The definitive ranking · Books
Books of the 2020s
Built from 530 forced-choice rankings by 39 Tāstmakers.
The highest-ranked book of the 2020s is Empire of AI, at 7.9 from 3 rankings.
| Book | Score | Rankings | Range of opinion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 235 | Perfection2025 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 237 |  |
Eyes of the Void2022 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 239 | Perfection2025 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 240 | Our Evenings2024 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 242 | Lessons From a Lifetime2026 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 243 |  |
A Court of Silver Flames2021 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 244 |  |
Malditos2022 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 246 | The Sentence2021 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 247 |  |
Mary2022 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 248 |  |
The Perfect Marriage2020 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 249 |  |
Lion Women of Tehran2024 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 253 | Tide of Black Steel2024 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 254 |  |
Abscond2025 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 259 | Careless People2025 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 260 | Imago2023 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 264 |  |
The Book of Eels2020 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 265 | Strangers in the Land2026 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 266 | The Land and Its People2026 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 267 |  |
Outlive2023 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 270 | Demon Copperhead2022 | 7.1 | 3 | Divisive | |
| 271 |  |
Locklands2022 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 272 | The Candy House2022 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 273 |  |
Untitled #12022 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 276 |  |
Cut and Thirst2024 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 277 |  |
Pulling the Chariot of the Sun2023 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 280 | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow2022 | 7.0 | 4 | Divisive | |
| 282 | Daughter of Egypt2026 | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 284 |  |
I'm Glad My Mom Died2022 | 7.0 | 4 | Mixed |
| 285 | Austen Affair2025 | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 286 | The Midnight Library2020 | 7.0 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 287 |  |
A Desolation Called Peace2021 | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 288 | End of Men2023 | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 290 | Flesh2025 | 7.0 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 293 |  |
Lessons in Chemistry2022 | 7.0 | 2 | Too few to say |
| 294 |  |
Elon Musk2023 | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 295 | The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny2025 | 7.0 | 3 | Divisive | |
| 303 |  |
Greenlights2020 | 6.9 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 304 | The Witch2026 | 6.9 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 306 |  |
The Fury2024 | 6.9 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 307 |  |
The Housemaid2022 | 6.9 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 309 | Can't Hurt Me2021 | 6.9 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 311 | If It Bleeds2021 | 6.9 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 313 |  |
When Women Were Dragons2022 | 6.9 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 314 | The Midnight Library2020 | 6.9 | 3 | Divisive | |
| 316 |  |
Atmosphere2025 | 6.8 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 319 | The Declaration of Independence, Smithsonian Edition2022 | 6.8 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 322 | The Someday Garden2026 | 6.8 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 324 | The Wager2025 | 6.8 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 326 |  |
Dear Debbie2026 | 6.8 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 327 | Some People Need Killing2023 | 6.8 | 1 | Too few to say |