Year-End Lists

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

Books
Intimacies - Katie Kitamura

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2021

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev - Dawnie Walton

Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Books of 2021

How the Word Is Passed - Clint Smith

Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune Best of Books 2021

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Chicago Public Library Top 10 Books of 2021

Hell of a Book - Jason Mott

New York Public Library Top 10 Books of 2021

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2021

On Freedom - Maggie Nelson

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021

Afterparties - Anthony Veasna So

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021

Crossroads - Jonathan Franzen

Washington Post The 10 Best Books of 2021

Hell of a Book - Jason Mott

National Book Award Fiction 2021

All That She Carried - Tiya Miles

National Book Award Nonfiction 2021

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2021

Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr

Oprah Daily 20 Favorite Books of 2021

Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner

Powell's Books The 14 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Sterling Karat Gold - Isabel Waidner

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2021

Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters

Powell's Books The 18 Best Novels of 2021

The Promise - Damon Galgut

The Booker Prize 2021 Award

Punch Me Up to the Gods - Brian Broome

Kirkus Reviews Nonfiction 2021

Harrow - Joy Williams

Kirkus Reviews Fiction 2021

Piranesi - Susanna Clarke

Women's Prize Fiction 2021

Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli

Dublin Literary Award 2021

Luster - Raven Leilani

Dylan Thomas Prize 2021 Award

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies - Deesha Philyaw

PEN/Faulkner Award Fiction 2021