List Challenges
Travel Movies Books Food Other
Sign In
Trending
New
Popular
type to search
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

The New York Times' 10 Best Books Through Time

Each fall, the editors of the Times Book Review select the best fiction and nonfiction titles of the year. Our editors read, nominate, discuss, and debate the merits of each year's books, working together to land upon our list. The practice of editors sharing their picks of the year dates nearly back to the beginning of the Book Review in October 1896. But over the years, that list has taken many different names and forms. Now, we call this list the "Ten Best Books" and have done so since 2004. We hope you'll enjoy, and perhaps find inspiration in, the Best Books of years past.
762 users · 5,810 views
 
avg. score: 8 of 170 (5%)
required scores: 1, 2, 4, 7, 14 
type to search

How many have you read?

Page 1 of 5
1
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
2
The Master
The Master
3
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
4
Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway (Alice Munro)
5
Snow
Snow
6
War Trash
War Trash
7
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
8
Chronicles Volume One (Bob Dylan)
Chronicles Volume One (Bob Dylan)
9
Washington's Crossing (David Hackett Fischer)
Washington's Crossing (David Hackett Fischer)
10
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare (Stephen Greenblatt)
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare (Stephen Greenblatt)
11
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore
12
On Beauty
On Beauty
13
Prep (Curtis Sittenfeld)
Prep (Curtis Sittenfeld)
14
Saturday
Saturday
15
Veronica (Mary Gaitskill)
Veronica (Mary Gaitskill)
16
The Assassins' Gate (George Packer)
The Assassins' Gate (George Packer)
17
De Kooning: An American Master (Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan)
De Kooning: An American Master (Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan)
18
Lost Painting (Jonathan Harr)
Lost Painting (Jonathan Harr)
19
Postwar (Tony Judt)
Postwar (Tony Judt)
20
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking
21
Absurdistan (Gary Shteyngart)
Absurdistan (Gary Shteyngart)
22
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
23
The Emperor's Children - Claire Messud
The Emperor's Children - Claire Messud
24
The Lay of the Land (Richard Ford)
The Lay of the Land (Richard Ford)
25
Special Topics in Calamity Physics (Marisha Pessl)
Special Topics in Calamity Physics (Marisha Pessl)
26
Falling Through the Earth (Danielle Trussoni)
Falling Through the Earth (Danielle Trussoni)
27
The Looming Tower
The Looming Tower
28
Mayflower (Nathaniel Philbrick)
Mayflower (Nathaniel Philbrick)
29
The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan)
The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan)
30
The Places in Between
The Places in Between
31
Man Gone Down (Michael Thomas)
Man Gone Down (Michael Thomas)
32
Out Stealing Horses (Per Petterson)
Out Stealing Horses (Per Petterson)
33
The Savage Detectives
The Savage Detectives
34
Then We Came to the End
Then We Came to the End
35
Tree of Smoke (Denis Johnson)
Tree of Smoke (Denis Johnson)
36
Imperial Life in the Emerald City (Rajiv Chandrasekaran)
Imperial Life in the Emerald City (Rajiv Chandrasekaran)
37
Little Heathens (Mildred Armstrong Kalish)
Little Heathens (Mildred Armstrong Kalish)
38
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court (Jeffrey Toobin)
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court (Jeffrey Toobin)
39
The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh (Linda Colley)
The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh (Linda Colley)
40
The Rest Is Noise
The Rest Is Noise
Page 1 of 5
Click books you've read
Trending Book Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2024 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN