Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

National Book Award: Fiction 2016

16 November 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

National Book Award: Fiction 2016

[see also Fiction 2023Nonfiction 2023Fiction 2022Nonfiction 2022Fiction 2021Nonfiction 2021Fiction 2020Nonfiction 2020Fiction 2019Nonfiction 2019Fiction 2018Nonfiction 2018Fiction 2017Nonfiction 2017Nonfiction 2016Fiction 2013Nonfiction 2013]

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National Book Award: Poetry 2016

16 November 2016

The Performance of Becoming Human - Daniel Borzutzky

National Book Award: Poetry 2016

[see also 20232022202120202019201820172013]

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National Book Award: Nonfiction 2016

16 November 2016

Stamped from the Beginning - Ibram X. Kendi

National Book Award: Nonfiction 2016

[see also Fiction 2023Nonfiction 2023Fiction 2022Nonfiction 2022Fiction 2021Nonfiction 2021Fiction 2020Nonfiction 2020Fiction 2019Nonfiction 2019Fiction 2018Nonfiction 2018Fiction 2017Nonfiction 2017Fiction 2016Fiction 2013Nonfiction 2013]

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Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2016

03 November 2016

In the Darkroom - Susan Faludi

Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2016, awarded by Kirkus Reviews

[see also Fiction 2023Nonfiction 2023Nonfiction 2022Fiction 2022Nonfiction 2021Fiction 2021Nonfiction 2020Fiction 2020Nonfiction 2019Fiction 2019Nonfiction 2018Fiction 2018Nonfiction 2017Fiction 2017Fiction 2016Nonfiction 2015Fiction 2015Nonfiction 2014Fiction 2014]

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Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2016

03 November 2016

The Sport of Kings - C.E. Morgan

Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2016, awarded by Kirkus Reviews

[see also Fiction 2023Nonfiction 2023Nonfiction 2022Fiction 2022Nonfiction 2021Fiction 2021Nonfiction 2020Fiction 2020Nonfiction 2019Fiction 2019Nonfiction 2018Fiction 2018Nonfiction 2017Fiction 2017Nonfiction 2016Nonfiction 2015Fiction 2015Nonfiction 2014Fiction 2014]

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The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2016

25 October 2016

The Sellout - Paul Beatty

The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2016

[see also 202320222021202020192018201720152014201320122011]

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Women's Prize for Fiction: 2016

08 June 2016

The Glorious Heresies - Lisa McInerney

Women's Prize for Fiction: 2016

[see also 202320222021202020192018201720152014201320122011]

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Cinema Scope: Top Ten Films of 2015

10 March 2016

Cemetery of Splendor - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Cinema Scope: Top Ten Films of 2015

[see also 2022202120202010s20192018201720162014201320122011]

Special mentions

Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2015

12 January 2016

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2015 (an annual poll of critics, published by The Village Voice)

[see also 2018201720162014201320122011]

Glenn Kenny: 47 Noteworthy Films of 2015

11 January 2016

Glenn Kenny: 47 Noteworthy Films of 2015 (released in the United States)

[see also 2022202120202010s201920182017201620132012]