The Greatest Psychological 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.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7981 | Berta Isla | Javier Marias | 2017 | Spanish | Spanish | |
| 8100 | Day | A. L. Kennedy | 2007 | British | English | |
| 8171 | The Truth Commissioner | David Park | 2008 | Irish | English | |
| 8186 | Blacklands | Belinda Bauer | 2010 | British | English | |
| 8204 | 4.48 Psychosis | Sarah Kane | 2000 | British | English | |
| 8211 | The Thirteenth Tale | Diane Setterfield | 2006 | British | English | |
| 8226 | Ordinary Human Failings | Megan Nolan | 2024 | Irish | English | |
| 8229 | We Are Legion | Dennis E. Taylor | 2016 | Unknown | English | |
| 8379 | Beautiful Disaster | Jamie McGuire | 2011 | American | English | |
| 8444 | Faithful Place | Tana French | 2010 | Irish | English | |
| 8447 | Die Dunkle Seite Des Mondes | Martin Suter | 2000 | Swiss | German | |
| 8492 | The Dry | Jane Harper | 2016 | Australian | English | |
| 8530 | Ten Tiny Breaths | K.A. Tucker | 2012 | Canadian | English | |
| 8691 | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | Jonathan Safran Foer | 2005 | American | English | |
| 8696 | The Discomfort Of Evening | Lucas Rijneveld | 2018 | Dutch | Dutch | |
| 8910 | Unravelling Oliver | Liz Nugent | 2014 | Irish | English | |
| 8913 | The Night Guest | Fiona McFarlane | 2013 | Australian | English | |
| 8941 | Memorial Drive | Natasha Trethewey | 2020 | American | English | |
| 8947 | Wolf in White Van | John Darnielle | 2014 | American | English | |
| 9003 | The Emperor Of Ocean Park | Stephen L. Carter | 2002 | American | English | |
| 9009 | Little Face | Sophie Hannah | 2006 | British | English | |
| 9032 | The Hunter | Tana French | 2024 | Irish | English | |
| 9044 | All The Colours Of The Dark | Chris Whitaker | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 9045 | Against The Loveless World | Susan Abulhawa | 2020 | Palestinian | English | |
| 9073 | Old God's Time | Sebastian Barry | 2023 | Irish | English | |
| 9127 | Beyond Black | Hilary Mantel | 2005 | British | English | |
| 9147 | Boy, Snow, Bird | Helen Oyeyemi | 2014 | British | English | |
| 9153 | Mercy | Jussi Adler-Olsen | 2007 | Danish | Danish | |
| 9166 | The Betrayer | Michael Hennessey | 2003 | Canadian | English | |
| 9169 | The Dying Animal | Philip Roth | 2001 | American | English | |
| 9178 | Anima | Wajdi Mouawad | 2012 | French | French | |
| 9194 | Carry Me Down | M. J. Hyland | 2006 | Australian | English | |
| 9194 | Cost | Roxana Robinson | 2008 | American | English | |
| 9194 | The Undoing Project | Michael M. Lewis | 2016 | American | English | |
| 9194 | The Confidence Game | Maria Konnikova | 2015 | American | English | |
| 9250 | An Audience Of Chairs | Joan Clark | 2005 | Canadian | English | |
| 9255 | White Is For Witching | Helen Oyeyemi | 2009 | British | English | |
| 9353 | Eileen | Ottessa Moshfegh | 2015 | American | English | |
| 9520 | After You’d Gone | Maggie O'Farrell | 2000 | British | English | |
| 9608 | Meteor In The Madhouse | Leon Forrest | 2001 | American | English | |
| 9647 | All Your Perfects | Colleen Hoover | 2018 | American | English | |
| 9657 | The Dinner | Herman Koch | 2009 | Dutch | Dutch | |
| 9722 | Inside | Kenneth J. Harvey | 2006 | Canadian | English | |
| 9826 | Alex | Pierre Lemaitre | 2011 | French | French | |
| 9915 | The Past | Alan Pauls | 2003 | Argentinian | Spanish | |
| 9917 | Miracle Creek | Angie Kim | 2019 | American | English | |
| 9942 | My Sister's Keeper | Jodi Picoult | 2004 | American | English | |
| 9968 | The Wife | Meg Wolitzer | 2003 | American | English | |
| 9968 | Mailman | J. Robert Lennon | 2003 | American | English | |
| 10006 | Em And The Big Hoom | Jerry Pinto | 2012 | Indian | English | |
| 10034 | The Boy Who Stole Attila's Horse | Ivan Repila | 2013 | Spanish | Spanish | |
| 10060 | Diablo Guardián | Xavier Velasco | 2003 | Mexican | Spanish | |
| 10103 | The People In The Trees | Hanya Yanagihara | 2013 | American | English | |
| 10116 | Tokyo Year Zero | David Peace | 2007 | British | English | |
| 10164 | Banishing Verona | Margot Livesey | 2004 | British | English | |
| 10241 | Burning Down The House | Russell Wangersky | 2008 | Canadian | English | |
| 10306 | The Weight Of Blood | Laura McHugh | 2014 | American | English | |
| 10361 | Wylding Hall | Elizabeth Hand | 2015 | American | English | |
| 10385 | Memories Of My Melancholy Whores | Gabriel García Márquez | 2004 | Colombian | Spanish | |
