Year-End Lists

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

« 2025
Shadow Ticket - Thomas Pynchon

Los Angeles Times The 15 Best Books of 2025

The Antidote - Karen Russell

Maureen Corrigan: NPR 10 Favorite Books of 2025

Flesh - David Szalay

Justine Jordan: Guardian The Best Fiction of 2025

Overshoot - Wim Carton and Andreas Malm

Verso Books The Year 2025 in Ten Books

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El Akkad

California Review of Books 10 Best Books of 2025

The Möbius Book - Catherine Lacey

The Skinny Favourite Books of 2025

Moderation - Elaine Castillo

Atlantic The Best Books of 2025

Moderation - Elaine Castillo

Laura Miller: Slate The 10 Best Books of 2025

Things in Nature Merely Grow - Yiyun Li

New Yorker The Best Books of 2025

A Guardian and a Thief - Megha Majumdar

Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune The 10 Best Books of 2025

Helm - Sarah Hall

Martin Chilton: Independent Best Books of 2025

A Guardian and a Thief - Megha Majumdar

Lit Hub 43 Favorite Books of 2025

King of Kings - Scott Anderson

Wall Street Journal The 10 Best Books of 2025

Lonely Crowds - Stephanie Wambugu

Jasmine Vojdani: New York The Best Books of 2025

Shadow Ticket - Thomas Pynchon

Emma Alpern: New York The Best Books of 2025

Angel Down - Daniel Kraus

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2025

Woodworking - Emily St. James

Them The 32 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2025

Stone Yard Devotional - Charlotte Wood

New York Public Library Best Books for Adults 2025

Perfection - Vincenzo Latronico

Sunday Times Books of the Year 2025

Flesh - David Szalay

Observer The Observer's Books of the Year 2025

Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy

Time The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025

Beings - Ilana Masad

Electric Lit Best Novels of 2025

We Do Not Part - Han Kang

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2025

A Truce That Is Not Peace - Miriam Toews

BookPage The Best Nonfiction of 2025