Year-End Lists

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

« 2025
Flashlight - Susan Choi

Electric Lit Best Novels of 2025

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El Akkad

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2025

A Flower Traveled in My Blood - Haley Cohen Gilliland

BookPage The Best Nonfiction of 2025

The Antidote - Karen Russell

BookPage The Best Fiction of 2025

Uncanny Valley Girls - Zefyr Lisowski

Electric Lit Best Nonfiction of 2025

The Harder I Fight the More I Love You - Neko Case

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025

Flashlight - Susan Choi

Chicago Public Library Top 10 Favorite Books of 2025

Pan - Michael Clune

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025

Ruth - Kate Riley

Washington Post The 10 Best Books of 2025

Flashlight - Susan Choi

Maria Crawford: Financial Times Best Fiction of 2025

Perfection - Vincenzo Latronico

Economist The Best Books of 2025

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) - Rabih Alameddine

National Book Award Fiction 2025

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El Akkad

National Book Award Nonfiction 2025

Sky Daddy - Kate Folk

Oprah Daily The Books That Got Us Through 2025

Flesh - David Szalay

The Booker Prize 2025 Award

We Live Here Now - C.D. Rose

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2025

How to End a Story - Helen Garner

The Baillie Gifford Prize 2025 Award

Audition - Katie Kitamura

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2025

The Slip - Lucas Schaefer

Kirkus Prize Fiction 2025

King of Kings - Scott Anderson

Kirkus Prize Nonfiction 2025

The Story of a Heart - Rachel Clarke

Women's Prize Non-Fiction 2025

The Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden

Women's Prize Fiction 2025

The Adversary - Michael Crummey

Dublin Literary Award 2025

Heart Lamp - Banu Mushtaq

The Booker Prize 2025 International Award