Year-End Lists

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

Books
A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara

The 24 Best Books of the Decade BuzzFeed

In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado

Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 BookPage

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Best Fiction Books of 2019 BookPage

The Yellow House - Sarah M. Broom

Favorite Books of 2019 Barack Obama

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

The 15 Best Books of 2019 Atlantic

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

10 Best Books of 2019 Publishers Weekly

Death Is Hard Work - Khaled Khalifa

15 Best Novels of 2019 Electric Lit

Trick Mirror - Jia Tolentino

15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 Electric Lit

The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt

The 17 Best Books of the 2010s Town & Country

Disappearing Earth - Julia Phillips

10 Best Books of 2019 New York Public Library

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019 BuzzFeed

Lay Studies - Steven Toussaint

2019 Books in Review Commonweal: Anthony Domestico

Juliet the Maniac - Juliet Escoria

Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019 Dennis Cooper

Top 25 Books of 2019 Hyperallergic

Janis - Holly George-Warren

Top Music Books of 2019 No Depression

Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe

The Best Books of 2019 Wall Street Journal

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

The Best Books I Read in 2019 Vox: Constance Grady

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Best Fiction of 2019 Powell's Books

Normal People - Sally Rooney

The 10 Best Books of 2019 Entertainment Weekly

Eve's Hollywood - Eve Babitz

Best Books of 2019 KCRW: Michael Silverblatt

The Topeka School - Ben Lerner

The Best Books of 2019 Vulture: Molly Young

Go Ahead in the Rain - Hanif Abdurraqib

Best Nonfiction of 2019 Powell's Books

The Dutch House - Ann Patchett

Favorite Books of 2019 Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

The 10 Best Books of 2019 Slate: Laura Miller