Year-End Lists

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

Books
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El Akkad

California Review of Books 10 Best Books of 2025

Sky Daddy - Kate Folk

The Skinny Favourite Books of 2025

We Do Not Part - Han Kang

Atlantic The Best Books of 2025

Moderation - Elaine Castillo

Laura Miller: Slate The 10 Best Books of 2025

Audition - Katie Kitamura

New Yorker The Best Books of 2025

Murderland - Caroline Fraser

Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune The 10 Best Books of 2025

Helm - Sarah Hall

Martin Chilton: Independent Best Books of 2025

Ultramarine - Mariette Navarro

Lit Hub 43 Favorite Books of 2025

King of Kings - Scott Anderson

Wall Street Journal The 10 Best Books of 2025

Lonely Crowds - Stephanie Wambugu

Jasmine Vojdani: New York The Best Books of 2025

Shadow Ticket - Thomas Pynchon

Emma Alpern: New York The Best Books of 2025

Mother Mary Comes to Me - Arundhati Roy

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2025

Uncanny Valley Girls - Zefyr Lisowski

Them The 32 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2025

The Director - Daniel Kehlmann

New York Public Library Best Books for Adults 2025

Red Water - Jurica Pavicic

Sunday Times Books of the Year 2025

Flesh - David Szalay

Observer The Observer's Books of the Year 2025

Lonely Crowds - Stephanie Wambugu

Time The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025

Flashlight - Susan Choi

Electric Lit Best Novels of 2025

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El Akkad

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2025

A Flower Traveled in My Blood - Haley Cohen Gilliland

BookPage The Best Nonfiction of 2025

The Antidote - Karen Russell

BookPage The Best Fiction of 2025

Uncanny Valley Girls - Zefyr Lisowski

Electric Lit Best Nonfiction of 2025

The Harder I Fight the More I Love You - Neko Case

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025

Flashlight - Susan Choi

Chicago Public Library Top 10 Favorite Books of 2025