Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.
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2016
All Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry

100 Recommended Books of 2016 San Francisco Chronicle

Top 10 Books of 2016 San Francisco Chronicle

20 Best Nonfiction Books of 2016 Boston Globe: Kate Tuttle

15 Best Fiction Books of 2016 Boston Globe: John Freeman

52 Favorite Books of 2016 Dennis Cooper

10 Best Books of 2016 Publishers Weekly

10 Best Books of 2016 Library Journal

Top 20 Books of 2016 Time: Sarah Begley

16 Favorite Books of 2016 Maria Popova

10 Best Books of 2016 Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan

The 10 Best Books of 2016 BBC Culture: Jane Ciabattari

The 20 Best Books of 2016 Entertainment Weekly

10 Best Books of 2016 New York Times

Best Fiction of 2016 Powell's Books

Best Nonfiction of 2016 Powell's Books

The 13 Best Books of 2016 Harper’s Bazaar

2016 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction

Top Ten Books of 2016 Chicago Public Library

The 10 Best Books of 2016 Washington Post

Fiction 2016 National Book Award

Nonfiction 2016 National Book Award

Best Fiction of 2016 Goldsmiths Prize

Nonfiction 2016 Kirkus Prize

Fiction 2016 Kirkus Prize

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