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

Actress - Anne Enright

Wall Street Journal The 10 Best Books of 2020

Notes on a Silencing - Lacy Crawford

Lit Hub Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2020

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

Maureen Corrigan: NPR 10 Top Books of 2020

Pass with Care - Cooper Lee Bombardier

David Gutowski Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020

Luster - Raven Leilani

The Center for Fiction 2020 First Novel Prize

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

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

Chicago Public Library Top 20 Books of 2020

Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart

Guardian Best Fiction of 2020

Luster - Raven Leilani

New York Public Library Top 10 Books of 2020

150 Glimpses of the Beatles - Craig Brown

The Baillie Gifford Prize 2020 Award

Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart

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

Uncanny Valley - Anna Wiener

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

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

Washington Post 10 Best Books of 2020

Little Eyes - Samanta Schweblin

O Magazine 20 Best Books of 2020