Year-End Lists

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New York Times 10 Best Books of 2015

All the Things We Never Knew - Sheila Hamilton

Powell's Books Best Nonfiction Books of 2015

The Sellout - Paul Beatty

Shelf Awareness 2015 Best Books of the Year

The Sympathizer - Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Center for Fiction 2015 First Novel Prize

Beauty Is a Wound - Eka Kurniawan

Powell's Books Best Fiction Books of 2015

H Is for Hawk - Helen Macdonald

Chicago Public Library Top Ten Books of 2015

Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2015

Beatlebone - Kevin Barry

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2015

Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates

Kirkus Prize Nonfiction 2015

A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara

Kirkus Prize Fiction 2015

A Brief History of Seven Killings - Marlon James

The Booker Prize 2015 Award

How to Be Both - Ali Smith

Women's Prize Fiction 2015

Euphoria - Lily King

BBC Culture: Jane Ciabattari The 10 Best Books of 2014

The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Richard Flanagan

Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2014

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace - Jeff Hobbs

Powell's Books Best Nonfiction of 2014

Euphoria - Lily King

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2014

Euphoria - Lily King

Chicago Public Library Top Ten Books of 2014

A Brief History of Seven Killings - Marlon James

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2014

A Brief History of Seven Killings - Marlon James

Washington Post The Ten Best Books of 2014

How to Be Both - Ali Smith

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2014

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? - Roz Chast

Kirkus Prize Nonfiction 2014

Euphoria - Lily King

Kirkus Prize Fiction 2014

The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Richard Flanagan

The Booker Prize 2014 Award

A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing - Eimear McBride

Women's Prize Fiction 2014

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