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.
2018 Books

Christian Lorentzen: 10 Best Books of 2018

06 December 2018

Christian Lorentzen: 10 Best Books of 2018, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2017]

  1. Motherhood
    Sheila Heti
  2. The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
    Denis Johnson
  3. Kudos
    Rachel Cusk
  4. Cherry
    Nico Walker
  5. A Handbook of Disappointed Fate
    Anne Boyer
  6. A Terrible Country
    Keith Gessen
  7. American Histories
    John Edgar Wideman
  8. How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
    Alexander Chee
  9. Inappropriation
    Lexi Freiman
  10. The Earth Dies Streaming
    A.S. Hamrah

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