Year-End Lists

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

Books
Luster - Raven Leilani

Kirkus Prize Fiction 2020

Surviving Autocracy - Masha Gessen

Powell's Books Best Nonfiction of 2020

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

Women's Prize Fiction 2020

Milkman - Anna Burns

Dublin Literary Award 2020

Lot - Bryan Washington

Dylan Thomas Prize 2020

Sea Monsters - Chloe Aridjis

PEN/Faulkner Award Fiction 2020

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Boston.com The 18 Best Books of 2019

Severance - Ling Ma

BuzzFeed The 24 Best Books of the Decade

In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado

BookPage Best Nonfiction Books of 2019

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

BookPage Best Fiction Books of 2019

Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli

Barack Obama Favorite Books of 2019

The Topeka School - Ben Lerner

Atlantic The 15 Best Books of 2019

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2019

Death Is Hard Work - Khaled Khalifa

Electric Lit 15 Best Novels of 2019

Ordinary Girls - Jaquira Díaz

Electric Lit 15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019

The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt

Town & Country The 17 Best Books of the 2010s

Normal People - Sally Rooney

New York Public Library 10 Best Books of 2019

Lot - Bryan Washington

BuzzFeed Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019

Lay Studies - Steven Toussaint

Commonweal: Anthony Domestico 2019 Books in Review

Juliet the Maniac - Juliet Escoria

Dennis Cooper Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019

Hyperallergic Top 25 Books of 2019

God Save the Queens - Kathy Iandoli

No Depression Top Music Books of 2019

The Vexations - Caitlin Horrocks

Wall Street Journal The Best Books of 2019

Normal People - Sally Rooney

Vox: Constance Grady The Best Books I Read in 2019