The definitive ranking · Books
Books of the 2020s
Built from 431 forced-choice rankings by 38 Tāstmakers.
The highest-ranked book of the 2020s is Empire of AI, at 8.0 from 3 rankings.
| Book | Score | Rankings | Range of opinion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Empire of AI2026 | 8.0 | 3 | Consensus | |
| 3 | Project Hail Mary2021 | 8.0 | 4 | Consensus | |
| 7 | Babel2022 | 7.8 | 3 | Mixed | |
| 8 | The Anxious Generation2024 | 7.7 | 3 | Mixed | |
| 15 | Anxious People2020 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 16 |  |
Fourth Wing2023 | 7.6 | 2 | Too few to say |
| 17 | Hurricane Season2020 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 21 | Cloud Cuckoo Land2021 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 22 |  |
One Day All This Will Be Yours2021 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 24 | The Transit of Venus2021 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 26 |  |
North Woods2023 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 33 | Scattered All Over the Earth2022 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 34 | Second Place2021 | 7.6 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 35 | Remarkably Bright Creatures2022 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 36 | The Word on Fire Bible2021 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 37 |  |
The 1619 Project2021 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 39 | Famesick2026 | 7.6 | 4 | Consensus | |
| 40 | The Women2024 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 44 | Adulthood Rites2023 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 45 |  |
How to Be Well2025 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 49 | The Passion According to G.H2022 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 50 | The Wager2025 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 54 |  |
The Answer Is No2024 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 56 | Intimacies2021 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 57 | The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store2023 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 59 | A Short Stay in Hell2026 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 67 | Birnam Wood2024 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 70 |  |
Caste2020 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 73 | L'anomalie2020 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 77 |  |
Iron Flame2023 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 78 | Orbital2024 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 80 |  |
Beautyland2024 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 82 |  |
Wandering Stars2024 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 84 | The Netanyahus2021 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 85 |  |
Of Boys and Men2022 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 86 | Rejection2025 | 7.5 | 3 | Mixed | |
| 88 |  |
Chain Gang All Stars2022 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 92 | The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick2024 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 93 | Moral Ambition2025 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 96 | Dawn2023 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 99 | Small Things Like These (Oprah's Book Club)2021 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 103 | The Blacktongue Thief2021 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 107 | The Secret Life Of Sunflowers2022 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 111 | The Winners2023 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 112 | Wool2020 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 114 | Human Resources2025 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 115 | The Bass Rock2021 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 116 |  |
We Were Once a Family2023 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 118 |  |
Converted2022 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 121 | Hamnet2020 | 7.4 | 3 | Consensus |