Year-End Lists

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

Books
Orwell's Roses - Rebecca Solnit

Best Books of 2021 New Statesman

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

The 5 Best Novels of 2021 Los Angeles Times: Bethanne Patrick

The Agitators - Dorothy Wickenden

The 5 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021 Los Angeles Times: Mary Ann Gwinn

Crossroads - Jonathan Franzen

The 5 Best Fiction Books of 2021 Los Angeles Times: Mark Athitakis

Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner

Favorite Books of 2021 Barack Obama

Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner

The Best Books of 2021 Thrillist

Harrow - Joy Williams

The 5 Best Books of 2021 Los Angeles Times: Jessica Ferri

Infinite Country - Patricia Engel

The 10 Best Books of 2021 Entertainment Weekly

The 50 Best Books of 2021 Esquire

Harrow - Joy Williams

15 Favorite Books of 2021 A.V. Club

Matrix - Lauren Groff

The Best Books of 2021 Vulture: Hillary Kelly

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021 Lit Hub

2021 Best Books Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan

The Archer - Shruti Swamy

The Best Books Of 2021 BuzzFeed

Crossroads - Jonathan Franzen

20 Favorite New Books of 2021 St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Best Books of 2021 Economist

Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr

Best Literary Fiction of 2021 Library Journal

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021 Time: Annabel Gutterman

The Burning Blue - Kevin Cook

The Best Books of 2021 USA Today

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Top 10 Books of 2021 KCRW: Michael Silverblatt

Bewilderment - Richard Powers

The Best Books of 2021 Boston Globe

All That She Carried - Tiya Miles

The Best Books of 2021 Slate: Laura Miller

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021 Time: Annabel Gutterman

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

The Best Books of 2021 The Philadelphia Inquirer: Patrick Rapa