| 10397 | Mudwoman | Joyce Carol Oates | 2012 | American | English | |
| 10453 | The Speed Of Light | Javier Cercas | 2005 | Spanish | Spanish | |
| 10456 | Intimacies | Katie Kitamura | 2021 | American | English | |
| 10456 | The Topeka School | Ben Lerner | 2019 | American | English | |
| 10515 | The Guest | Emma Cline | 2023 | American | English | |
| 10554 | The Darkness | Ragnar Jonasson | 2015 | Icelandic | Icelandic | |
| 10557 | 18% Gray | Zachary Karabashliev | 2008 | Bulgarian | Bulgarian | |
| 10560 | The Body Keeps The Score | Bessel van der Kolk | 2014 | American | English | |
| 10602 | Strange Sally Diamond | Liz Nugent | 2023 | Irish | English | |
| 10639 | The New Me | Halle Butler | 2019 | American | English | |
| 10657 | Forbidden Notebook | Alba de Céspedes | 2023 | Italian | Italian | |
| 10660 | Belladonna | Daša Drndić | 2012 | Croatian | Croatian | |
| 10695 | Consent | Jill Ciment | 2024 | American | English | |
| 10723 | My Good Bright Wolf | Sarah Moss | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 10746 | Imagine Me Gone | Adam Haslett | 2016 | American | English | |
| 10788 | Burnt Sugar | Avni Doshi | 2020 | Indian | English | |
| 10824 | An Untamed State | Roxane Gay | 2014 | American | English | |
| 10837 | The Silent Wife | Kerry Fisher | 2017 | British | English | |
| 10914 | Samedi The Deafness | Jesse Ball | 2007 | American | English | |
| 10919 | La Casa Del Padre | Justo Navarro | 2015 | Spanish | Spanish | |
| 10943 | The Art Of Cruelty | Maggie Nelson | 2011 | American | English | |
| 11019 | Camino de Perdición | Luis Mateo Díez | 2007 | Spanish | Spanish | |
| 11020 | Desolation Island | Adolfo García Ortega | 2014 | Spanish | Unknown | |
| 11077 | Your Steps On The Stairs | Antonio Muñoz Molina, Curtis Bauer | 2019 | Spanish | English | |
| 11114 | The Speed of Dark | Elizabeth Moon | 2003 | American | English | |
| 11167 | The Destroyers | Christopher Bollen | 2017 | American | English | |
| 11275 | The Need | Helen Phillips | 2019 | American | English | |
| 11275 | The Turn Of The Key | Ruth Ware | 2019 | British | English | |
| 11300 | No Way Out | Cara Hunter | 2019 | British | English | |
| 11320 | The Little Friend | Donna Tartt | 2002 | American | English | |
| 11331 | Heart Shaped Box | Joe Hill | 2007 | American | English | |
| 11503 | State Of Wonder | Ann Patchett | 2011 | American | English | |
| 11508 | The Coming Bad Days | Sarah Bernstein | 2021 | Canadian | English | |
| 11638 | Little Star | John Ajvide Lindqvist | 2010 | Swedish | Swedish | |
| 11653 | Mammoth | Eva Baltasar | 2022 | Catalan | Catalan | |
| 11663 | The Furrows | Namwali Serpell | 2022 | Unknown | English | |
| 11796 | The Bride Collector | Ted Dekker | 2010 | American | English | |
| 11663 | The Witch Elm | Tana French | 2018 | Irish | English | |
| 11896 | Kinder Than Solitude | Yiyun Li | 2014 | American | English | |
| 11927 | Nineteen Minutes | Jodi Picoult | 2007 | American | English | |
| 12010 | The Echo Maker | Richard Powers | 2006 | American | English | |
| 12029 | Night Train To Lisbon | Pascal Mercier | 2004 | Swiss | German | |
| 12050 | The Detour | Gerbrand Bakker | 2010 | Dutch | Dutch | |
| 12174 | The Electric Michelangelo | Sarah Hall | 2004 | British | English | |
| 12189 | Allegedly | Tiffany D. Jackson | 2017 | American | English | |
| 12215 | Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine | Gail Honeyman | 2017 | British | English | |
| 12223 | The Swallows Of Kabul | Yasmina Khadra | 2002 | Algerian | French | |
| 12379 | Haunted | Chuck Palahniuk | 2005 | American | English | |
| 12396 | State Champ | Hilary Plum | 2025 | American | English | |
| 12399 | Peace | Richard Bausch | 2008 | American | English | |
| 12434 | Savaging The Dark | Christopher Conlon | 2014 | Unknown | English | |
| 12658 | Subliminal | Leonard Mlodinow | 2012 | American | English | |
| 12658 | Patient H.M. | Luke Dittrich | 2016 | American | English | |
| 12658 | Heartbreak | Florence Williams | 2022 | American | English | |
| 12774 | The Consequences Of Love | Sulaiman Addonia | 2008 | British | English | |
| 12864 | The Bleeding Season | Greg F. Gifune | 2003 | American | English | |
| 12890 | The Intruder | Freida McFadden | 2025 | Unknown | English | |
| 12977 | The Death Of Us | Abigail Dean | 2025 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 13052 | Marguerite By The Lake | Mary Dixie Carter | 2025 | Unknown | English | |
| 13067 | Evensong | Stewart O'Nan | 2025 | American | English | |
| 13123 | Havoc | Rebecca Wait | 2025 | British | English |