Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.
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2020
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Hood Feminism - Mikki Kendall

Bustle The Best Books Of 2020

Notes on a Silencing - Lacy Crawford

BookPage Best Books of 2020: Nonfiction

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

BookPage Best Books of 2020: Fiction

Jack - Marilynne Robinson

Thrillist The Best Books of 2020

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Harper’s Bazaar The Best Books of 2020

Luster - Raven Leilani

Shondaland The Best Books of 2020

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

Electric Lit Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020

A Burning - Megha Majumdar

Electric Lit Favorite Novels of 2020

HuffPost: Claire Fallon The Best Books of 2020

A Burning - Megha Majumdar

Vogue The Best Books of 2020

Memorial - Bryan Washington

Refinery29 Best Books of 2020

Boston Globe Best Books of 2020

The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin

Vanity Fair The 15 Best Books of 2020

Barack Obama Favorite Books of 2020

Luster - Raven Leilani

Passerby Best Books of 2020

New Yorker: Katy Waldman My Favorite Fiction of 2020

Enter the Aardvark - Jessica Anthony

A.V. Club 15 Favorite Books of 2020

The Glass Hotel - Emily St. John Mandel

Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best Books of 2020

Vox: Constance Grady The 15 Best Books of 2020

Slate: Dan Kois The Best Books of 2020

Slate: Laura Miller The Best Books of 2020

Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli The 10 Best Books of 2020

The Undocumented Americans - Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Vulture: Molly Young The 10 Best Books of 2020

Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi

Wall Street Journal The 10 Best Books of 2020

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