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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 328 |  |
The Boyfriend2024 | 6.8 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 330 |  |
The Woman in Me2023 | 6.8 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 333 |  |
The Fire Within Them2024 | 6.8 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 335 |  |
Happy Place2023 | 6.8 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 337 |  |
Gilded2021 | 6.7 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 339 |  |
The Mystery Guest2023 | 6.7 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 341 | The Metaverse2022 | 6.7 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 342 | Repeat Room2024 | 6.7 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 344 |  |
The Intruder2025 | 6.7 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 345 |  |
Book of Love2024 | 6.7 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 347 | The Light We Carry2022 | 6.7 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 348 | Do More in Four2026 | 6.7 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 349 |  |
The Darkness Before Them2023 | 6.7 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 350 | Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick2026 | 6.6 | 6 | Mixed | |
| 351 |  |
Never Lie2022 | 6.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 353 |  |
We Burn Daylight2024 | 6.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 355 |  |
The Tenant2025 | 6.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 356 |  |
Why We're Polarized2020 | 6.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 357 |  |
The Kraken's Tooth2020 | 6.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 358 |  |
The Housemaid's Wedding2024 | 6.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 360 |  |
Unmissing2022 | 6.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 361 | The Gift2026 | 6.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 362 |  |
My Evil Mother2022 | 6.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 363 |  |
The Fall Risk2025 | 6.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 365 |  |
Death Row2025 | 6.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 367 |  |
First Lie Wins2024 | 6.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 369 |  |
Exordia2023 | 6.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 370 |  |
The Teacher2024 | 6.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 371 | The God of the Woods2025 | 6.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 374 |  |
Slow Gods2025 | 6.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 375 |  |
28 Summers2020 | 6.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 376 |  |
The Paris Apartment2020 | 6.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 377 |  |
Carrie Soto Is Back2022 | 6.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 378 | Evangelization and Ideology: How to Understand and Respond to the Political Culture2022 | 6.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 381 |  |
Things We Hide from the Light2023 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 382 |  |
Things We Never Got Over2022 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 384 |  |
Things We Left Behind2023 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 386 | Theo of Golden2025 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 387 |  |
The Bomber Mafia2021 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 388 |  |
The Housemaid Is Watching2024 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 390 | The Divorce2026 | 6.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 392 |  |
Listen for the Lie2024 | 6.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 393 |  |
The Locked Door2021 | 6.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 394 | 7 Rules of Power2022 | 6.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 396 | Crossroads2021 | 6.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 397 |  |
The Things We Leave Unfinished2021 | 6.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 399 |  |
Don't Wait Up2022 | 6.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 400 | The Surrogate Mother2025 | 6.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 401 | Soulsmith2023 | 6.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 402 |  |
The Membranes2021 | 6.3 | 1 | Too few to say |