Year-End Lists

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10 Best Books of 2016 Library Journal

Top 20 Books of 2016 Time: Sarah Begley

16 Favorite Books of 2016 Maria Popova

10 Best Books of 2016 Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan

The 10 Best Books of 2016 BBC Culture: Jane Ciabattari

The 20 Best Books of 2016 Entertainment Weekly

10 Best Books of 2016 New York Times

Best Fiction of 2016 Powell's Books

Best Nonfiction of 2016 Powell's Books

The 13 Best Books of 2016 Harper’s Bazaar

2016 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction

Top Ten Books of 2016 Chicago Public Library

The 10 Best Books of 2016 Washington Post

Fiction 2016 National Book Award

Nonfiction 2016 National Book Award

Best Fiction of 2016 Goldsmiths Prize

Nonfiction 2016 Kirkus Prize

Fiction 2016 Kirkus Prize

Best Fiction of 2016 The Booker Prize

Fiction 2016 Women's Prize

50 Best Books of 2015 St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Top 10 Books of 2015 San Francisco Chronicle

15 Best Books of 2015 Harper’s Bazaar

15 Best Books of 2015 Maria Popova

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