Year-End Lists

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

Books

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

The Dead Are Arising - Les Payne and Tamara Payne

Time The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020

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

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2020

A Girl is A Body of Water - Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2020

Stakes Is High - Mychal Denzel Smith

Kirkus Prize Nonfiction 2020

Luster - Raven Leilani

Kirkus Prize Fiction 2020

The Dead Are Arising - Les Payne and Tamara Payne

Powell's Books Best Nonfiction of 2020

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

Women's Prize Fiction 2020

The Discomfort of Evening - Lucas Rijneveld

The Booker Prize 2020 International Award

Milkman - Anna Burns

International Dublin Literary Award 2020

Lot - Bryan Washington

Dylan Thomas Prize 2020 Award

Sea Monsters - Chloe Aridjis

PEN/Faulkner Award Fiction 2020

Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli

The Rathbones Folio Prize 2020 Award

Everything Inside - Edwidge Danticat

The Story Prize 2019

Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli

Carnegie Medal Fiction 2020

Midnight in Chernobyl - Adam Higginbotham

Carnegie Medal Nonfiction 2020

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Boston.com The 18 Best Books of 2019

The Round House - Louise Erdrich

BuzzFeed The 24 Best Books of the 2010s

In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado

BookPage Best Nonfiction Books of 2019

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

BookPage Best Fiction Books of 2019

Girl, Woman, Other - Bernardine Evaristo

Barack Obama Favorite Books of 2019