Year-End Lists

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

Books
The Return - Hisham Matar

The Rathbones Folio Prize 2017 Award

The High Places - Fiona McFarlane

Dylan Thomas Prize 2017 Award

Behold the Dreamers - Imbolo Mbue

PEN/Faulkner Award Fiction 2017

For a Little While - Rick Bass

The Story Prize 2016

Evicted - Matthew Desmond

Carnegie Medal Nonfiction 2017

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Carnegie Medal Fiction 2017

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Recommended Books of 2016

San Francisco Chronicle Top 10 Books of 2016

Kate Tuttle: Boston Globe 20 Best Nonfiction Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

John Freeman: Boston Globe 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

Sarah Begley: Time Top 20 Books of 2016

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

The Nix - Nathan Hill

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

Evicted - Matthew Desmond

Shelf Awareness 2016 Best Books of the Year

The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter - Kia Corthron

The Center for Fiction 2016 First Novel Prize