Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

Books

Women's Prize for Fiction: 2021

08 September 2021

Piranesi - Susanna Clarke

Women's Prize for Fiction: 2021

[see also 202320222020201920182017201620152014201320122011]

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Bustle: The Best Books Of 2020

30 December 2020

Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Bustle: The Best Books Of 2020, listed in order of publication

[see also 2018]

BookPage: Best Books of 2020: Nonfiction

30 December 2020

Notes on a Silencing - Lacy Crawford

BookPage: Best Books of 2020: Nonfiction

[see also The Best Nonfiction of 2023The Best Fiction of 2023Best Nonfiction of 2022Best Fiction of 2022Best Books of 2020: FictionBest Nonfiction Books of 2019Best Fiction Books of 2019]

BookPage: Best Books of 2020: Fiction

30 December 2020

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

BookPage: Best Books of 2020: Fiction

[see also The Best Nonfiction of 2023The Best Fiction of 2023Best Nonfiction of 2022Best Fiction of 2022Best Books of 2020: NonfictionBest Nonfiction Books of 2019Best Fiction Books of 2019]

Thrillist: The Best Books of 2020

30 December 2020

Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu

Thrillist: The Best Books of 2020

[see also 2021]

Harper’s Bazaar: The Best Books of 2020

29 December 2020

Sisters in Hate - Seyward Darby

Harper’s Bazaar: The Best Books of 2020

[see also 20232018201720162015]

Shondaland: The Best Books of 2020

29 December 2020

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Shondaland: The Best Books of 2020

Electric Lit: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020

28 December 2020

Uncanny Valley - Anna Wiener

Electric Lit: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020

[see also Best Nonfiction of 2023Best Novels of 2023Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2022Favorite Novels of 2022Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2021Favorite Novels of 2021Favorite Novels of 202015 Best Novels of 201915 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019]

Electric Lit: Favorite Novels of 2020

28 December 2020

Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi

Electric Lit: Favorite Novels of 2020

[see also Best Nonfiction of 2023Best Novels of 2023Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2022Favorite Novels of 2022Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2021Favorite Novels of 2021Favorite Nonfiction Books of 202015 Best Novels of 201915 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019]

HuffPost: Claire Fallon: The Best Books of 2020

28 December 2020

Claire Fallon: The Best Books of 2020, as published by HuffPost

[see also 2018]