# Toni Morrison's novels ranked

All eleven novels by the Nobel laureate, with Beloved and Song of Solomon fighting for the top spot in almost every ranking.

- 228 votes · 11 items
- Jan 25, 2025 · Orla McCarthy
- https://even.best/en/l/2325/toni-morrison-s-novels-ranked

## Top 11

1. **Beloved** (27 · ▲28 ▼1) — 1987. A mother haunted by slavery; Pulitzer Prize.
2. **Sula** (21 · ▲24 ▼3) — 1973. A friendship between two women over decades.
3. **Song of Solomon** (18 · ▲23 ▼5) — 1977. Milkman Dead searches for his family's past.
4. **Paradise** (18 · ▲18 ▼0) — 1997. An all-Black town and a convent of women.
5. **Home** (18 · ▲18 ▼0) — 2012. A Korean War veteran returns to save his sister.
6. **Jazz** (17 · ▲18 ▼1) — 1992. Harlem in the 1920s, told like music.
7. **The Bluest Eye** (14 · ▲17 ▼3) — 1970. Her debut, about a girl who wants blue eyes.
8. **A Mercy** (13 · ▲15 ▼2) — 2008. Slavery in 1680s America.
9. **Tar Baby** (12 · ▲15 ▼3) — 1981. A love story on a Caribbean island.
10. **God Help the Child** (10 · ▲14 ▼4) — 2015. Her last novel, about childhood trauma.
11. **Love** (10 · ▲13 ▼3) — 2003. The women in a dead hotel owner's life.

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