The definitive ranking · Books
Books of the 2000s
Built from 431 forced-choice rankings by 38 Tāstmakers.
The highest-ranked book of the 2000s is Dune, at 8.0 from 3 rankings.
| Book | Score | Rankings | Range of opinion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dune2005 | 8.0 | 3 | Consensus | |
| 5 | Middlemarch2008 | 7.8 | 3 | Mixed | |
| 9 | East of Eden2003 | 7.7 | 3 | Divisive | |
| 13 | The Lies of Locke Lamora2006 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 14 | The Shadow of the Wind2005 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 20 | Flowers for Algernon2004 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 41 | Out of the House of Bondage2008 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 58 |  |
Sum2008 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 71 |  |
A Fine Balance2007 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 72 |  |
The War of Art2002 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 74 |  |
A short history of nearly everything2003 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 75 |  |
Consider the lobster, and other essays2005 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 76 | Jane Eyre2003 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 89 | A Mercy2009 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 91 | Meditations2002 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 95 | Born to Run2009 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 101 | The Line of Beauty2005 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 117 | Oryx and Crake2004 | 7.4 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 130 |  |
The Hero of Ages2008 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 146 | Simple Passion2003 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 149 | Ugly Feelings2005 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 155 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows2007 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 156 |  |
Freakonomics2005 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 220 |  |
Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet2004 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 233 |  |
Outliers2008 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 246 |  |
Kitchen Confidential2000 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 271 |  |
The things we do for love2004 | 6.9 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 274 |  |
Blink2004 | 6.9 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 289 | A New Earth: Oprah's Book Club2006 | 6.7 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 297 |  |
The Lovely Bones2000 | 6.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 317 |  |
Middlesex2002 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 323 |  |
Summer Island2001 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 338 |  |
Are Prisons Obsolete?2003 | 6.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 345 |  |
Eat, Pray, Love2001 | 6.2 | 1 | Too few to say |