The Greatest Postmodern 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
421 A Visit From The Goon Squad Jennifer Egan 2010 American English
922 The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015 American English
1022 Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders 2017 American English
1898 Tenth of December George Saunders 2013 American English
2001 The Flamethrowers Rachel Kushner 2013 American English
2218 The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes 2011 British English
2224 My Year of Rest and Relaxation Ottessa Moshfegh 2018 American English
2311 Solenoid Mircea Cărtărescu 2015 Romanian Romanian
2334 How to be both Ali Smith 2014 British English
2445 The Map And The Territory Michel Houellebecq 2010 French French
2705 Lost Children Archive Valeria Luiselli 2019 Mexican English
2735 Severance Ling Ma 2018 American English
2842 10:04 Ben Lerner 2014 American English
3059 Trust Hernan Díaz 2022 Argentinian English
3164 Dept. of Speculation Jenny Offill 2014 American English
3205 When We Cease To Understand The World Adrian Nathan West, Benjamin Labatut 2020 Chilean Spanish
3233 The Books Of Jacob Olga Tokarczuk 2014 Polish Polish
3272 The Luminaries Eleanor Catton 2013 New Zealand English
3467 Kudos Rachel Cusk 2018 British English
3539 C Tom McCarthy 2010 British English
3541 Her Body and Other Parties Carmen Maria Machado 2017 American English
3889 There But For The Ali Smith 2011 British English
3914 Sudden Death Alvaro Enrigue 2013 Mexican Spanish
3944 In The Dream House Carmen Maria Machado 2019 American English
4054 Leaving the Atocha Station Ben Lerner 2011 American English
4155 Asymmetry Lisa Halliday 2018 American English
4161 No One Is Talking About This Patricia Lockwood 2021 American English
4500 How Should a Person Be? Sheila Heti 2010 Canadian English
4577 Time Shelter Georgi Gospodinov 2020 Bulgarian Bulgarian
4608 Here Richard McGuire 2014 American English
4660 The Complete Stories Clarice Lispector 2016 Brazilian Portuguese
4664 Building Stories Chris Ware 2012 American English
4823 Vernon Subutex Virginie Despentes 2015 French French
4827 The Largesse of the Sea Maiden Denis Johnson 2018 American English
5003 Feel Free Zadie Smith 2018 British English
5010 Zone One Colson Whitehead 2011 American English
5280 At Last Edward St Aubyn 2011 British English
5343 White Girls Hilton Als 2013 American English
5387 In Memory Of Memory Maria Stepanova 2017 Russian Russian
5623 Biography Of X Catherine Lacey 2023 American English
5804 Martyr! Kaveh Akbar 2024 American English
6301 Rejection Tony Tulathimutte 2024 American English
6399 La Grande Juan José Saer 2012 Argentinian Spanish
6461 Never Did The Fire Diamela Eltit 2022 Chilean Spanish
6567 Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming László Krasznahorkai 2016 Hungarian Hungarian
6608 The Anomaly Hervé Le Tellier 2020 French French
6632 Confessions Jaume Cabré 2011 Spanish Catalan
6710 The Old Drift Namwali Serpell 2019 Zambian English
6755 I Hotel Karen Tei Yamashita 2010 American English
6799 We Others Steven Millhauser 2011 American English
6814 The Owl's Absence Bae Suah 2010 Korean Korean
6837 Yellowface R. F. Kuang 2023 American English
6947 Ducks, Newburyport Lucy Ellmann 2019 British English
6981 Hawthorn & Child Keith Ridgway 2012 Irish English
7108 The Children Of The Dead Elfriede Jelinek 2024 Austrian German
7129 Knife Salman Rushdie 2024 British English
7205 Animalinside László Krasznahorkai, Max Neumann 2010 Hungarian Hungarian
7212 Question 7 Richard Flanagan 2023 Unknown English
7602 The Beginning Of Infinity David Deutsch 2011 British English
7631 Telephone Percival Everett 2020 American English
