Year-End Lists

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

Books
Pan - Michael Clune

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025

Ruth - Kate Riley

Washington Post The 10 Best Books of 2025

Flashlight - Susan Choi

Maria Crawford: Financial Times Best Fiction of 2025

Perfection - Vincenzo Latronico

Economist The Best Books of 2025

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) - Rabih Alameddine

National Book Award Fiction 2025

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

National Book Award Nonfiction 2025

Sky Daddy - Kate Folk

Oprah Daily The Books That Got Us Through 2025

Flesh - David Szalay

The Booker Prize 2025 Award

We Live Here Now - C.D. Rose

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2025

How to End a Story - Helen Garner

The Baillie Gifford Prize 2025 Award

Audition - Katie Kitamura

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2025

The Slip - Lucas Schaefer

Kirkus Prize Fiction 2025

King of Kings - Scott Anderson

Kirkus Prize Nonfiction 2025

The Story of a Heart - Rachel Clarke

Women's Prize Non-Fiction 2025

The Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden

Women's Prize Fiction 2025

The Adversary - Michael Crummey

Dublin Literary Award 2025

Heart Lamp - Banu Mushtaq

The Booker Prize 2025 International Award

The Coin - Yasmin Zaher

Dylan Thomas Prize 2025 Award

Small Rain - Garth Greenwell

PEN/Faulkner Award Fiction 2025

Highway Thirteen - Fiona McFarlane

The Story Prize 2024

A Walk in the Park - Kevin Fedarko

Carnegie Medal Nonfiction 2025

James - Percival Everett

Carnegie Medal Fiction 2025

Cinema Speculation - Quentin Tarantino

Tim Riley Favorite Books of 2024

City of Night Birds - Juhea Kim

San Francisco Chronicle Best Books of 2024