Year-End Lists

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

Books
Memorial - Bryan Washington

Refinery29 Best Books of 2020

Boston Globe Best Books of 2020

The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin

Vanity Fair The 15 Best Books of 2020

Barack Obama Favorite Books of 2020

Luster - Raven Leilani

Passerby Best Books of 2020

Katy Waldman: New Yorker My Favorite Fiction of 2020

The Glass Hotel - Emily St. John Mandel

A.V. Club 15 Favorite Books of 2020

The Glass Hotel - Emily St. John Mandel

Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best Books of 2020

Constance Grady: Vox The 15 Best Books of 2020

Dan Kois: Slate The Best Books of 2020

Laura Miller: Slate The Best Books of 2020

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

Actress - Anne Enright

Wall Street Journal The 10 Best Books of 2020

A Burning - Megha Majumdar

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

The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin

Shelf Awareness Best Books of 2020

Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi

Chicago Public Library Top 20 Books of 2020

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Guardian Best Fiction of 2020