Year-End Lists

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

Books

Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune The 10 Best Books of 2020

The Undocumented Americans - Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Molly Young: New York The 10 Best Books of 2020

Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi

Wall Street Journal The 10 Best Books of 2020

Suppose a Sentence - Brian Dillon

Lit Hub Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2020

Deacon King Kong - James McBride

Maureen Corrigan: NPR 10 Top Books of 2020

Pass with Care - Cooper Lee Bombardier

David Gutowski Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020

Rest and Be Thankful - Emma Glass

Real Simple The Best Books of 2020

New Yorker The Best Books We Read in 2020

Library Journal Best Literary Fiction of 2020

Luster - Raven Leilani

Shelf Awareness Best Books of 2020

Finna - Nate Marshall

Chicago Public Library Top 20 Books of 2020

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Guardian Best Fiction of 2020

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

New York Public Library Top 10 Books of 2020

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Lindsay Baker: BBC The Best Books of the Year 2020

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2020

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

Time The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2020

Deacon King Kong - James McBride

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2020

Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart

The Booker Prize 2020 Award

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Time The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2020

Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi

Washington Post 10 Best Books of 2020

A Girl is A Body of Water - Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

O Magazine 20 Best Books of 2020

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2020

Actress - Anne Enright

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2020