Year-End Lists

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

2021
Girlhood - Melissa Febos

Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2021 Electric Lit

Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters

Favorite Novels of 2021 Electric Lit

Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro

The 20 Best Books of 2021 Atlantic

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

40 Best Books of 2021 Parade Magazine

Happy Hour - Marlowe Granados

Best Books of 2021 Passerby

Orwell's Roses - Rebecca Solnit

Best Books of 2021 New Statesman

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The 5 Best Novels of 2021 Los Angeles Times: Bethanne Patrick

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe

The 5 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021 Los Angeles Times: Mary Ann Gwinn

Afterparties - Anthony Veasna So

The 5 Best Fiction Books of 2021 Los Angeles Times: Mark Athitakis

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Favorite Books of 2021 Barack Obama

The Last Graduate - Naomi Novik

The Best Books of 2021 Thrillist

Harrow - Joy Williams

The 5 Best Books of 2021 Los Angeles Times: Jessica Ferri

Infinite Country - Patricia Engel

The 10 Best Books of 2021 Entertainment Weekly

The 50 Best Books of 2021 Esquire

The Copenhagen Trilogy - Tove Ditlevsen

15 Favorite Books of 2021 A.V. Club

Matrix - Lauren Groff

The Best Books of 2021 Vulture: Hillary Kelly

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021 Lit Hub

2021 Best Books Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan

Beautiful World, Where Are You - Sally Rooney

The Best Books Of 2021 BuzzFeed

All That She Carried - Tiya Miles

20 Favorite New Books of 2021 St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Best Books of 2021 Economist

Matrix - Lauren Groff

Best Literary Fiction of 2021 Library Journal

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021 Time: Annabel Gutterman

Crossroads - Jonathan Franzen

The Best Books of 2021 USA Today