Year-End Lists

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

Books
Hell of a Book - Jason Mott

National Book Award Fiction 2021

All That She Carried - Tiya Miles

National Book Award Nonfiction 2021

All That She Carried - Tiya Miles

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2021

Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr

Oprah Daily 20 Favorite Books of 2021

Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner

Powell's Books The 14 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Sterling Karat Gold - Isabel Waidner

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2021

Afterparties - Anthony Veasna So

Powell's Books The 18 Best Novels of 2021

The Promise - Damon Galgut

The Booker Prize 2021 Award

Punch Me Up to the Gods - Brian Broome

Kirkus Reviews Nonfiction 2021

Harrow - Joy Williams

Kirkus Reviews Fiction 2021

Piranesi - Susanna Clarke

Women's Prize Fiction 2021

Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli

Dublin Literary Award 2021

Luster - Raven Leilani

Dylan Thomas Prize 2021 Award

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies - Deesha Philyaw

PEN/Faulkner Award Fiction 2021

Hood Feminism - Mikki Kendall

Bustle The Best Books Of 2020

Notes on a Silencing - Lacy Crawford

BookPage Best Books of 2020: Nonfiction

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

BookPage Best Books of 2020: Fiction

Piranesi - Susanna Clarke

Thrillist The Best Books of 2020

Memorial - Bryan Washington

Harper’s Bazaar The Best Books of 2020

Elatsoe - Darcie Little Badger

Shondaland The Best Books of 2020

Uncanny Valley - Anna Wiener

Electric Lit Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020

The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin

Electric Lit Favorite Novels of 2020

Claire Fallon: HuffPost The Best Books of 2020

Uncanny Valley - Anna Wiener

Vogue The Best Books of 2020