Year-End Lists

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

Books
Is a River Alive? - Robert Macfarlane

New Yorker The Best Books of 2025

Murderland - Caroline Fraser

Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune The 10 Best Books of 2025

Helm - Sarah Hall

Martin Chilton: Independent Best Books of 2025

The Director - Daniel Kehlmann

Lit Hub 43 Favorite Books of 2025

King of Kings - Scott Anderson

Wall Street Journal The 10 Best Books of 2025

Lonely Crowds - Stephanie Wambugu

Jasmine Vojdani: New York The Best Books of 2025

Shadow Ticket - Thomas Pynchon

Emma Alpern: New York The Best Books of 2025

The Director - Daniel Kehlmann

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2025

Woodworking - Emily St. James

Them The 32 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2025

Stone Yard Devotional - Charlotte Wood

New York Public Library Best Books for Adults 2025

We Do Not Part - Han Kang

Time The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025

Dominion - Addie E. Citchens

Electric Lit Best Novels of 2025

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny - Kiran Desai

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2025

Black in Blues - Imani Perry

BookPage The Best Nonfiction of 2025

Palaver - Bryan Washington

BookPage The Best Fiction of 2025

The Dry Season - Melissa Febos

Electric Lit Best Nonfiction of 2025

A Truce That Is Not Peace - Miriam Toews

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025

Flashlight - Susan Choi

Chicago Public Library Top 10 Favorite Books of 2025

Audition - Katie Kitamura

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025

Stone Yard Devotional - Charlotte Wood

Washington Post The 10 Best Books of 2025

Flashlight - Susan Choi

Maria Crawford: Financial Times Best Fiction of 2025

Raising Hare - Chloe Dalton

Economist The Best Books of 2025

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) - Rabih Alameddine

National Book Award Fiction 2025

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El Akkad

National Book Award Nonfiction 2025