The definitive ranking · Books
Books of the 2000s
Built from 530 forced-choice rankings by 39 Tāstmakers.
The highest-ranked book of the 2000s is Dune, at 7.9 from 3 rankings.
| Book | Score | Rankings | Range of opinion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dune2005 | 7.9 | 3 | Consensus | |
| 3 | East of Eden2003 | 7.9 | 4 | Mixed | |
| 6 | Middlemarch2008 | 7.7 | 3 | Mixed | |
| 12 | The Lies of Locke Lamora2006 | 7.6 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 19 | The Shadow of the Wind2005 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 22 | The Angel's Game2009 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 28 | Flowers for Algernon2004 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 31 |  |
Storia della bambina perduta2000 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 34 | The Grapes of Wrath2002 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 51 |  |
Blindsight2006 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 54 | Out of the House of Bondage2008 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 70 |  |
Sum2008 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 82 |  |
A Fine Balance2007 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 83 | Use of Weapons2008 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 84 |  |
The War of Art2002 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 85 |  |
A short history of nearly everything2003 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 89 |  |
Consider the lobster, and other essays2005 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 90 | Jane Eyre2003 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 91 | Meditations2002 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 101 |  |
Perdido Street Station2000 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 104 | Born to Run2009 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 119 |  |
Look to windward2000 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 121 | The Line of Beauty2005 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 122 | A Mercy2009 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 134 | Oryx and Crake2004 | 7.3 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 149 |  |
The Hero of Ages2008 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 163 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows2007 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 171 |  |
Freakonomics2005 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 173 | Ugly Feelings2005 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 185 | Simple Passion2003 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 245 |  |
Pandora's Star2004 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 252 |  |
Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet2004 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 268 |  |
Outliers2008 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 301 |  |
Kitchen Confidential2000 | 6.9 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 329 |  |
The things we do for love2004 | 6.8 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 334 |  |
Blink2004 | 6.8 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 352 | A New Earth: Oprah's Book Club2006 | 6.6 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 366 |  |
The Lovely Bones2000 | 6.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 391 |  |
Middlesex2002 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 398 |  |
Summer Island2001 | 6.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 412 |  |
Gridlinked2001 | 6.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 416 |  |
Ready Player One2008 | 6.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 417 |  |
Are Prisons Obsolete?2003 | 6.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 425 |  |
Eat, Pray, Love2001 | 6.1 | 1 | Too few to say |