Year-End Lists

The Message

• Best Nonfiction of 2024: Electric Lit The Top 5 Nonfiction Books of the Year
• 21 Best Books of 2024: Vanity Fair
• The Best Books of 2024: Town & Country
• 100 Notable Books of 2024: New York Times Nonfiction

The Water Dancer

• 1 The Best Books of 2019: O Magazine
• 14 The 40 Best Novels of the 2010s: Paste

• Best Literary Fiction of 2019: Library Journal
• Top Ten Books of 2019: Chicago Public Library
• The Best Books of 2019: She Reads Historical Fiction

We Were Eight Years in Power

• 1 Top 10 Books of 2017: Michigan Daily
• 3 Best Books of 2017: The Week Nonfiction
• 2 Top 20 Books of 2017: Time Nonfiction
• 4 45 Best Books of 2017: Paste Nonfiction
• 16 Best Books of 2017: Entropy Nonfiction

• 11 Favorite Books of 2017: O Magazine
• 19 Best Nonfiction Books of 2017: Kate Tuttle: Boston Globe
• Best Books of 2017: Book Riot
• 36 Best Books of 2017: Los Angeles Times Nonfiction
• Top 20 Books of 2017: Stranger Besties
• 100 Notable Books of 2017: New York Times Nonfiction

Between the World and Me

• Nonfiction 2015: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize Won

• 1 15 Best Books of 2015: Harper’s Bazaar
• 1 11 Best Books of 2015: Entertainment Weekly
• 1 The Best Books of the 2010s: Esquire
• 12 The 17 Best Books of the 2010s: Town & Country

• Top 10 Books of 2015: David L. Ulin: Los Angeles Times
• The 10 Best Books of 2015: Vogue
• Top Ten Books of 2015: Chicago Public Library
• 10 Best Books of 2015: Washington Post
• 10 Best Books of 2015: Publishers Weekly
• The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of the 2010s: Time
• 10 Best Books of 2015: New York Times Nonfiction
• Top 10 Books of 2015: San Francisco Chronicle Nonfiction
• 20 Favorite Books of 2015: A.V. Club
• The 20 Best Books of the 2010s: For Reading Addicts
• The 20 Best Works of Nonfiction of the 2010s: Lit Hub The Top Twenty
• 2015 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness Nonfiction
• 50 Best Books of 2015: St. Louis Post-Dispatch Nonfiction