The definitive ranking
Authors
Built from 21 forced-choice rankings by 4 Tāstmakers.
| Author | Score | Rankings | Range of opinion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Madeline Miller | 7.9 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 2 |  |
Stephen King | 7.9 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 3 |  |
Elena Ferrante | 7.8 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 4 |  |
Kurt Vonnegut | 7.8 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 5 |  |
Adrian Tchaikovsky | 7.8 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 6 |  |
Dan Simmons | 7.7 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 7 |  |
Andy Weir | 7.7 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 8 |  |
C. S. Lewis | 7.7 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 9 |  |
Kristin Hannah | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 10 |  |
Ira Levin | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 11 |  |
Frederik Backman | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 12 |  |
Aldous Huxley | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 13 |  |
Carlos Ruiz Zafón | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 14 |  |
Rebecca Yarros | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 15 |  |
Sarah J. Maas | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 16 |  |
R. F. Kuang | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 17 |  |
Taylor Jenkins Reid | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 18 |  |
Freida McFadden | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 19 |  |
Malcolm Gladwell | 7.0 | 2 | Too few to say |
| 20 |  |
Colleen Hoover | 6.7 | 1 | Too few to say |