Year-End Lists

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

2019
Deep River - Karl Marlantes

The 18 Best Books of 2019 Boston.com

In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado

Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 BookPage

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Best Fiction Books of 2019 BookPage

Trick Mirror - Jia Tolentino

Favorite Books of 2019 Barack Obama

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

The 15 Best Books of 2019 Atlantic

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

10 Best Books of 2019 Publishers Weekly

Normal People - Sally Rooney

15 Best Novels of 2019 Electric Lit

How We Fight for Our Lives - Saeed Jones

15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 Electric Lit

Normal People - Sally Rooney

10 Best Books of 2019 New York Public Library

The Old Drift - Namwali Serpell

Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019 BuzzFeed

Cleanness - Garth Greenwell

2019 Books in Review Commonweal: Anthony Domestico

Juliet the Maniac - Juliet Escoria

Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019 Dennis Cooper

Top 25 Books of 2019 Hyperallergic

Janis - Holly George-Warren

Top Music Books of 2019 No Depression

The Vexations - Caitlin Horrocks

The Best Books of 2019 Wall Street Journal

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

The Best Books I Read in 2019 Vox: Constance Grady

Girl, Woman, Other - Bernardine Evaristo

Best Fiction of 2019 Powell's Books

Normal People - Sally Rooney

The 10 Best Books of 2019 Entertainment Weekly

Eve's Hollywood - Eve Babitz

Best Books of 2019 KCRW: Michael Silverblatt

The Topeka School - Ben Lerner

The Best Books of 2019 Vulture: Molly Young

Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe

Best Nonfiction of 2019 Powell's Books

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

Favorite Books of 2019 Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan

Normal People - Sally Rooney

The 10 Best Books of 2019 Slate: Laura Miller

Wild Game - Adrienne Brodeur

The 10 Best Books of 2019 Slate: Dan Kois