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
Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2023
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2023
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2023
The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2023
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2023
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Margaret Atwood
Burning Questions
BBC Culture: The 50 Best Books of the Year 2022
Dearly
Harper’s Bazaar: The Best Books of 2020
BBC Culture: Lindsay Baker: The Best Books of the Year 2020
Library Journal: Best Poetry of 2020
The Testaments
Time: The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2019
BookPage: Best Fiction Books of 2019
The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2019
Spectrum Culture: Favorite Books of 2019
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2019
She Reads: The Best Books of 2019
Hag-Seed
Women's Prize for Fiction: 2017
MaddAddam
Women's Prize for Fiction: 2014