Year-End Lists

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

Books
Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

Women's Prize: Best Fiction of 2020

Milkman - Anna Burns

Dublin Literary Award: 2020

Sea Monsters - Chloe Aridjis

PEN/Faulkner Award: Fiction 2020

Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli

Boston.com: The 18 Best Books of 2019

The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt

BuzzFeed: The 24 Best Books of the Decade

In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado

BookPage: Best Nonfiction Books of 2019

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

BookPage: Best Fiction Books of 2019

How to Do Nothing - Jenny Odell

Barack Obama: Favorite Books of 2019

Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli

Atlantic: The 15 Best Books of 2019

The Testaments - Margaret Atwood

Spectrum Culture: Favorite Books of 2019

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2019

The Unpassing - Chia-Chia Lin

Electric Lit: 15 Best Novels of 2019

Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl - Jeannie Vanasco

Electric Lit: 15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019

The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt

Town & Country: The 17 Best Books of the 2010s

Disappearing Earth - Julia Phillips

New York Public Library: 10 Best Books of 2019

The Topeka School - Ben Lerner

BuzzFeed: Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019

Lay Studies - Steven Toussaint

Commonweal: Anthony Domestico: 2019 Books in Review

Juliet the Maniac - Juliet Escoria

Dennis Cooper: Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019

Hyperallergic: Top 25 Books of 2019

Janis - Holly George-Warren

No Depression: Top Music Books of 2019

The Vexations - Caitlin Horrocks

Wall Street Journal: The Best Books of 2019

Fleishman Is in Trouble - Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Vox: Constance Grady: The Best Books I Read in 2019

The Shadow King - Maaza Mengiste

Powell's Books: Best Fiction of 2019

Normal People - Sally Rooney

Entertainment Weekly: The 10 Best Books of 2019

Eve's Hollywood - Eve Babitz

KCRW: Michael Silverblatt: Best Books of 2019

The Topeka School - Ben Lerner

Vulture: Molly Young: The Best Books of 2019

How to Do Nothing - Jenny Odell

Powell's Books: Best Nonfiction of 2019

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan: Favorite Books of 2019

Normal People - Sally Rooney

Slate: Laura Miller: The 10 Best Books of 2019

Wild Game - Adrienne Brodeur

Slate: Dan Kois: The 10 Best Books of 2019

Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli

Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli: The 10 Best Books of 2019

New Yorker: Katy Waldman: 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

The Shadow King - Maaza Mengiste

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

Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli

New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2019

Washington Post: Best Books of 2019

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

National Book Award: Fiction 2019

The Yellow House - Sarah M. Broom

National Book Award: Nonfiction 2019

The Tiger’s Wife - Téa Obreht

Lit Hub: The 20 Best Novels of the 2010s

The Water Dancer - Ta-Nehisi Coates

Library Journal: Best Literary Fiction of 2019

Vogue: The Best Novels of 2019

Ducks, Newburyport - Lucy Ellmann

Goldsmiths Prize: Best Fiction of 2019