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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | The Winners2023 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 130 | Human Resources2025 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 131 | Hamnet2020 | 7.4 | 3 | Consensus | |
| 132 |  |
We Were Once a Family2023 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 133 | Wool2020 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 135 |  |
Converted2022 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 140 |  |
Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs2023 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 142 | Connecting Dots2025 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 143 | Dengue Boy2025 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 145 | Fredrik Backman My Friends (a Novel)2022 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 146 | Letters To a Young Poet2020 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 150 | The School for Good Mothers2022 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 151 | Theory of the Gimmick2020 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 152 | We Used to Live Here2025 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 160 | The Bass Rock2021 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 162 |  |
The Last Thing He Told Me2021 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 165 | On the Calculation of Volume (Book I): Shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize2024 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 167 |  |
House of Open Wounds2023 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 169 |  |
The Lost Apothecary2021 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 176 |  |
Local Woman Missing2021 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 178 | Frostbite2024 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 180 |  |
Dear Edward2020 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 186 |  |
The Housemaid's Secret2023 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 188 |  |
The Coworker2023 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 191 |  |
Adrift2022 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 193 |  |
Untamed2020 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 194 |  |
Change2022 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 195 | You Dreamed of Empires2024 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 196 |  |
Hello Beautiful2023 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 197 |  |
Piranesi2020 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 198 |  |
Onyx Storm2025 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 199 | The Fall of Hyperion2026 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 204 |  |
The Tainted Cup2024 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 206 | The Names: A Read with Jenna Pick2025 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 207 | Life After Cars2025 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 208 |  |
The Measure2022 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 211 | Before I Let Go2022 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 212 |  |
Yellowface2023 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 214 | Meadowlands2022 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 215 | The Ascended2026 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 217 | How to Rule the World2026 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 220 | Super-Infinite2022 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 221 |  |
The Mercy of Gods2024 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 222 |  |
The Space Between Worlds2020 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 223 |  |
The Four Winds2021 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 225 | A Girl's Story2020 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 230 |  |
Elektra2022 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 231 | Familiaris2025 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 233 |  |
Malibu Rising2021 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 234 |  |
Wellness2023 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |