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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122 | Connecting Dots2025 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 123 | Dengue Boy2025 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 125 | Fredrik Backman My Friends (a Novel)2022 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 126 | Letters To a Young Poet2020 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 127 | On the Calculation of Volume (Book I): Shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize2024 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 129 | Strangers2026 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 131 | The School for Good Mothers2022 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 132 | Theory of the Gimmick2020 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 133 | We Used to Live Here2025 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 136 |  |
Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs2023 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 145 |  |
The Last Thing He Told Me2021 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 152 |  |
The Lost Apothecary2021 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 154 | Frostbite2024 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 159 |  |
Local Woman Missing2021 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 161 |  |
Dear Edward2020 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 164 | You Dreamed of Empires2024 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 166 |  |
The Housemaid's Secret2023 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 168 |  |
The Coworker2023 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 169 |  |
Adrift2022 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 170 | The Fall of Hyperion2026 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 173 |  |
Untamed2020 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 174 |  |
Change2022 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 176 |  |
Hello Beautiful2023 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 177 |  |
Onyx Storm2025 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 178 | Life After Cars2025 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 180 | Meadowlands2022 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 182 | Before I Let Go2022 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 185 | The Names: A Read with Jenna Pick2025 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 186 | The Ascended2026 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 187 | Super-Infinite2022 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 188 | How to Rule the World2026 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 189 |  |
The Measure2022 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 190 |  |
Yellowface2023 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 192 | A Girl's Story2020 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 197 |  |
The Space Between Worlds2020 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 198 |  |
The Four Winds2021 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 199 | Lessons From a Lifetime2026 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 200 |  |
Lion Women of Tehran2024 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 201 | Perfection2025 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 204 | Perfection2025 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 205 |  |
Elektra2022 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 206 | Familiaris2025 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 207 | Our Evenings2024 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 208 |  |
Malibu Rising2021 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 211 |  |
Wellness2023 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 212 | The Sentence2021 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 214 |  |
Malditos2022 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 215 |  |
Mary2022 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 216 |  |
The Perfect Marriage2020 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 221 | Careless People2025 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |