Year-End Lists

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

Books
The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin

New York Public Library Top 10 Books of 2020

Piranesi - Susanna Clarke

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

Memorial - Bryan Washington

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

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

Washington Post 10 Best Books of 2020

Deacon King Kong - James McBride

O Magazine 20 Best Books of 2020

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2020

Piranesi - Susanna Clarke

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2020

Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu

National Book Award Fiction 2020

The Dead Are Arising - Les Payne and Tamara Payne

National Book Award Nonfiction 2020

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

Time The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020

The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again - M. John Harrison

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2020

How Much of These Hills Is Gold - C Pam Zhang

Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2020

Stakes Is High - Mychal Denzel Smith

Kirkus Reviews Nonfiction 2020

Luster - Raven Leilani

Kirkus Reviews Fiction 2020

Uncanny Valley - Anna Wiener

Powell's Books Best Nonfiction of 2020

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

Women's Prize Fiction 2020

Milkman - Anna Burns

Dublin Literary Award 2020

Lot - Bryan Washington

Dylan Thomas Prize 2020 Award

Sea Monsters - Chloe Aridjis

PEN/Faulkner Award Fiction 2020

Wake, Siren - Nina MacLaughlin

Boston.com The 18 Best Books of 2019