Literary fiction · 2016

Best Literary Fiction Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead was the most-recognized literary fiction book of 2016, named by 1 of the 153 sources we track. The table ranks all 4 by how many sources named them.

Sources is the number of distinct awards and year-end lists that name the book's ISBN, in any year. 2016 is the award or list year in our catalog.