Who writes the books
Every edition 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. Each author's editions and translations are grouped into books: only books first published since 2023 count as new.
Editions catalogued 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 experts1,352998 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind and Truth Brandon Sanderson | usint | 2 | 2024, 2025 | Found |
| King Sorrow Joe Hill | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Never Flinch Stephen King | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Sister Wife Christine Brown Woolley | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| The Next Conversation Jefferson Fisher | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Abundance Ezra Klein | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Replaceable You Mary Roach | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Big Dumb Eyes Nate Bargatze | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Paper Girl Beth Macy | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Things in Nature Merely Grow Yiyun Li | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Mark Twain Ron Chernow | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| A Flower Traveled in My Blood Haley Cohen Gilliland | usint | 2 | 2025, 2026 | Found |
| The Fate of the Day Rick Atkinson | usint | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus | gbus | 2 | 2023 | Found |
| Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing Matthew Perry | gbus | 2 | 2023 | Found |
| The Running Grave Robert Galbraith | gbus | 2 | 2023 | Found |
| Big Jim Begins Dav Pilkey | ieus | 2 | 2025 | Not found |
| My Favourite Mistake Marian Keyes | gbie | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Guinness World Records 2025 Guinness World Records | gbie | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| The Scarlet Shedder Dav Pilkey | gbie | 2 | 2024 | Not found |
| La península de las casas vacías David Uclés | es | 2 | 2025, 2026 | Found |
| Theo of Golden Allen Levi | us | 2 | 2026 | Found |
| La llamada Leila Guerriero | es | 2 | 2024, 2025 | Found |
| El abismo del olvido Paco Roca y Rodrigo Terrasa | es | 2 | 2023, 2024 | Not found |
| La utilidad de lo inútil Nuccio Ordine | es | 2 | 2023, 2024 | Not found |
| Blackwater III. La casa Michael McDowell | es | 2 | 2024 | Not found |
| Estuve aquí y me acordé de nosotros Anna Pacheco | es | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| La muy catastrófica visita al zoo Joël Dicker | es | 2 | 2025 | Not found |
| Kråkeslottets hemmelighet: Trollheim: 1 Arne Lindmo | no | 2 | 2023, 2024, 2025 | Not found |
| Fargene Beverley Hopwood | no | 2 | 2023, 2024, 2025 | Not found |
| Skinnvotten Asbjørn Tønnesen | no | 2 | 2023, 2024, 2025 | Not found |
| 100 ord: Mine første ord Gyldendal | no | 2 | 2023, 2024, 2025 | Not found |
| Hvordan begynner man på skolen? Anna Fiske | no | 2 | 2023, 2024, 2025 | Not found |
| Elolliset Iida Turpeinen | fi | 2 | 2023, 2024 | Found |
| El último secreto Dan Brown | es | 2 | 2025, 2026 | Not found |
| El sentido de consentir Clara Serra | es | 2 | 2024 | Found |
| Blackwater II. El dique Michael McDowell | es | 2 | 2024 | Not found |
| El loco de Dios en el fin del mundo Javier Cercas | es | 2 | 2025 | Found |
| Ein mörderisches Paar - Das Versprechen Klaus-Peter Wolf | de | 2 | 2023, 2024, 2025 | Found |
| Den edle kunsten å gi f**n Mark Manson | no | 2 | 2023, 2024, 2025 | Not found |
| Omgitt av idioter Thomas Erikson | no | 2 | 2023, 2024, 2025 | Not found |
| Harry Potter og de vises stein: Illustrert J.K. Rowling | no | 2 | 2023, 2024, 2025 | Not found |
| Ildlandet Pascal Engman | no | 2 | 2023, 2024, 2025 | Found |
| Rottekongen Pascal Engman | no | 2 | 2023, 2024, 2025 | Not found |
| No te veré morir Antonio Muñoz Molina | es | 2 | 2023, 2024 | Found |
| El infierno Carmen Mola | es | 2 | 2023, 2024 | Found |
| La armadura de la luz Ken Follett | es | 2 | 2023, 2024 | Found |
| Victoria Paloma Sánchez-Garnica | es | 2 | 2024, 2025 | Found |