Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

New Yorker: Dan Chiasson: 12 Favorite Poetry Books of 2015

24 December 2015

Dan Chiasson: 12 Favorite Poetry Books of 2015, as published by The New Yorker, and also including “books about poets, books of prose by poets, and other marginal cases”

[see also 201820172016]

Cokemachineglow: 10 Favorite Albums of 2015

23 December 2015

Art Angels - Grimes

Cokemachineglow has assembled a variety of ways to find some of the music their staff loved most this year. Below are the albums labeled “Unison” — representing the staff as a whole — but browse also their “Harmony” of individual voices.

[see also 2014201320122011]

Chicago Reader: J.R. Jones: Favorite Films of 2015

23 December 2015

White God - Kornél Mundruczó

J.R. Jones: Favorite Films of 2015, as published by The Chicago Reader

[see also 201720162014201320122011]

Runners-up

Chicago Reader: Ben Sachs: Favorite Films of 2015

23 December 2015

Fish & Cat - Shahram Mokri

Ben Sachs: Favorite Films of 2015, as published by The Chicago Reader

[see also 2010s2019201820172014201320122011]

Runners-up

Dummy: 30 Best Albums of 2015

22 December 2015

Garden of Delete - Oneohtrix Point Never

Dummy: 30 Best Albums of 2015

[see also 2011]

  1. various artists

Washington Post: 10 Best Books of 2015

22 December 2015

The Washington Post: 10 Best Books of 2015 (presented alphabetically by title)

[see also The 10 Best Books of 202350 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 202350 Notable Works of Fiction in 202350 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 202250 Notable Works of Fiction in 2022The 10 Best Books of 202250 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 202150 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021The 10 Best Books of 202110 Best Books of 202050 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 202050 Notable Works of Fiction in 2020Best Books of 201910 Best Books of 2018100 Notable Books of 201810 Best Books of 2017The 10 Best Books of 2016The Ten Best Books of 2014Top 10 Books of 2013The 10 Best Books of 2012]

Variety: 10 Best Films of 2015

22 December 2015

Carol - Todd Haynes

Variety: 10 Best Films of 2015 (as voted by 14 Variety reviewers)


This list summarizes other lists, including these:

A.V. Club: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: The Best Films of 2015

21 December 2015

Phoenix - Christian Petzold

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: The Best Films of 2015, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 201920182017201620142013]


This list contributes to:

Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2015

20 December 2015

Blackheart - Dawn Richard

Fact Magazine: 50 Best Albums of 2015

[see also 2018201720162014201320122011]

  1. various artists

Vogue: The 10 Best Books of 2015

19 December 2015

A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara

Vogue: The 10 Best Books of 2015

[see also 202320202019]