Year-End Lists

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

Books

Katy Waldman: New Yorker The Best Books of 2019

Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates

Esquire The Best Books of the 2010s

The Dutch House - Ann Patchett

Chicago Public Library Top Ten Books of 2019

For Reading Addicts The 20 Best Books of the 2010s

Smithsonian Favorite Books of 2019

A Visit from the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan

Entertainment Weekly Top 10 Fiction Books of the 2010s

Trick Mirror - Jia Tolentino

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2019

Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe

Time The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Time The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2019

Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2019

Washington Post Best Books of 2019

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

National Book Award Fiction 2019

The Yellow House - Sarah M. Broom

National Book Award Nonfiction 2019

Milkman - Anna Burns

Lit Hub The 20 Best Novels of the 2010s

The Five - Hallie Rubenhold

The Baillie Gifford Prize 2019 Award

The Shadow King - Maaza Mengiste

Library Journal Best Literary Fiction of 2019

Vogue The Best Novels of 2019

Ducks, Newburyport - Lucy Ellmann

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2019

Tenth of December - George Saunders

Time The 10 Best Fiction Books of the 2010s

The Water Dancer - Ta-Nehisi Coates

O Magazine The Best Books of 2019

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

She Reads The Best Books of 2019

Time The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of the 2010s

Lit Hub The 20 Best Works of Nonfiction of the 2010s

How We Fight for Our Lives - Saeed Jones

Kirkus Prize Nonfiction 2019