Year-End Lists

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

Books
The Lonely City - Olivia Laing

Maria Popova 16 Favorite Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Maureen Corrigan: NPR 10 Best Books of 2016

Innocents and Others - Dana Spiotta

Jane Ciabattari: BBC 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

All That Man Is - David Szalay

Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2016

Shrill - Lindy West

Powell's Books Best Nonfiction of 2016

Here I Am - Jonathan Safran Foer

Harper’s Bazaar The 13 Best Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Shelf Awareness 2016 Best Books of the Year

The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter - Kia Corthron

The Center for Fiction 2016 First Novel Prize

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Chicago Public Library Top Ten Books of 2016

Evicted - Matthew Desmond

Washington Post The 10 Best Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

National Book Award Fiction 2016

Stamped from the Beginning - Ibram X. Kendi

National Book Award Nonfiction 2016

Solar Bones - Mike McCormack

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2016

In the Darkroom - Susan Faludi

Kirkus Reviews Nonfiction 2016

The Sport of Kings - C.E. Morgan

Kirkus Reviews Fiction 2016

The Sellout - Paul Beatty

The Booker Prize 2016 Award

The Glorious Heresies - Lisa McInerney

Women's Prize Fiction 2016

St. Louis Post-Dispatch 50 Best Books of 2015

San Francisco Chronicle Top 10 Books of 2015

Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates

Harper’s Bazaar 15 Best Books of 2015

Maria Popova 15 Best Books of 2015

Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates

David L. Ulin: Los Angeles Times Top 10 Books of 2015