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.
Movies
TV Shows
Music
Books
Poetry
Podcasts
Highlights
Atlantic: The Best Books of 2023
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2023
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2023
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2023
Washington Post: Ann Hornaday: The 10 Best Movies of 2023
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Kehlani
Blue Water Road
Billboard: Best Albums of 2022
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
Hanif Abdurraqib: 100 Favorite Albums of 2022
Autostraddle: Julie Gentile: Eight of the Best Queer Albums of 2022
Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2022
NPR Music: Sheldon Pearce: Top 20 Albums of 2022
It Was Good Until It Wasn't
Complex: The Best Albums of 2020
Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2020
Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2020
Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2020
GCN: Steve Erickson: The Best in 2020 Music
New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of 2020
While We Wait
Thrillist: The Best Albums of 2019
SweetSexySavage
Hanif Abdurraqib: 39 Favorite Albums Of 2017
Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2017
Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2017
Time Out New York: 29 Best Albums of 2017
Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2017
Clash: Albums of the Year 2017
Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2017
Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2017
AllMusic: 70 Best Albums of 2017
You Should Be Here
Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2015
Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2015
Cloud 19
Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2014