Year-End Lists

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

Books
Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

Parade Magazine 40 Best Books of 2021

Happy Hour - Marlowe Granados

Passerby Best Books of 2021

Orwell's Roses - Rebecca Solnit

New Statesman Best Books of 2021

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

Bethanne Patrick: Los Angeles Times The 5 Best Novels of 2021

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe

Mary Ann Gwinn: Los Angeles Times The 5 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Afterparties - Anthony Veasna So

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

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev - Dawnie Walton

Barack Obama Favorite Books of 2021

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Thrillist The Best Books of 2021

No One Is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood

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

Intimacies - Katie Kitamura

A.V. Club 15 Favorite Books of 2021

Matrix - Lauren Groff

Hillary Kelly: New York The Best Books of 2021

I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - Claire Vaye Watkins

Lit Hub Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021

Maureen Corrigan: NPR 2021 Best Books

The Sentence - Louise Erdrich

BuzzFeed The Best Books Of 2021

Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro

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

Beautiful World, Where Are You - Sally Rooney

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

Bewilderment - Richard Powers

Boston Globe The Best Books of 2021

No One Is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood

Laura Miller: Slate The Best Books of 2021