Year-End Lists

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Small Fry - Lisa Brennan-Jobs

New York Times 10 Best Books of 2018

And Now We Have Everything - Meaghan O'Connell

Bustle Best Books of 2018

New York Public Library 10 Best Books of 2018

My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2018

The Mars Room - Rachel Kushner

Time Best Books of 2018

The Long Take - Robin Robertson

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2018

Washington Post 10 Best Books of 2018

The Friend - Sigrid Nunez

National Book Award Fiction 2018

The New Negro - Jeffrey C. Stewart

National Book Award Nonfiction 2018

Washington Post 100 Notable Books of 2018

Call Them by Their True Names - Rebecca Solnit

Kirkus Prize Nonfiction 2018

Severance - Ling Ma

Kirkus Prize Fiction 2018

Milkman - Anna Burns

The Booker Prize 2018 Award

Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie

Women's Prize Fiction 2018

Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng

Hello Giggles: Gina Vaynshteyn 27 Best Books of 2017

The Future Is History - Masha Gessen

Awl: Alex Balk Favorite Books of 2017

Brooklyn Rail: Joseph Salvatore Best 50 Books of 2017

We Were Eight Years in Power - Ta-Nehisi Coates

Michigan Daily Top 10 Books of 2017

Book Riot Best Books of 2017

Shelf Awareness 2017 Best Books of the Year

Stranger Top 20 Books of 2017

The Week Best Books of 2017

Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward

Barack Obama Best Books I Read in 2017

Pachinko - Min Jin Lee

Harper’s Bazaar Best Books of 2017

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