Year-End Lists

Crook Manifesto

• 19 The 20 Best Books of 2023: Esquire

• The Best Fiction of 2023: BookPage
• The Best Books of 2023: Town & Country
• The 45 Best New Books of 2023: Harper’s Bazaar
• 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2023: Washington Post
• 100 Notable Books of 2023: New York Times Fiction

Harlem Shuffle

• 13 20 Favorite Books of 2021: Oprah Daily

• Fiction 2021: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize Finalist
• Top 10 Books of 2021: Chicago Public Library
• The Best Books of 2021: Laura Miller: Slate
• 2021 Best Books: Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air
• Best Books of 2021: Shelf Awareness Fiction
• Favorite Books of 2021: Barack Obama
• 15 Favorite Books of 2021: A.V. Club
• 20 Favorite New Books of 2021: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• The Best Books of 2021: Boston Globe Fiction
• The Best Books of 2021: Patrick Rapa: The Philadelphia Inquirer Also great
• Best Fiction of 2021: Guardian
• 40 Best Books of 2021: Parade Magazine
• The Best Books of 2021: Hillary Kelly: New York: Vulture Honorable mention
• The 50 Best Books of 2021: Esquire
• 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021: Washington Post
• Best Fiction Books of 2021: Kirkus Reviews
• 100 Notable Books of 2021: New York Times

The Nickel Boys

• Fiction 2019: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize Won

• 1 Best Fiction Books of 2019: BookPage
• 1 The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2019: Time
• 2 The 10 Best Books of 2019: Entertainment Weekly

• The 10 Best Books of 2019: Laura Miller: Slate Fiction
• Favorite Books of 2019: Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air Fiction
• 2021: Dublin Literary Award Shortlisted
• The Best Books I Read in 2019: Constance Grady: Vox Fiction
• Top Ten Books of 2019: Chicago Public Library
• Best Literary Fiction of 2019: Library Journal
• 10 Best Books of 2019: Publishers Weekly
• The 18 Best Books of 2019: Boston.com Fiction
• The 10 Best Fiction Books of the 2010s: Time
• Fiction 2019: National Book Award Longlisted
• Best Fiction of 2019: Powell's Books
• Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019: BuzzFeed Fiction
• The Best Books of 2019: She Reads Historical Fiction
• Fiction 2020: Carnegie Medal Longlisted
• Top 10 Fiction Books of the 2010s: Entertainment Weekly The Next 10
• Favorite Books of 2019: Barack Obama And here's a reminder of books I recommended earlier this year
• 100 Notable Books of 2019: New York Times

The Underground Railroad

• Fiction 2017: Carnegie Medal Won
• Fiction 2016: National Book Award Won

• 1 10 Best Books of 2016: Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air
• 1 Top 20 Books of 2016: Sarah Begley: Time Fiction
• 1 The 40 Best Novels of the 2010s: Paste
• 7 The 13 Best Books of 2016: Harper’s Bazaar
• 9 10 Best Books of 2016: Publishers Weekly
• 10 10 Best Books of 2016: Library Journal
• 11 The 17 Best Books of the 2010s: Town & Country

• 10 Best Books of 2016: New York Times Fiction
• Top 10 Books of 2016: San Francisco Chronicle Fiction
• Fiction 2016: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize Finalist
• Top Ten Books of 2016: Chicago Public Library
• The 10 Best Books of 2016: Washington Post
• 15 Best Fiction Books of 2016: John Freeman: Boston Globe
• 2016 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness Fiction
• 2017 Award: The Booker Prize Longlisted
• Best Books of 2017: Verso Books Fiction
• The 20 Best Books of the 2010s: For Reading Addicts
• The 20 Best Novels of the 2010s: Lit Hub The Top Twenty