The definitive ranking
Books
Built from 530 forced-choice rankings by 39 Tāstmakers.
| Book | Score | Rankings | Range of opinion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 |  |
The Prisoner of Heaven2012 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 252 |  |
Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet2004 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 253 | Tide of Black Steel2024 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 254 |  |
Abscond2025 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 255 |  |
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone2019 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 256 | Normal People2019 | 7.1 | 6 | Mixed | |
| 257 | A Single Man2013 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 258 |  |
The Humans2013 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 259 | Careless People2025 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 260 | Imago2023 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 261 |  |
Mutant message down under1994 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 262 |  |
Salvation Lost2019 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 263 | Golden Son2015 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 264 |  |
The Book of Eels2020 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 265 | Strangers in the Land2026 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 266 | The Land and Its People2026 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 267 |  |
Outlive2023 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 268 |  |
Outliers2008 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 269 | Everybody Lies2017 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 270 | Demon Copperhead2022 | 7.1 | 3 | Divisive | |
| 271 |  |
Locklands2022 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 272 | The Candy House2022 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 273 |  |
Untitled #12022 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 274 |  |
Great Expectations1861 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 275 |  |
O Alquimista1988 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 276 |  |
Cut and Thirst2024 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 277 |  |
Pulling the Chariot of the Sun2023 | 7.1 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 278 |  |
A Memory Called Empire2019 | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 279 |  |
Morning Star2016 | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 280 | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow2022 | 7.0 | 4 | Divisive | |
| 281 |  |
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo2017 | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 282 | Daughter of Egypt2026 | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 283 |  |
A Streetcar Named Desire1947 | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 284 |  |
I'm Glad My Mom Died2022 | 7.0 | 4 | Mixed |
| 285 | Austen Affair2025 | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 286 | The Midnight Library2020 | 7.0 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 287 |  |
A Desolation Called Peace2021 | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 288 | End of Men2023 | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 289 |  |
Watchmen | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 290 | Flesh2025 | 7.0 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 291 |  |
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus (1818 text)1818 | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 292 | Cilka's Journey2019 | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 293 |  |
Lessons in Chemistry2022 | 7.0 | 2 | Too few to say |
| 294 |  |
Elon Musk2023 | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 295 | The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny2025 | 7.0 | 3 | Divisive | |
| 296 |  |
The Lover's Dictionary2010 | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 297 |  |
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder2019 | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 298 |  |
My life on the road2015 | 6.9 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 299 |  |
Kraken2010 | 6.9 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 300 | The Institute2019 | 6.9 | 1 | Too few to say |