Year-End Lists

A browsable archive of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
2016 Books

Maureen Corrigan: 10 Best Books of 2016

21 December 2016

Maureen Corrigan: 10 Best Books of 2016 (as aired on NPR’s Fresh Air)

[see also 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2011]

  1. The Underground Railroad
    Colson Whitehead
  2. Homegoing
    Yaa Gyasi
  3. Underground Airlines
    Ben H. Winters
  4. Here I Am
    Jonathan Safran Foer
  5. The Wonder
    Emma Donoghue
  6. The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
    Olivia Laing
  7. Eleanor Roosevelt: The War Years And After, 1939-1962
    Blanche Wiesen Cook
  8. Eyes On The Street: The Life Of Jane Jacobs
    Robert Kanigel
  9. Born To Run
    Bruce Springsteen
  10. When Breath Becomes Air
    Paul Kalanithi

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