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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How to Say Babylon Safiya Sinclair | gbint | 2 | 2023, 2024 | Found |
| In Memoriam Alice Winn | gbint | 2 | 2023 | Found |
| The Reappearance of Rachel Price Holly Jackson | gbint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| Glorious Exploits Ferdia Lennon | gbint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| The Siege Ben Macintyre | gbint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| Blue Sisters Coco Mellors | gbint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| Long Island Colm Tóibín | gbint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| The Raven Scholar Antonia Hodgson | gbint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Baldwin: A Love Story Nicholas Boggs | gbus | 2 | 2025, 2026 | Not found |
| Blackouts Justin Torres | usint | 2 | 2023 | Found |
| The Housemaid's Secret Freida McFadden | ieint | 2 | 2023, 2025 | Found |
| None of This Is True Lisa Jewell | gbint | 2 | 2023, 2024 | Found |
| Things We Hide from the Light Lucy Score | usint | 2 | 2023 | Found |
| Poverty, by America Matthew Desmond | usint | 2 | 2023 | Found |
| Cobalt Red Siddharth Kara | usint | 2 | 2023, 2024 | Found |
| Pageboy Elliot Page | usint | 2 | 2023 | Found |
| Going Infinite Michael Lewis | usint | 2 | 2023 | Found |
| The Wedding People Alison Espach | usint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| There Are Rivers in the Sky Elif Shafak | usint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| The God of the Woods Liz Moore | usint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| The Teacher Freida McFadden | usint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| All the Colors of the Dark Chris Whitaker | usint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| The Last One at the Wedding Jason Rekulak | usint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| King of Sloth Ana Huang | usint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| Quicksilver Callie Hart | usint | 2 | 2024, 2025 | Found |
| The Familiar Leigh Bardugo | usint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| The Black Bird Oracle Deborah Harkness | usint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| I Cheerfully Refuse Leif Enger | usint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| You Like It Darker Stephen King | usint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| Fire Exit Morgan Talty | usint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| If Only I Had Told Her Laura Nowlin | usint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| When the World Tips Over Jandy Nelson | usint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| Framed John Grisham | usint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| The House of Hidden Meanings RuPaul | usint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| An Unfinished Love Story Doris Kearns Goodwin | usint | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| The Emperor of Gladness Ocean Vuong | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Cursed Daughters Oyinkan Braithwaite | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| What We Can Know Ian McEwan | gbint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| The Tenant Freida McFadden | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| The Perfect Divorce Jeneva Rose | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| The Crash Freida McFadden | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| The Intruder Freida McFadden | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Gone Before Goodbye Reese Witherspoon | usint | 2 | 2025 | Not found |
| Say You'll Remember Me Abby Jimenez | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| The Knight and the Moth Rachel Gillig | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Mate Ali Hazelwood | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Accomplice to the Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Enchantra Kaylie Smith | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Rose in Chains Julie Soto | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |