Year-End Lists

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

Books
Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner

Chicago Public Library Top 10 Books of 2021

She Who Became the Sun - Shelley Parker-Chan

New York Public Library Top 10 Books of 2021

Afterparties - Anthony Veasna So

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2021

Finding the Mother Tree - Suzanne Simard

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021

How Beautiful We Were - Imbolo Mbue

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe

Washington Post The 10 Best Books of 2021

Hell of a Book - Jason Mott

National Book Award Fiction 2021

All That She Carried - Tiya Miles

National Book Award Nonfiction 2021

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe

The Baillie Gifford Prize 2021 Award

Second Place - Rachel Cusk

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2021

Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr

Oprah Daily 20 Favorite Books of 2021

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Powell's Books The 14 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Sterling Karat Gold - Isabel Waidner

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2021

Beautiful World, Where Are You - Sally Rooney

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 Prize Nonfiction 2021

Harrow - Joy Williams

Kirkus Prize Fiction 2021

Piranesi - Susanna Clarke

Women's Prize Fiction 2021

At Night All Blood Is Black - David Diop

The Booker Prize 2021 International Award

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

In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado

The Rathbones Folio Prize 2021 Award

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies - Deesha Philyaw

The Story Prize 2020