Annual Lists

Best Books by Year

Six years of the finest reading — award winners, BookTok phenomena, debuts, and the novels that defined each year for readers.

2025
● Live — Updated throughout the year
Booker TBD · Pulitzer TBD

Onyx Storm, The Mercy of Gods, The Women's Hotel — and more to come.

2024
Booker: Orbital (Harvey) · Pulitzer: James (Everett)

Wind and Truth, The Women, Intermezzo, All Fours, Funny Story.

2023
Booker: The Bee Sting (Murray) · Pulitzer: Hello Beautiful

Fourth Wing, Happy Place, The Covenant of Water, Holly.

2022
Booker: Seven Moons of Maali Almeida · Pulitzer: Demon Copperhead

Tomorrow², Babel, Lessons in Chemistry, Remarkably Bright Creatures.

2021
Booker: The Promise (Galgut)

Project Hail Mary, Klara and the Sun, Malibu Rising, People We Meet on Vacation.

2020
Booker: Shuggie Bain (Stuart) · Women's Prize: Hamnet

The Midnight Library, Piranesi, The Thursday Murder Club, The Vanishing Half.