Year-End Lists

Appears on 15 lists

• 2025 Award: The Booker Prize Won

• 2 The 10 Best Books of 2025: Anna Bonet: The i Paper
• 5 Best Books of 2025: Martin Chilton: Independent

• Fiction 2025: Kirkus: Kirkus Prize Finalist
• Top 10 Favorite Books of 2025: Chicago Public Library
• 10 Notable Books of 2025: AP
• Best Fiction of 2025: Maria Crawford: Financial Times
• The Observer's Books of the Year 2025: Observer Fiction
• The 15 Best Books of 2025: Los Angeles Times
• The 30 Best Books of 2025: New York Post Fiction
• Fiction 2026: Carnegie Medal Longlisted
• The Best Fiction of 2025: Justine Jordan: Guardian
• The Best Books of 2025: New Yorker Fiction & Poetry
• 100 Notable Books of 2025: New York Times Fiction
• The Best Books of 2025: Economist Fiction