The definitive ranking · Books
Books of the 2010s
Built from 530 forced-choice rankings by 39 Tāstmakers.
The highest-ranked book of the 2010s is Becoming, at 7.8 from 2 rankings.
| Book | Score | Rankings | Range of opinion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 |  |
Becoming2018 | 7.8 | 2 | Too few to say |
| 7 | Hyperion2011 | 7.7 | 3 | Consensus | |
| 8 | Why We Sleep2018 | 7.7 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 9 |  |
City of Miracles (The Divine Cities Book 3)2017 | 7.7 | 2 | Too few to say |
| 14 | Shoe Dog2016 | 7.6 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 15 | The Song of Achilles2012 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 21 |  |
A Gentleman in Moscow2016 | 7.6 | 2 | Too few to say |
| 25 | Stoner2010 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 26 | Circe2019 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 27 | Pale Fire2011 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 35 |  |
Born a Crime2016 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 36 | The City of Brass2017 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 38 | It2017 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 41 | Beartown2017 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 44 |  |
Steve Jobs2011 | 7.5 | 3 | Mixed |
| 45 | Getting There2015 | 7.5 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 46 | The Underground Railroad2018 | 7.5 | 3 | Consensus | |
| 53 | My Brilliant Friend2012 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 57 | Leaving Time2014 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 64 | The Story of the Lost Child2015 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 72 | Our Aesthetic Categories2012 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 73 |  |
The Color of Law2017 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 74 | A Visit from the Goon Squad2010 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 75 |  |
City of miracles2017 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 76 | The Grace Year2019 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 77 | The Way of Kings2010 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 78 | Guns, Germs and Steel2013 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 79 | Poems 1962-20122014 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 80 | Born a Crime2019 | 7.4 | 4 | Mixed | |
| 88 | My Struggle: Book 12013 | 7.4 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 98 |  |
The silent patient2019 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 102 | Red Rising2014 | 7.4 | 4 | Mixed | |
| 103 |  |
The World As It Is2018 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 106 | A Man Called Ove2014 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 110 |  |
Between the World and Me2015 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 112 |  |
City of Stairs (The Divine Cities Book 1)2014 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 116 | Station Eleven2014 | 7.4 | 4 | Mixed | |
| 118 |  |
We the Animals2011 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 120 | All the Light We Cannot See2014 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 123 | Where the Crawdads Sing Deluxe Edition2019 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 127 | The Beekeeper of Aleppo2019 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 138 |  |
21 Lessons for the 21st Century2018 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 139 | Unspeakable Acts2019 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 141 |  |
Annihilation2014 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 144 | Frankissstein2019 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 147 | Sapiens2016 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 154 | Ducks, Newburyport2019 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 156 |  |
Where the Forest Meets the Stars2019 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 161 |  |
The Good Girl2014 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 166 |  |
The Body Keeps the Score2014 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |