Year-End Lists

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

Books
God Save the Queens - Kathy Iandoli

No Depression Top Music Books of 2019

Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe

Wall Street Journal The Best Books of 2019

Normal People - Sally Rooney

Constance Grady: Vox The Best Books I Read in 2019

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2019

Normal People - Sally Rooney

Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best Books of 2019

Eve's Hollywood - Eve Babitz

Michael Silverblatt: KCRW Best Books of 2019

The Topeka School - Ben Lerner

Molly Young: New York The Best Books of 2019

Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe

Powell's Books Best Nonfiction of 2019

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Maureen Corrigan: NPR Favorite Books of 2019

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

Laura Miller: Slate The 10 Best Books of 2019

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

Shelf Awareness Best Books of 2019

Wild Game - Adrienne Brodeur

Dan Kois: Slate The 10 Best Books of 2019

Ducks, Newburyport - Lucy Ellmann

Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune The 10 Best Books of 2019

Katy Waldman: New Yorker The Best Books of 2019

Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates

Esquire The Best Books of the 2010s

Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe

Chicago Public Library Top Ten Books of 2019

For Reading Addicts The 20 Best Books of the Decade 2010-2019

Smithsonian Favorite Books of 2019

A Visit from the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan

Entertainment Weekly Top 10 Fiction Books of the 2010s

No Visible Bruises - Rachel Louise Snyder

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2019

Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe

Time The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Time The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2019

Disappearing Earth - Julia Phillips

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2019

Washington Post Best Books of 2019