The definitive ranking · Books
Books of the 2010s
Built from 431 forced-choice rankings by 38 Tāstmakers.
The highest-ranked book of the 2010s is Why We Sleep, at 7.8 from 2 rankings.
| Book | Score | Rankings | Range of opinion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Why We Sleep2018 | 7.8 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 10 | Shoe Dog2016 | 7.7 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 11 | Hyperion2011 | 7.7 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 12 | The Song of Achilles2012 | 7.7 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 18 | Circe2019 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 19 | Stoner2010 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 25 |  |
Born a Crime2016 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 27 | The City of Brass2017 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 28 |  |
Becoming2018 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 29 | Beartown2017 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 30 | It2017 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 32 | The Underground Railroad2018 | 7.6 | 3 | Consensus | |
| 42 | My Brilliant Friend2012 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 46 | Leaving Time2014 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 47 |  |
Steve Jobs2011 | 7.6 | 3 | Mixed |
| 51 | Red Rising2014 | 7.6 | 3 | Mixed | |
| 52 | The Story of the Lost Child2015 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 53 | Getting There2015 | 7.6 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 60 | Our Aesthetic Categories2012 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 61 | Poems 1962-20122014 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 62 |  |
The Color of Law2017 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 63 |  |
City of miracles2017 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 64 |  |
A Gentleman in Moscow2016 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 65 | The Grace Year2019 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 66 | The Way of Kings2010 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 68 |  |
City of Miracles (The Divine Cities Book 3)2017 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 69 | Guns, Germs and Steel2013 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 79 | Born a Crime2019 | 7.5 | 4 | Mixed | |
| 81 | My Struggle: Book 12013 | 7.5 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 83 |  |
The silent patient2019 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 87 |  |
The World As It Is2018 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 90 | A Man Called Ove2014 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 94 |  |
Between the World and Me2015 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 97 | Station Eleven2014 | 7.5 | 4 | Mixed | |
| 98 |  |
City of Stairs (The Divine Cities Book 1)2014 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 100 |  |
We the Animals2011 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 102 | All the Light We Cannot See2014 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 104 | Unspeakable Acts2019 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 106 | Where the Crawdads Sing Deluxe Edition2019 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 109 | Ducks, Newburyport2019 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 110 | The Beekeeper of Aleppo2019 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 119 | Normal People2019 | 7.4 | 5 | Consensus | |
| 124 | Frankissstein2019 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 135 |  |
21 Lessons for the 21st Century2018 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 137 | "I Remain in Darkness"2019 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 140 |  |
Where the Forest Meets the Stars2019 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 142 | Lynched2016 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 144 |  |
The Good Girl2014 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 148 | The Library at Mount Char2015 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 150 |  |
The Body Keeps the Score2014 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |