Year-End Lists

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Exit West - Mohsin Hamid

Los Angeles Times 36 Best Books of 2017

The Power - Naomi Alderman

New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017

Washington Post 10 Best Books of 2017

H(A)PPY - Nicola Barker

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2017

Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward

National Book Award Fiction 2017

The Future Is History - Masha Gessen

National Book Award Nonfiction 2017

The Gulf - Jack E. Davis

Kirkus Prize Nonfiction 2017

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky - Lesley Nneka Arimah

Kirkus Prize Fiction 2017

Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders

The Booker Prize 2017 Award

The Power - Naomi Alderman

Women's Prize Fiction 2017

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Recommended Books of 2016

San Francisco Chronicle Top 10 Books of 2016

Boston Globe: Kate Tuttle 20 Best Nonfiction Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Boston Globe: John Freeman 15 Best Fiction Books of 2016

Dennis Cooper 52 Favorite Books of 2016

Barkskins - Annie Proulx

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2016

Library Journal 10 Best Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Time: Sarah Begley Top 20 Books of 2016

The Lonely City - Olivia Laing

Maria Popova 16 Favorite Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan 10 Best Books of 2016

Innocents and Others - Dana Spiotta

BBC Culture: Jane Ciabattari The 10 Best Books of 2016

The Nix - Nathan Hill

Entertainment Weekly The 20 Best Books of 2016

New York Times 10 Best Books of 2016

Innocents and Others - Dana Spiotta

Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2016

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