The definitive ranking
Books
Built from 530 forced-choice rankings by 39 Tāstmakers.
| Book | Score | Rankings | Range of opinion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 153 |  |
The diary of Anne Frank1996 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 154 | Ducks, Newburyport2019 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 155 |  |
A People's History of the United States1980 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 156 |  |
Where the Forest Meets the Stars2019 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 157 |  |
A Fine Balance1995 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 158 |  |
Neuromancer1984 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 159 |  |
Romeo and Juliet1597 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 160 | The Bass Rock2021 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 161 |  |
The Good Girl2014 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 162 |  |
The Last Thing He Told Me2021 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 163 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows2007 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 164 |  |
Lord of the Flies1954 | 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 | |
| 166 |  |
The Body Keeps the Score2014 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 167 |  |
House of Open Wounds2023 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 168 |  |
The Nix2016 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 169 |  |
The Lost Apothecary2021 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 170 | The Library at Mount Char2015 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 171 |  |
Freakonomics2005 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 172 | "I Remain in Darkness"2019 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 173 | Ugly Feelings2005 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 174 |  |
Cribsheet2019 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 175 | City of Blades2016 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 176 |  |
Local Woman Missing2021 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 177 | Educated2018 | 7.3 | 11 | Mixed | |
| 178 | Frostbite2024 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 179 | Lynched2016 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 180 |  |
Dear Edward2020 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 181 | The Shining1978 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 182 |  |
One True Loves2016 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 183 |  |
The Quantum Thief2010 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 184 |  |
Forever, interrupted2013 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 185 | Simple Passion2003 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 186 |  |
The Housemaid's Secret2023 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 187 |  |
A Midsummer Night's Dream1600 | 7.3 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 188 |  |
The Coworker2023 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 189 | Streets Of Laredo1993 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 190 | A Village Life2014 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 191 |  |
Adrift2022 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 192 |  |
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions2017 | 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 | |
| 200 | The Practice of the Presence of God2011 | 7.2 | 1 | Too few to say |