Below is a table of my favorite book lists. The lists include award winners, end-of-year bests, and industry favorites. I will continue adding more lists to the table as I discover them. Newly discovered lists will be added to the top of the table. This is not a comprehensive collection, it’s just a list of lists that I personally appreciate and reference.
| Title | Genres | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Books of Dense Discovery | nonfiction | suggestions from the Dense Discovery newsletter |
| Books Recommended on the Ezra Klein Show | all | suggestions from guests of The Ezra Klein Show podcast |
| The 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time | mystery, thriller | list by TIME |
| The Top Novels of All Time | fiction | list by Keith Law |
| Top 50 Novels of the Century (So Far) | fiction | list by Keith Law |
| Pulitzer Prize | fiction | awards |
| Pulitzer Prize for Biography | biography | awards |
| Booker Prize | fiction | awards |
| Hugo Awards | sci-fi/fantasy | awards |
| Hugo Award for Novella | sci-fi/fantasy novella | awards |
| Nebula Awards | sci-fi/fantasy | awards |
| Agatha Awards | mystery | awards |
| Edgar Allan Poe Awards | mystery | awards |
| Bram Stoker Awards | horror | awards |
| NPR’s list of best books | all | list by NPR |
| 100 Best Books of All Time | all | list by Reader’s Digest |
| Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time | crime | list by the British Crime Writers’ Association |
| Decoding Carmy’s Cookbook Shelves on The Bear | cooking | list from ‘The Bear’ |
| The 100 Greatest Children’s Books of All Time | children’s | list by the BBC |
| 100 Books Every Man Should Read | all | list by Art of Manliness |