Year-End Lists

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2016
All Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Recommended Books of 2016

San Francisco Chronicle Top 10 Books of 2016

Boston Globe: Kate Tuttle 20 Best Nonfiction Books of 2016

Barkskins - Annie Proulx

Boston Globe: John Freeman 15 Best Fiction Books of 2016

Dennis Cooper 52 Favorite Books of 2016

Barkskins - Annie Proulx

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2016

Library Journal 10 Best Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Time: Sarah Begley Top 20 Books of 2016

The Lonely City - Olivia Laing

Maria Popova 16 Favorite Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan 10 Best Books of 2016

Innocents and Others - Dana Spiotta

BBC Culture: Jane Ciabattari The 10 Best Books of 2016

The Nix - Nathan Hill

Entertainment Weekly The 20 Best Books of 2016

New York Times 10 Best Books of 2016

Innocents and Others - Dana Spiotta

Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2016

Shrill - Lindy West

Powell's Books Best Nonfiction of 2016

Here I Am - Jonathan Safran Foer

Harper’s Bazaar The 13 Best Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Shelf Awareness 2016 Best Books of the Year

The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter - Kia Corthron

The Center for Fiction 2016 First Novel Prize

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Chicago Public Library Top Ten Books of 2016

Evicted - Matthew Desmond

Washington Post The 10 Best Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

National Book Award Fiction 2016

Stamped from the Beginning - Ibram X. Kendi

National Book Award Nonfiction 2016

Solar Bones - Mike McCormack

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2016

In the Darkroom - Susan Faludi

Kirkus Prize Nonfiction 2016

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