7632 When The Clock Broke John Ganz 2024 Unknown English
7649 Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr 2021 American English
7702 Beatlebone Kevin Barry 2015 Irish English
7753 Mr. Fox Helen Oyeyemi 2011 British English
7876 Baumgartner Paul Auster 2023 American English
7894 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English
7899 Spreadeagle Kevin Killian 2012 American English
7976 Trust Exercise Susan Choi 2019 American English
8071 Taipei Tao Lin 2013 American English
8105 O Miki Liukkonen 2017 Finnish Finnish
8260 The Poetry Of Thought George Steiner 2011 British English
8444 The Natashas Yelena Moskovich 2016 Russian English
8444 The Harvest Of Chronos Mojca Kumerdej 2016 Slovenian Slovenian
8460 Headshot Rita Bullwinkel 2024 Unknown English
8553 Our Evenings Alan Hollinghurst 2024 Unknown English
8688 The One Before Juan José Saer 2015 Argentinian Spanish
8704 The Last Books of Hector Viel Temperley Hector Viel Temperley
 2011 Argentinian Spanish
8753 Breakfast At Midnight Louis Armand 2012 Unknown English
8787 The Diaries Of Emilio Renzi Ricardo Piglia 2015 Argentinian Spanish
8847 Philosophy of the Tourist Hiroki Azuma 2017 Japanese Unknown
8852 I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home Lorrie Moore 2023 American English
8994 Delirious Damien Wilkins 2012 New Zealand English
9039 Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here Jonathan Blitzer 2024 Unknown English
9073 Autumn Ali Smith 2016 British English
9078 Event Factory Renee Gladman 2010 American English
9138 The Consequences Niña Weijers 2014 Dutch Dutch
9181 Red Clocks Leni Zumas 2018 American English
9223 The Passenger Cormac McCarthy 2022 American English
9226 Poems Jorge Luis Borges 2010 Argentinian Spanish
9261 The Candy House Jennifer Egan 2022 American English
9640 Tram 83 Fiston Mwanza Mujila 2014 Congolese French
9713 Eros Is More Juan Antonio González Iglesias 2018 Spanish Spanish
9720 Someone You Can Build A Nest In John Wiswell 2024 Unknown English
9761 Show Them A Good Time Nicole Flattery 2019 Irish English
9769 Animal Money Michael Cisco 2015 American English
9807 The Childhood Of Jesus J. M. Coetzee 2013 South African English
9825 The Opposite Of A Person Lieke Marsman 2017 Dutch Dutch
9945 An Apartment On Uranus Paul B. Preciado 2019 Spanish French
9958 On The Calculation Of Volume Solvej Balle 2025 Danish Danish
10010 Multiple Choice Alejandro Zambra 2014 Chilean Spanish
10019 The End Of The World Is A Cul De Sac Louise Kennedy 2021 Irish English
10060 Campo De Retamas Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio 2013 Spanish Spanish
10096 The People In The Trees Hanya Yanagihara 2013 American English
10098 Colored Television Danzy Senna 2024 Unknown English
10124 White City Kevin Power 2021 Irish English
10134 Change Machine Jaya Savige 2020 Australian English
10152 You Dreamed Of Empires Alvaro Enrigue 2024 Unknown English
10167 The Pale King David Foster Wallace 2011 American English
10194 Duplex Kathryn Davis 2013 American English
10205 Peripathetic Cher Tan 2020 Unknown English
10206 Neuromaani Jaakko Yli-Juonikas 2012 Finnish Finnish
10275 This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud 2024 Unknown English
10357 Liars Sarah Manguso 2024 American English
10450 The Topeka School Ben Lerner 2019 American English
10450 Crudo Olivia Laing 2018 British English
10489 The Book Of Love Kelly Link 2024 Unknown English
10505 A Voyage To India Gonçalo M. Tavares 2010 Portuguese Portuguese
10536 A Sunny Place For Shady People Mariana Enríquez 2024 Unknown Unknown
10540 My Struggle: Book 6 Karl Ove Knausgård 2011 Norwegian Norwegian
10602 All Things Are Too Small Becca Rothfeld 2024 Unknown English