The definitive ranking
Books
Built from 431 forced-choice rankings by 38 Tāstmakers.
| Book | Score | Rankings | Range of opinion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Red Rising2014 | 7.6 | 3 | Mixed | |
| 52 | The Story of the Lost Child2015 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 53 | Getting There2015 | 7.6 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 54 |  |
The Answer Is No2024 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 55 |  |
The Nightingale | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 56 | Intimacies2021 | 7.6 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 57 | The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store2023 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 58 |  |
Sum2008 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 59 | A Short Stay in Hell2026 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 60 | Our Aesthetic Categories2012 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 61 | Poems 1962-20122014 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 62 |  |
The Color of Law2017 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 63 |  |
City of miracles2017 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 64 |  |
A Gentleman in Moscow2016 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 65 | The Grace Year2019 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 66 | The Way of Kings2010 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 67 | Birnam Wood2024 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 68 |  |
City of Miracles (The Divine Cities Book 3)2017 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 69 | Guns, Germs and Steel2013 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 70 |  |
Caste2020 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 71 |  |
A Fine Balance2007 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 72 |  |
The War of Art2002 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 73 | L'anomalie2020 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 74 |  |
A short history of nearly everything2003 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 75 |  |
Consider the lobster, and other essays2005 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 76 | Jane Eyre2003 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 77 |  |
Iron Flame2023 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 78 | Orbital2024 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 79 | Born a Crime2019 | 7.5 | 4 | Mixed | |
| 80 |  |
Beautyland2024 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 81 | My Struggle: Book 12013 | 7.5 | 2 | Too few to say | |
| 82 |  |
Wandering Stars2024 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 83 |  |
The silent patient2019 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 84 | The Netanyahus2021 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 85 |  |
Of Boys and Men2022 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 86 | Rejection2025 | 7.5 | 3 | Mixed | |
| 87 |  |
The World As It Is2018 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 88 |  |
Chain Gang All Stars2022 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 89 | A Mercy2009 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 90 | A Man Called Ove2014 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 91 | Meditations2002 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 92 | The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick2024 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 93 | Moral Ambition2025 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 94 |  |
Between the World and Me2015 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 95 | Born to Run2009 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 96 | Dawn2023 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 97 | Station Eleven2014 | 7.5 | 4 | Mixed | |
| 98 |  |
City of Stairs (The Divine Cities Book 1)2014 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 99 | Small Things Like These (Oprah's Book Club)2021 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say | |
| 100 |  |
We the Animals2011 | 7.4 | 1 | Too few to say |