Who writes the books
Every book published since January 2023 in the national libraries of 11 European countries and Open Library, then the non-fiction authors behind them, screened against the 6 roles.
Books since 20232,707,32184.1% with an ISBN
Authors reviewed10,407In bestseller lists, prizes or published widely
Non-fiction authors3,987Living, at least half non-fiction
Selected experts1,466998 prize-listed authors
The best-known books of 2023 to 2026, from 7,304 appearances in public bestseller lists, platform tops and literary prizes across Europe and the United States. Ordered by the number of lists they appear in.
| Book | Countries | Lists | Years | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blodmåne Jo Nesbø | nose | 4 | 2023, 2024 | Found |
| Melody Martin Suter | chde | 4 | 2023, 2024, 2025 | Found |
| Atlas - Die Geschichte von Pa Salt Lucinda Riley, Harry Whittaker | deno | 4 | 2023, 2024 | Found |
| Über die Heiterkeit in schwierigen Zeiten und die Frage, wie wichtig uns der Ernst des Lebens sein sollte Axel Hacke | chde | 4 | 2023, 2024, 2025 | Found |
| Die Holländerinnen Dorothee Elmiger | chde | 4 | 2025 | Found |
| Triste Tigre Neige Sinno | frit | 4 | 2023, 2024 | Found |
| Yellowface Rebecca F. Kuang | gbint | 4 | 2023, 2024 | Found |
| Wild Dark Shore Charlotte McConaghy | usint | 4 | 2025 | Found |
| Blackwater I. La riada Michael McDowell | es | 4 | 2024 | Not found |
| Un animal salvaje Joël Dicker | es | 4 | 2024 | Found |
| Baumgartner Paul Auster | es | 4 | 2024 | Found |
| Veiller sur elle Jean-Baptiste Andrea | fr | 4 | 2023, 2024, 2025 | Found |
| La Sage-femme d'Auschwitz Anna Stuart | fr | 4 | 2024, 2025 | Found |
| Quelqu'un d'autre Guillaume Musso | fr | 4 | 2024, 2026 | Found |
| Les Secrets de la femme de ménage Freida McFadden | fr | 4 | 2024, 2025 | Found |
| Das Kind in dir muss Heimat finden Stefanie Stahl | atchde | 3 | 2023, 2024, 2025 | Found |
| Just for the Summer Abby Jimenez | deusint | 3 | 2024, 2025 | Found |
| Tom Lake Ann Patchett | gbusint | 3 | 2023 | Found |
| Organisch Giulia Enders | atchde | 3 | 2025 | Found |
| Can’t Hurt Me David Goggins | chdenl | 3 | 2023, 2025 | Found |
| Wiedersehen mit mir selbst zwischen Pizza und Aperol Melanie Pignitter | atchde | 3 | 2025 | Found |
| Daydream Hannah Grace | deusint | 3 | 2024, 2025 | Found |
| Elon Musk Walter Isaacson | seusint | 3 | 2023 | Found |
| The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai | gbusint | 3 | 2025 | Found |
| All Fours Miranda July | gbusint | 3 | 2024, 2025 | Found |
| Heart the Lover Lily King | gbusint | 3 | 2025, 2026 | Found |
| Hot Mess Jeff Kinney | gbieus | 3 | 2024 | Not found |
| The Anxious Generation Jonathan Haidt | usint | 3 | 2024, 2025 | Found |
| The Demon of Unrest Erik Larson | usint | 3 | 2024 | Found |
| Das Kalendermädchen Sebastian Fitzek | chde | 3 | 2024, 2025 | Found |
| Einsame Nacht Charlotte Link | chde | 3 | 2023, 2024 | Found |
| Der Glukose-Trick – Das Praxisbuch Jessie Inchauspé | chde | 3 | 2023, 2024 | Found |
| Sie kann dich hören Freida McFadden | chde | 3 | 2024, 2025 | Found |
| Stargate : en julberättelse Ingvild H. Rishøi | nose | 3 | 2023, 2024, 2025 | Found |
| Atmosphere Taylor Jenkins Reid | usint | 3 | 2025 | Found |
| Power: Die 48 Gesetze der Macht Robert Greene | chde | 3 | 2023, 2024 | Not found |
| Natriumklorid Jussi Adler-Olsen | nose | 3 | 2023, 2024 | Found |
| Onyx Storm – Flammengeküsst Rebecca Yarros | chde | 3 | 2025 | Found |
| Martyr! Kaveh Akbar | usint | 3 | 2024 | Found |
| The Small and the Mighty Sharon McMahon | usint | 3 | 2024 | Found |
| Be Ready When the Luck Happens Ina Garten | usint | 3 | 2024 | Found |
| Verraten Jussi Adler-Olsen | chde | 3 | 2024 | Found |
| It starts with us – Nur noch einmal und für immer Colleen Hoover | chde | 3 | 2024 | Found |
| Madame le Commissaire und das geheime Dossier Pierre Martin | chde | 3 | 2024 | Found |
| Todesspur Andreas Gruber | chde | 3 | 2024 | Found |
| Bretonische Versuchungen Jean-Luc Bannalec | chde | 3 | 2025 | Found |
| Der Lehrer – Will er dir helfen oder will er deinen Tod? Freida McFadden | chde | 3 | 2025 | Found |
| Madame le Commissaire und die gefährliche Begierde Pierre Martin | chde | 3 | 2025 | Found |
| Die Tribute von Panem L. Der Tag bricht an Suzanne Collins | chde | 3 | 2025 | Found |
| Monde vor der Landung Clemens J. Setz | atde | 3 | 2023 | Found |