Francis Bacon by Mark       StevensTraveling Black by Mia BayThe 80/80 Marriage by Nate KlempIn Search of a Kingdom by Laurence BergreenMy Friend Natalia by Laura Lindstedt
NYT Editors’ Choice 202104
51 books — 1 voter
The Committed by Viet Thanh NguyenThe Sum of Us by Heather  McGheeMilk Fed by Melissa BroderSuper Host by Kate RussoFake Accounts by Lauren Oyler
NYT Editors’ Choice 202103
28 books — 4 voters

Mike Nichols by Mark  HarrisTrio by William  BoydThe Price You Pay for College by Ron LieberOrdesa by Manuel VilasThat Old Country Music by Kevin Barry
NYT Editors’ Choice 202102
44 books — 9 voters
Conservatism by Edmund FawcettZikora by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieIn the Land of the Cyclops by Karl Ove KnausgårdThe Last American Aristocrat by David S. BrownFossil Men by Kermit Pattison
NYT Editors’ Choice 202101
41 books — 10 voters

Lake of Urine by Guillermo StitchA Question of Freedom by William G. ThomasThe Glorious American Essay by Phillip LopateWar by Margaret MacMillanSicily '43 by James  Holland
NYT Editors’ Choice 202012
50 books — 5 voters
The Kidnapping Club by Jonathan Daniel WellsPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeBland Fanatics by Pankaj MishraA Lover's Discourse by Xiaolu GuoUndaunted by John O. Brennan
NYT Editors’ Choice 202011
41 books — 4 voters

The Book of Unconformities by Hugh RafflesThe Man Who Ran Washington by Peter BakerWinter Counts by David Heska Wanbli WeidenThe Boy in the Field by Margot LiveseyReaganland by Rick Perlstein
NYT Editors’ Choice 202010
53 books — 3 voters
The Lying Life of Adults by Elena FerranteHitler by Volker UllrichFallout by Lesley M.M. BlumePoland 1939 by Roger MoorhouseLast Mission to Tokyo by Michel Paradis
NYT Editors’ Choice 202009
39 books — 3 voters

Memorial Drive by Natasha TretheweyLove by Roddy DoyleTwilight of Democracy by Anne ApplebaumScandinavian Noir by Wendy LesserAusten Years by Rachel Cohen
NYT Editors’ Choice 202008
41 books — 4 voters
The True History of the First Mrs. Meredith and Other Lesser ... by Diane JohnsonYou Again by Debra Jo ImmergutDeath in Her Hands by Ottessa MoshfeghShadowplay by Joseph O'ConnorDMZ Colony by Don Mee Choi
NYT Editors’ Choice 202007
51 books — 3 voters

Dirt by Bill BufordEntangled Life by Merlin SheldrakeCatherine House by Elisabeth    ThomasEnemy of All Mankind by Steven JohnsonRed Dress in Black & White by Elliot Ackerman
NYT Editors’ Choice 202006
42 books — 2 voters
The End of October by Lawrence WrightMan of My Time by Dalia SoferThe Ancestor by Danielle TrussoniNobody's Child by Susan Nordin VinocourThe Inevitability of Tragedy by Barry Gewen
NYT Editors’ Choice 202005
38 books — 3 voters

Unworthy Republic by Claudio SauntMBS by Ben  HubbardReal Life by Brandon  TaylorGolden Gates by Conor DoughertyThe Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
NYT Editors’ Choice 202004
54 books — 5 voters
Disturbance by Philippe LançonTemporary by Hilary LeichterApeirogon by Colum McCannThe Mercies by Kiran Millwood HargraveBlack Wave by Kim Ghattas
NYT Editors’ Choice 202003
41 books — 4 voters

A Woman Like Her by Sanam MaherDjinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa AnapparaSaltwater by Jessica  AndrewsThe Bomb by Fred  KaplanThe Third Rainbow Girl by Emma Copley Eisenberg
NYT Editors’ Choice 202002
42 books — 4 voters
The Art of War by Sun TzuDoppelgänger by Daša DrndićThe Peanuts Papers by Andrew BlaunerGenius & Anxiety by Norman LebrechtThe Confounding Island by Orlando Patterson
NYT Editors’ Choice 202001
53 books — 8 voters

Complete Novels by Jean StaffordThe Great Pretender by Susannah CahalanLost Art of Scripture by Karen ArmstrongReligion as We Know It by Jack MilesBelievers by Melvin Konner
NYT Editors’ Choice 201912
31 books — 4 voters
Janis by Holly George-WarrenIn the Dream House by Carmen Maria MachadoUnspeakable Acts by Nancy PrincenthalEdison by Edmund  MorrisGrand Union by Zadie Smith
NYT Editors’ Choice 201911
42 books — 6 voters

The Enigma of Clarence Thomas by Corey RobinThe Dutch House by Ann PatchettHow to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. KendiRed at the Bone by Jacqueline WoodsonNow We Shall Be Entirely Free by Andrew  Miller
NYT Editors’ Choice 201910
51 books — 22 voters
Cane by Jean ToomerThe Earth Dies Streaming by A.S. HamrahLate-Life Love by Susan GubarMortal Republic by Edward J. WattsMuhammad by Juan R.I. Cole
NYT Editors’ Choice 201901
46 books — 4 voters

Notes from a Black Woman's Diary by Kathleen CollinsGo Ahead in the Rain by Hanif AbdurraqibAs Long as We Both Shall Live by JoAnn ChaneyThe Plotters by Kim Un-SuZucked by Roger McNamee
NYT Editors’ Choice 201902
38 books — 2 voters
They Were Her Property by Stephanie E. Jones-RogersNervous States by William  DaviesMama's Last Hug by Frans de WaalThe White Book by Han KangThe Source of Self-Regard by Toni Morrison
NYT Editors’ Choice 201903
36 books — 3 voters

Trust Exercise by Susan ChoiWomen Talking by Miriam ToewsWomen's Work by Megan K. StackLost and Wanted by Nell FreudenbergerCoders by Clive Thompson
NYT Editors’ Choice 201904
38 books — 3 voters
Machines like Me by Ian McEwanMind Fixers by Anne HarringtonWalking on the Ceiling by Aysegül SavasLosing Earth by Nathaniel RichGreek to Me by Mary Norris
NYT Editors’ Choice 201905
46 books — 4 voters

The Porpoise by Mark HaddonDemocracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone by Astra TaylorIll Winds by Larry DiamondThe Problem of Democracy by Nancy IsenbergSpying on the South by Tony Horwitz
NYT Editors’ Choice 201907
37 books — 3 voters
The Dry Heart by Natalia GinzburgHappiness, as Such by Natalia GinzburgMy Parents by Aleksandar HemonAmerican Moonshot by Douglas BrinkleyOriginal Prin by Randy Boyagoda
NYT Editors’ Choice 201906
40 books — 3 voters

Faber & Faber by Toby FaberThe Grammarians by Cathleen SchineDrive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga TokarczukReasons to Be Cheerful by Nina Stibbe
NYT Editors’ Choice 201909
40 books — 4 voters
Because Internet by Gretchen McCullochDear Scott, Dearest Zelda by F. Scott FitzgeraldRecursion by Blake CrouchLady in the Lake by Laura LippmanThe Need by Helen          Phillips
NYT Editors’ Choice 201908
53 books — 9 voters