Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

2018

Entropy: Best Books of 2018

11 December 2018

Entropy: Best Books of 2018, Non-Fiction and Fiction, "in no particular order" but numbered as follows.

[see also 2017]

Non-Fiction

  1. various authors
  2. various authors

Fiction

Nylon: Kristin Iversen: Best Books Of 2018

10 December 2018

Kristin Iversen: Best Books Of 2018, as published by Nylon

Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2018

09 December 2018

Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2018

[see also 202320222021202020192017201620152014201320122011]

Spectrum Culture: Favorite Books of 2018

09 December 2018

Spectrum Culture: Favorite Books of 2018, including "any book we read in 2018, regardless of release date"

[see also 2019]

Christian Science Monitor: Best Fiction Reads of 2018

07 December 2018

Transcription - Kate Atkinson

Christian Science Monitor: Best Fiction Reads of 2018

[see also 2017]

Wall Street Journal: Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2018

07 December 2018

The Wall Street Journal: Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2018

[see also 202120202019]

Powell's Books: Best Fiction of 2018

07 December 2018

The Third Hotel - Laura van den Berg

Powell's Books: Best Fiction of 2018

[see also Best Nonfiction of 2023Best Fiction of 2023Best Nonfiction of 2022Best Fiction of 2022The 14 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021The 18 Best Novels of 2021Best Fiction of 2020Best Nonfiction of 2020Best Fiction of 2019Best Nonfiction of 2019Best Nonfiction of 2018Best Nonfiction of 2017Best Fiction of 2017Best Fiction of 2016Best Nonfiction of 2016Best Nonfiction Books of 2015Best Fiction Books of 2015Best Fiction of 2014Best Nonfiction of 2014]

HuffPost: Claire Fallon: Best Fiction Of 2018

07 December 2018

The Third Hotel - Laura van den Berg

Claire Fallon: Best Fiction Of 2018, as published by HuffPost

[see also 2020]

Vulture: Christian Lorentzen: 10 Best Books of 2018

06 December 2018

Motherhood - Sheila Heti

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

[see also 2017]

Powell's Books: Best Nonfiction of 2018

06 December 2018

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark - Michelle McNamara

Powell's Books: Best Nonfiction of 2018

[see also Best Nonfiction of 2023Best Fiction of 2023Best Nonfiction of 2022Best Fiction of 2022The 14 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021The 18 Best Novels of 2021Best Fiction of 2020Best Nonfiction of 2020Best Fiction of 2019Best Nonfiction of 2019Best Fiction of 2018Best Nonfiction of 2017Best Fiction of 2017Best Fiction of 2016Best Nonfiction of 2016Best Nonfiction Books of 2015Best Fiction Books of 2015Best Fiction of 2014Best Nonfiction of 2014]