Books - Year-End Lists

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The Rouse - China Miéville

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2026

The Palm House - Gwendoline Riley

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2026

Catch the Devil - Pamela Colloff

Kirkus Prize Nonfiction 2026

Kin - Tayari Jones

Kirkus Prize Fiction 2026

Huna - Abdelrahman ElGendy

National Book Award Nonfiction 2026

Dèy - Edwidge Danticat

National Book Award Fiction 2026

Whidbey - T Kira Madden

The Center for Fiction 2026 First Novel Prize

The End of Everything - M. John Harrison

The Booker Prize 2026 Award

The Finest Hotel in Kabul - Lyse Doucet

Women's Prize Non-Fiction 2026

The Correspondent - Virginia Evans

Women's Prize Fiction 2026

Gliff - Ali Smith

Dublin Literary Award 2026

Taiwan Travelogue - Yáng Shuāng-zǐ

The Booker Prize 2026 International Award

Joy Is My Middle Name - Sasha Debevec-McKenney

Dylan Thomas Prize 2026 Award

Small Scale Sinners - Mahreen Sohail

PEN/Faulkner Award Fiction 2026

Angel Down - Daniel Kraus

MJ Franklin Favorite Books of 2025

Things in Nature Merely Grow - Yiyun Li

Carnegie Medal Nonfiction 2026

A Guardian and a Thief - Megha Majumdar

Carnegie Medal Fiction 2026

Dogs - C. Mallon

Sam Franzini: Our Culture The Best Books of 2025

An Archive of Love Volume II - Romaisa Baddar (curator)

Passerby Best Books of 2025

Stop Me If You've Heard This One - Kristen Arnett

Autostraddle The Best Queer Books of 2025

Stone Yard Devotional - Charlotte Wood

New York Post The 30 Best Books of 2025

A Guardian and a Thief - Megha Majumdar

Adam Morgan: Esquire The 35 Best Books of 2025

At Last - Marisa Silver

Boston Globe The Best Books of 2025

Scorched Earth - Tiana Clark

Traci Thomas: WBUR Top Books of 2025