1. "A Promised Land" by Barack Obama
2. "The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett
3. "Deacon King Kong" by James McBride
4. "Such a Fun Age" by Kiley Reid
5. "Transcendent Kingdom" by Yaa Gyasi
6. "The Glass Hotel" by Emily St. John Mandel
7. "The City We Became" by N.K. Jemisin
8. "Leave the World Behind" by Rumaan Alam
9. "Homeland Elegies" by Ayad Akhtar
10. "The Lying Life of Adults" by Elena Ferrante
10 best books of the year
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