2013 American English
13800 Blumenberg Sibylle Lewitscharoff 2011 German German
13886 Pygmy Chuck Palahniuk 2009 American English
13941 A Tale For The Time Being Ruth Ozeki 2013 American English
14043 Die Stunde Zwischen Frau Und Gitarre Clemens J. Setz 2015 Austrian German
14075 The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde 2001 British English
14164 Am Weltenrand Sitzen Die Menschen Und Lachen Philipp Weiss 2018 Austrian German
14232 Pattern Recognition William Gibson 2003 American English
14232 Your Utopia Bora Chung 2024 Unknown Unknown
14328 Where You Come From Saša Stanišić 2019 German German
14371 Aus Der Zuckerfabrik Dorothee Elmiger 2020 Swiss German
14371 Allegro Pastell Leif Randt 2020 German German
14405 Die Inkommensurablen Raphaela Edelbauer 2021 Austrian German
14429 1979 Christian Kracht 2001 German German
14432 American Innovations Rivka Galchen 2014 American English
14482 Glanz Und Gloria Henning Ahrens 2003 German German
14650 Tadanori Yokoo Daido Moriyama 2006 Japanese Japanese
14925 Johann Holtrop Rainald Goetz 2012 German German
14986 Let's Talk About Love Carl Wilson 2007 Canadian English
14986 The Infatuations Javier Marias 2011 Spanish Spanish
14986 Call Me Zebra Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi 2018 American English
14986 Natasha And Other Stories David Bezmozgis 2004 Canadian English
14986 No One Belongs Here More Than You Miranda July 2007 American English
14986 Chinaman Shehan Karunatilaka 2010 Sri Lankan English
14986 In The Night Room Peter Straub 2004 American English
14986 A Dark Matter Peter Straub 2010 American English
14986 The Empusium Olga Tokarczuk 2024 Polish English
14986 The Dead Cat Tail Assassins P. Djèlí Clark 2024 American English
14986 The Third Realm Karl Ove Knausgård 2024 Norwegian Norwegian
14986 The Crisis Of Narration Byung-Chul Han 2023 German German
14986 Faces In The Crowd Valeria Luiselli 2011 Mexican Spanish
14986 Harold Steven Wright 2023 Unknown English
14986 Treacle Walker Alan Garner 2023 British English
14986 The Most Secret Memory Of Men Mohamed Mbougar Sarr 2023 Senegalese French
15569 Music For Wartime Rebecca Makkai 2015 American English
17168 The PowerBook Jeanette Winterson 2000 British English
17168 The Invented Part Rodrigo Fresán 2014 Argentinian Spanish
17168 Broken Glass Alain Mabanckou 2005 Congolese French
17168 The New Animals Pip Adam 2017 New Zealander English
17168 Stonedogs Craig Marriner 2002 New Zealander English
17168 The Impressionist Hari Kunzru 2002 British English
17168 The Dictionary Of Fashionable Nonsense Ophelia Benson, Jeremy Stangroom 2004 British English
17168 Eunoia Christian Bök 2001 Canadian English
17168 Leica Format Daša Drndić 2003 Croatian Croatian
17168 Minor Feelings Cathy Park Hong 2020 American English
17168 Leave Me Alone Murong Xuecun 2002 Chinese Chinese
17168 The Fat Years Chan Koonchung 2009 Chinese Chinese
17168 Pink Slime Fernanda Trías 2024 Uruguayan Spanish
17168 The Annual Banquet Of The Gravediggers' Guild Mathias Enard 2023 French French
17168 20th Century Ghosts Joe Hill 2005 American English