Year-End Lists

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

Books
Crossroads - Jonathan Franzen

Mark Athitakis: Los Angeles Times The 5 Best Fiction Books of 2021

Crossroads - Jonathan Franzen

Barack Obama Favorite Books of 2021

No One Is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood

Thrillist The Best Books of 2021

Intimacies - Katie Kitamura

Jessica Ferri: Los Angeles Times The 5 Best Books of 2021

Infinite Country - Patricia Engel

Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best Books of 2021

Esquire The 50 Best Books of 2021

Harrow - Joy Williams

A.V. Club 15 Favorite Books of 2021

Matrix - Lauren Groff

Hillary Kelly: New York The Best Books of 2021

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

Lit Hub Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021

Maureen Corrigan: NPR 2021 Best Books

Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters

BuzzFeed The Best Books Of 2021

Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr

St. Louis Post-Dispatch 20 Favorite New Books of 2021

Economist The Best Books of 2021

Matrix - Lauren Groff

Library Journal Best Literary Fiction of 2021

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

Annabel Gutterman: Time The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021

Matrix - Lauren Groff

USA Today The Best Books of 2021

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Michael Silverblatt: KCRW Top 10 Books of 2021

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

Boston Globe The Best Books of 2021

All That She Carried - Tiya Miles

Laura Miller: Slate The Best Books of 2021

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Annabel Gutterman: Time The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Patrick Rapa: The Philadelphia Inquirer The Best Books of 2021

A Burning - Megha Majumdar

Guardian Best Fiction of 2021

Harrow - Joy Williams

Wall Street Journal The 10 Best Books of 2021

Bewilderment - Richard Powers

Shelf Awareness Best Books of 2021