The definitive ranking
Authors
Built from 14 forced-choice rankings by 4 Tāstmakers.
| Author | Score | Rankings | Range of opinion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Madeline Miller | 8.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 2 |  |
Stephen King | 8.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 3 |  |
Kurt Vonnegut | 8.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 4 |  |
Elena Ferrante | 8.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 5 |  |
Dan Simmons | 8.0 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 6 |  |
Adrian Tchaikovsky | 8.0 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 7 |  |
C. S. Lewis | 8.0 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 8 |  |
Ira Levin | 7.9 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 9 |  |
Kristin Hannah | 7.9 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 10 |  |
Aldous Huxley | 7.8 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 11 |  |
Frederik Backman | 7.8 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 12 |  |
Malcolm Gladwell | 7.5 | 2 | Too few to say |
| 13 |  |
Colleen Hoover | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say |