Year-End Lists

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

2016

San Francisco Chronicle: 100 Recommended Books of 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Top 10 Books of 2016

Boston Globe: Kate Tuttle: 20 Best Nonfiction Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Boston Globe: John Freeman: 15 Best Fiction Books of 2016

Dennis Cooper: 52 Favorite Books of 2016

Barkskins - Annie Proulx

Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2016

Library Journal: 10 Best Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Time: Sarah Begley: Top 20 Books of 2016

The Lonely City - Olivia Laing

Maria Popova: 16 Favorite Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan: 10 Best Books of 2016

Innocents and Others - Dana Spiotta

BBC Culture: Jane Ciabattari: The 10 Best Books of 2016

The Nix - Nathan Hill

Entertainment Weekly: The 20 Best Books of 2016

New York Times: 10 Best Books of 2016

The Nix - Nathan Hill

Powell's Books: Best Fiction of 2016

Shrill - Lindy West

Powell's Books: Best Nonfiction of 2016

Here I Am - Jonathan Safran Foer

Harper’s Bazaar: The 13 Best Books of 2016

The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter - Kia Corthron

The Center for Fiction: 2016 First Novel Prize

Evicted - Matthew Desmond

Chicago Public Library: Top Ten Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

National Book Award: Fiction 2016

Stamped from the Beginning - Ibram X. Kendi

National Book Award: Nonfiction 2016

Solar Bones - Mike McCormack

Goldsmiths Prize: Best Fiction of 2016

In the Darkroom - Susan Faludi

Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2016

The Sport of Kings - C.E. Morgan

Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2016

The Sellout - Paul Beatty

The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2016

The Glorious Heresies - Lisa McInerney

Women's Prize: Best Fiction of 2016