Year-End Lists

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

2019
American Spy - Lauren Wilkinson

The 10 Best Books of 2019 Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli

The Best Books of 2019 New Yorker: Katy Waldman

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Top Ten Books of 2019 Chicago Public Library

Favorite Books of 2019 Smithsonian

Normal People - Sally Rooney

100 Notable Books of 2019 New York Times

Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe

The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 Time

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2019 Time

Disappearing Earth - Julia Phillips

The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times

Best Books of 2019 Washington Post

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

Fiction 2019 National Book Award

The Yellow House - Sarah M. Broom

Nonfiction 2019 National Book Award

Disappearing Earth - Julia Phillips

Best Literary Fiction of 2019 Library Journal

The Best Novels of 2019 Vogue

Ducks, Newburyport - Lucy Ellmann

Best Fiction of 2019 Goldsmiths Prize

The Water Dancer - Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Best Books of 2019 O Magazine

The Most Fun We Ever Had - Claire Lombardo

The Best Books of 2019 She Reads

How We Fight for Our Lives - Saeed Jones

Nonfiction 2019 Kirkus Prize

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Fiction 2019 Kirkus Prize

The Testaments - Margaret Atwood

Best Fiction of 2019 The Booker Prize

No Visible Bruises - Rachel Louise Snyder

The Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 Esquire

An American Marriage - Tayari Jones

Best Fiction of 2019 Women's Prize