Big Books of 2026

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The Other Valley by Scott Alexander HowardJames by Percival EverettThe Ministry of Time by Kaliane BradleyFirst Lie Wins by Ashley ElstonThe House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul
Best Books of 2024
830 books — 923 voters
Tom Lake by Ann PatchettWellness by Nathan HillBright Young Women by Jessica KnollI Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca MakkaiFourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Best Books of 2023
1,217 books — 1,839 voters

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelTo Paradise by Hanya YanagiharaMoon Witch, Spider King by Marlon JamesMy Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed NewsonTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Best Books of 2022
1,543 books — 1,854 voters
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony DoerrBeautiful World, Where Are You by Sally RooneyThe Wreckage of My Presence by Casey WilsonOh William! by Elizabeth Strout
Best Books of 2021
1,434 books — 1,625 voters

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettDeacon King Kong by James McBrideLuster by Raven LeilaniLeave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Best Books of 2020
1,564 books — 1,934 voters
A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiAngels in America by Tony KushnerI'll Give You the Sun by Jandy NelsonLie With Me by Philippe Besson
Best Gay Fiction
2,649 books — 3,865 voters

The Dutch House by Ann PatchettOlive, Again by Elizabeth StroutBlack Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon JamesTrust Exercise by Susan ChoiOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Best Books 2019
1,141 books — 1,309 voters
A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahCirce by Madeline MillerWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,161 voters

Mockingjay by Suzanne CollinsThe Bedwetter by Sarah SilvermanPatti LuPone by Patti LuPone
Best Books of 2010
1,574 books — 2,471 voters
The Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachBossypants by Tina FeyThe Leftovers by Tom PerrottaThe Bucolic Plague by Josh Kilmer-Purcell11/22/63 by Stephen King
Best Books of 2011
2,669 books — 6,704 voters

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Story of a New Name by Elena FerranteThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Best Books of 2012
3,523 books — 9,203 voters
The Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Interestings by Meg WolitzerThe Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Best Books Published in 2013
3,589 books — 7,162 voters

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy NelsonI Let You Go by Clare MackintoshThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle ZevinYes Please by Amy PoehlerDept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
Best Books of 2014
3,571 books — 6,303 voters
A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Unfortunate Importance of Beauty by Amanda FilipacchiIn a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth WareA Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
Best Books of 2015
3,106 books — 5,120 voters

The Mothers by Brit BennettThe Nix by Nathan HillThe Power by Naomi AldermanMy Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth StroutMagpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Best Books of 2016
1,832 books — 2,784 voters
Pachinko by Min Jin LeeLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgBrother by David ChariandyThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Best Books of 2017
1,737 books — 3,083 voters

Circe by Madeline MillerThe Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
Best books of April, 2018
45 books — 30 voters
Calypso by David Sedaris
Best books of May, 2018
48 books — 48 voters

The Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiThere There by Tommy OrangeSomething in the Water by Catherine Steadman
Best books of June, 2018
62 books — 72 voters
The Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiCirce by Madeline MillerAn American Marriage by Tayari JonesThere There by Tommy OrangeEducated by Tara Westover
Best Books of 2018
1,652 books — 2,960 voters