The definitive ranking · Books
Books of the 2020s
Built from 432 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 305 |  |
Carrie Soto Is Back2022 | 6.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 306 | Evangelization and Ideology: How to Understand and Respond to the Political Culture2022 | 6.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 309 |  |
Things We Hide from the Light2023 | 6.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 310 |  |
Things We Never Got Over2022 | 6.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 312 |  |
Things We Left Behind2023 | 6.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 314 | Theo of Golden2025 | 6.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 315 |  |
The Bomber Mafia2021 | 6.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 316 |  |
The Housemaid Is Watching2024 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 318 |  |
Listen for the Lie2024 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 319 |  |
The Locked Door2021 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 320 | 7 Rules of Power2022 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 321 | Crossroads2021 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 322 |  |
The Things We Leave Unfinished2021 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 324 |  |
Don't Wait Up2022 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 325 |  |
The Membranes2021 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 326 |  |
Do You Remember?2022 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 327 |  |
Do Not Disturb2021 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 328 | Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick2026 | 6.4 | 4 | Consensus | |
| 329 | If Cats Disappeared from the World2023 | 6.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 330 |  |
Wrong Place Wrong Time2022 | 6.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 332 |  |
The Crash2025 | 6.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 333 |  |
The Wife Upstairs2020 | 6.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 334 |  |
Rock Paper Scissors2021 | 6.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 335 |  |
The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie2024 | 6.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 336 |  |
The Inmate2022 | 6.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 337 |  |
No, You Shut Up2020 | 6.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 339 |  |
Mexican Gothic2020 | 6.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 340 |  |
Want to Know a Secret?2021 | 6.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 341 |  |
One By One2020 | 6.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 342 | A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century2021 | 6.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 344 |  |
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World2020 | 6.2 | 1 | Too few to say |