Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

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Deep River - Karl Marlantes

Boston.com The 18 Best Books of 2019

In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado

BookPage Best Nonfiction Books of 2019

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

BookPage Best Fiction Books of 2019

Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli

Barack Obama Favorite Books of 2019

Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli

Atlantic The 15 Best Books of 2019

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2019

The Old Drift - Namwali Serpell

Electric Lit 15 Best Novels of 2019

Go Ahead in the Rain - Hanif Abdurraqib

Electric Lit 15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019

Normal People - Sally Rooney

New York Public Library 10 Best Books of 2019

The Dutch House - Ann Patchett

BuzzFeed Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019

Cleanness - Garth Greenwell

Anthony Domestico: Commonweal 2019 Books in Review

Juliet the Maniac - Juliet Escoria

Dennis Cooper Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019

Hyperallergic Top 25 Books of 2019

God Save the Queens - Kathy Iandoli

No Depression Top Music Books of 2019

Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe

Wall Street Journal The Best Books of 2019

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Constance Grady: Vox The Best Books I Read in 2019

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2019

Normal People - Sally Rooney

Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best Books of 2019

Eve's Hollywood - Eve Babitz

Michael Silverblatt: KCRW Best Books of 2019

The Topeka School - Ben Lerner

Molly Young: New York The Best Books of 2019

Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe

Powell's Books Best Nonfiction of 2019

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Maureen Corrigan: NPR Favorite Books of 2019

Normal People - Sally Rooney

Laura Miller: Slate The 10 Best Books of 2019

Fleishman Is in Trouble - Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Shelf Awareness Best Books of 2019