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.

San Francisco Chronicle: David Wiegand: 10 Best TV Shows of 2017

11 January 2018

David Wiegand: 10 Best TV Shows of 2017, as published by The San Francisco Chronicle. This year it “includes only shows that premiered in 2017.”

[see also 2016]

Scout Tafoya: Favorite Films of 2017

11 January 2018

Phantom Thread - Paul Thomas Anderson

Scout Tafoya: Favorite Films of 2017, with a capsule review of each one

[see also 202120182016]

Vox: Emily St. James: 18 Best TV Shows of 2017

11 January 2018

Emily St. James: 18 Best TV Shows of 2017, “an 18-way tie,” as published by Vox

[see also 20212010s20192018]

The second tier: 27 more shows I loved, in alphabetical order

Keith Phipps: Top 16 Films of 2017

10 January 2018

Phantom Thread - Paul Thomas Anderson

Keith Phipps: Top 16 Films of 2017, as posted to Twitter

[see also 2023202220212010s20182016201420122011]

Charles Bramesco: 25 Best Films of 2017

09 January 2018

Call Me by Your Name - Luca Guadagnino

Charles Bramesco: 25 Best Films of 2017, as posted to Letterboxd

[see also 2021202020192018]

Andy Greenwald: Top Ten TV Shows of 2017

09 January 2018

Andy Greenwald: Top Ten TV Shows of 2017, as posted to Twitter

Brooklyn Rail: Joseph Salvatore: Best 50 Books of 2017

09 January 2018

Joseph Salvatore: Best 50 Books of 2017, as published by The Brooklyn Rail

Nonfiction

Fiction

Brooklyn Rail: Joseph Salvatore: Best 25 Poetry Books of 2017

09 January 2018

Advances in Embroidery - Ahmad Al-Ashqar

Joseph Salvatore: Best 25 Poetry Books of 2017, as published by The Brooklyn Rail

Girish Shambu: 3 Favorite New Films of 2017

08 January 2018

Western - Valeska Grisebach

Girish Shambu: 3 Favorite New Films of 2017. See his personal round-up for a wealth of other favorites: older films seen for the first time, books, essays, critics, websites, concerts, and so on.

[see also 20212018]

Michigan Daily: Top 10 Books of 2017

06 January 2018

We Were Eight Years in Power - Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Michigan Daily: Top 10 Books of 2017