Twist by Colum McCannFlesh by David SzalayJuice by Tim WintonThe Californians by Brian CastleberryThe Land in Winter by Andrew  Miller
Booker Prize Eligible 2025
177 books — 173 voters
The Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Known World by Edward P. JonesFreedom by Jonathan FranzenShantaram by Gregory David RobertsLet the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,850 books — 22,160 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,886 books — 49,792 voters
Demon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverShuggie Bain by Douglas   StuartWhen We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín LabatutJames by Percival EverettSharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,952 books — 5,471 voters

The Safekeep by Yael van der WoudenMy Friends by Hisham MatarThe Road to the Country by Chigozie ObiomaCreation Lake by Rachel KushnerJames by Percival Everett
Booker Prize Eligible 2024
194 books — 179 voters
The Trees by Percival EverettThe Red Arrow by William   BrewerThe Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan KarunatilakaNightcrawling by Leila MottleyGlory by NoViolet Bulawayo
Booker Prize Eligible 2022
160 books — 217 voters

The Bee Sting by Paul MurrayDemon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverThe Maniac by Benjamín LabatutBirnam Wood by Eleanor CattonProphet Song by Paul    Lynch
Booker Prize Eligible 2023
166 books — 207 voters

The Night Watchman by Louise ErdrichDeacon King Kong by James   McBrideThe Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Booker Prize Eligible 2020
160 books — 109 voters