Year-End Lists

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10 Best Books of 2017 Chicago Public Library

Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie

36 Best Books of 2017 Los Angeles Times

Exit West - Mohsin Hamid

10 Best Books of 2017 New York Times

10 Best Books of 2017 Washington Post

H(A)PPY - Nicola Barker

Best Fiction of 2017 Goldsmiths Prize

Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward

Fiction 2017 National Book Award

The Future Is History - Masha Gessen

Nonfiction 2017 National Book Award

The Gulf - Jack E. Davis

Nonfiction 2017 Kirkus Prize

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky - Lesley Nneka Arimah

Fiction 2017 Kirkus Prize

Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders

Best Fiction of 2017 The Booker Prize

The Power - Naomi Alderman

Best Fiction of 2017 Women's Prize

100 Recommended Books of 2016 San Francisco Chronicle

Top 10 Books of 2016 San Francisco Chronicle

20 Best Nonfiction Books of 2016 Boston Globe: Kate Tuttle

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

15 Best Fiction Books of 2016 Boston Globe: John Freeman

52 Favorite Books of 2016 Dennis Cooper

Barkskins - Annie Proulx

10 Best Books of 2016 Publishers Weekly

10 Best Books of 2016 Library Journal

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Top 20 Books of 2016 Time: Sarah Begley

The Lonely City - Olivia Laing

16 Favorite Books of 2016 Maria Popova

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

10 Best Books of 2016 Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan

Innocents and Others - Dana Spiotta

The 10 Best Books of 2016 BBC Culture: Jane Ciabattari

The Nix - Nathan Hill

The 20 Best Books of 2016 Entertainment Weekly

10 Best Books of 2016 New York Times

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