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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Can't Hurt Me David Goggins | chde | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| Patriot Alexej Nawalny | chde | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| Die Achse der Autokraten Anne Applebaum | chde | 2 | 2024, 2025 | Found |
| Für Polina Takis Würger | chde | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Die Assistentin Caroline Wahl | chde | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Der stille Freund Ferdinand Schirach | chde | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Wut und Liebe Martin Suter | chde | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Horror-Date Sebastian Fitzek | chde | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Ein ganz besonderer Ort Jojo Moyes | chde | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Frau Komachi empfiehlt ein Buch Michiko Aoyama | chde | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Die kleine Villa in Italien Julie Caplin | chde | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Power Robert Greene | chde | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Der Pinguin, der fliegen lernte Eckart von Hirschhausen | chde | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Culpa Nuestra – Unsere Schuld Mercedes Ron | chde | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Das Kamel hat schlechte Laune Rachel Bright | chde | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| 1984 George Orwell | deint | 2 | 2024, 2025 | Found |
| Play Along Liz Tomforde | deint | 2 | 2024, 2025 | Found |
| The Right Move Liz Tomforde | deint | 2 | 2023, 2025 | Found |
| Five Survive Holly Jackson | deint | 2 | 2023, 2025 | Found |
| Ungebetene Gäste Ayelet Gundar-Goshen | chde | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Doppler Thomas Oláh | atde | 2 | 2023 | Found |
| Kochen im falschen Jahrhundert Teresa Präauer | atde | 2 | 2023 | Found |
| Das Philosophenschiff Michael Köhlmeier | atde | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| Verzauberte Vorbestimmung Jonas Lüscher | chde | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Schleifen Elias Hirschl | atde | 2 | 2026 | Found |
| Shaolin Spirit Shi Heng Yi, Stefanie Koch | bech | 2 | 2024, 2025 | Found |
| Gregs Tagebuch 19 – So ein Schlamassel! Jeff Kinney | atch | 2 | 2024, 2025 | Not found |
| Guinness World Records 2024 | chfi | 2 | 2023, 2024 | Not found |
| Reserve Prinz Harry | chnl | 2 | 2023 | Found |
| Gregs Tagebuch 20 – Bock auf Party? Jeff Kinney | atch | 2 | 2025 | Not found |
| Guinness World Records – 2026 | chie | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Patriot Aleksej Navalny | gbnl | 2 | 2024, 2025 | Found |
| Het ultieme geheim Dan Brown | benl | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Waar de zon de sneeuw raakt Mélissa Da Costa | benl | 2 | 2025 | Not found |
| Patriot Aleksej Navalnyj | nose | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| Frihet : Minnen 1954–2021 Angela Merkel | nose | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| Guinness World Records 2024 Ltd. Guinness World Records | gbse | 2 | 2023 | Found |
| Les Éléments John Boyne | befr | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Perfection Vincenzo Latronico | gbint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| This Other Eden Paul Harding | gbus | 2 | 2023 | Found |
| In Ascension Martin MacInnes | gbint | 2 | 2023, 2024 | Found |
| Orbital Samantha Harvey | gbint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| My Friends Hisham Matar | gbus | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| Wandering Stars Tommy Orange | gbint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| Playground Richard Powers | gbint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| Audition Katie Kitamura | gbus | 2 | 2025, 2026 | Found |
| The Disappearers Marlon James | gbus | 2 | 2026 | Found |
| Tell Me Everything Elizabeth Strout | gbint | 2 | 2024, 2025 | Found |
| Dominion Addie E Citchens | gbint | 2 | 2025, 2026 | Found |
| Doppelganger Naomi Klein | gbint | 2 | 2023, 2024 | Found |