Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

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Wake, Siren - Nina MacLaughlin

Boston.com The 18 Best Books of 2019

In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado

BookPage Best Nonfiction Books of 2019

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

BookPage Best Fiction Books of 2019

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

Barack Obama Favorite Books of 2019

Lot - Bryan Washington

Atlantic The 15 Best Books of 2019

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2019

American Spy - Lauren Wilkinson

Electric Lit 15 Best Novels of 2019

Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl - Jeannie Vanasco

Electric Lit 15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019

Trick Mirror - Jia Tolentino

New York Public Library 10 Best Books of 2019

The Topeka School - Ben Lerner

BuzzFeed Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019

Lay Studies - Steven Toussaint

Anthony Domestico: Commonweal 2019 Books in Review

Juliet the Maniac - Juliet Escoria

Dennis Cooper Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019

Hyperallergic Top 25 Books of 2019

Janis - Holly George-Warren

No Depression Top Music Books of 2019

Death Is Hard Work - Khaled Khalifa

Wall Street Journal The Best Books of 2019

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

Constance Grady: Vox The Best Books I Read in 2019

The Topeka School - Ben Lerner

Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2019

Normal People - Sally Rooney

Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best Books of 2019

Eve's Hollywood - Eve Babitz

Michael Silverblatt: KCRW Best Books of 2019

The Topeka School - Ben Lerner

Molly Young: New York The Best Books of 2019

Go Ahead in the Rain - Hanif Abdurraqib

Powell's Books Best Nonfiction of 2019

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

Maureen Corrigan: NPR Favorite Books of 2019

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Laura Miller: Slate The 10 Best Books of 2019

Girl, Woman, Other - Bernardine Evaristo

Shelf Awareness Best Books of 2019