Year-End Lists

Christopher Borrelli: The 10 Best Books of 2022, as published by The Chicago Tribune, in order of authors' names

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

• Planes
  Peter C. Baker
• Ducks

  Two Years in the Oil Sands
  Kate Beaton
• Glory
  NoViolet Bulawayo
• The Philosophy of Modern Song
  Bob Dylan
• The Rabbit Hutch
  Tess Gunty
• The Devil Takes You Home
  Gabino Iglesias
• South to America

  A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
  Imani Perry
• My Phantoms
  Gwendoline Riley
• Super-Infinite

  The Transformations of John Donne
  Katherine Rundell
• Sandy Hook

  An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth
  Elizabeth Williamson

Plus 10 more notable books and honorable mentions

• Trust
  Hernan Diaz
• American Midnight

  The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
  Adam Hochschild
• Fairy Tale
  Stephen King
• What Moves the Dead
  T. Kingfisher
• Art Is Life

  Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night
  Jerry Saltz
• His Name Is George Floyd

  One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
  Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa
• Lost & Found

  A Memoir
  Kathryn Schulz
• Camera Man

  Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century
  Dana Stevens
• An Immense World

  How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
  Ed Yong
• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
  Gabrielle Zevin

Clarisse Loughrey: The Best Films of 2022, as published by The Independent, drawing from films released in the UK over the past year

1. The Northman
   Robert Eggers
2. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
3. Nightmare Alley
   Guillermo del Toro
4. Crimes of the Future
   David Cronenberg
5. The Worst Person in the World
   Joachim Trier
6. Nope
   Jordan Peele
7. Bones and All
   Luca Guadagnino
8. Elvis
   Baz Luhrmann
9. The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
   Will Sharpe
10. Everything Everywhere All at Once
    Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
11. Memoria
    Apichatpong Weerasethakul
12. Decision to Leave
    Park Chan-wook
13. Cow
    Andrea Arnold
14. Neptune Frost
    Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman
15. Happening
    Audrey Diwan

Kathryn VanArendonk: The Best TV of 2022, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. Reservation Dogs
2. Pachinko
3. Somebody Somewhere
4. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
5. Severance
6. Industry
7. This Is Going to Hurt
8. The Last Movie Stars
9. Andor
10. The Bear

Roxana Hadadi: The Best TV of 2022, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2021]

1. Andor
2. The Bear
3. Reservation Dogs
4. Severance
5. We Own This City
6. For All Mankind
7. The Dropout
8. Pachinko
9. Girls5eva
10. The Righteous Gemstones

Jen Chaney: The Best TV of 2022, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. Severance
2. Better Call Saul
3. Somebody Somewhere
4. Barry
5. Reservation Dogs
6. The Bear
7. Better Things
8. The Last Movie Stars
9. This Is Going to Hurt
10. Abbott Elementary

Polygon: The Best TV Shows of 2022

[see also 2021]

The Top 10 TV Shows of 2022

1. Andor
2. Better Call Saul
3. Severance
4. Peacemaker
5. House of the Dragon
6. The Rehearsal
7. Yellowjackets
8. Players
9. What We Do in the Shadows
10. Reservation Dogs

The Best of the Rest

• Girls5eva
• The Righteous Gemstones
• The Bear
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
• Our Flag Means Death
• The White Lotus
• Derry Girls
• Station Eleven
• All Creatures Great and Small
• Slow Horses
• The Sandman
• Abbott Elementary
• The Good Fight
• Ms. Marvel
• Atlanta
• A League of Their Own

The Ringer: The Best TV Shows of 2022 compiled by Alison Herman and Miles Surrey

[see also 2020 • 2018]

1. The Rehearsal
2. Better Call Saul
3. Andor
4. The Dropout
5. Reservation Dogs
6. The English
7. Our Flag Means Death
8. The White Lotus
9. Severance
10. Pachinko

Honorable mentions

• This Is Going to Hurt
• Somebody Somewhere
• Dark Winds
• Slow Horses
• Abbott Elementary
• Los Espookys
• Hacks
• Atlanta
• For All Mankind
• Barry
• The Patient
• The Boys

Richard Brody: The Best Movies of 2022, as published by The New Yorker

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Benediction
   Terence Davies
2. Nope
   Jordan Peele
3. Armageddon Time
   James Gray
4. No Bears
   Jafar Panahi
5. Both Sides of the Blade
   Claire Denis
6. Hit the Road
   Panah Panahi
7. Amsterdam
   David O. Russell
8. Saint Omer
   Alice Diop
9. The Eternal Daughter
   Joanna Hogg
10. The Cathedral
    Ricky D'Ambrose
11. Till
    Chinonye Chukwu
12. Don't Worry Darling
    Olivia Wilde
13. Saturday Fiction
    Lou Ye
14. In Front of Your Face
    Hong Sang-soo
15. Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood
    Richard Linklater
16. Framing Agnes
    Chase Joynt
17. Ahed's Knee
    Nadav Lapid
18. The Novelist's Film
    Hong Sang-soo
19. The Inspection
    Elegance Bratton
20. A Couple
    Frederick Wiseman
21. Master
    Mariama Diallo
22. The Tsugua Diaries
    Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes
23. Beba
    Rebeca Huntt
24. Clytaemnestra
    Ougie Pak
25. RRR
    S.S. Rajamouli
26. Introduction
    Hong Sang-soo
27. A New Old Play
    Qiu Jiongjiong
28. EO
    Jerzy Skolimowski
29. Descendant
    Margaret Brown
30. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
    Dean Fleischer Camp

The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2022

[see also 2021 • 2020]

1. Preacher's Daughter
   Ethel Cain
2. And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
   Weyes Blood
3. Renaissance
   Beyoncé
4. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
   Kendrick Lamar
5. Fossora
   Björk
6. I Love You Jennifer B
   Jockstrap
7. Cheat Codes
   Danger Mouse and Black Thought
8. Motomami
   Rosalía
9. Loggerhead
   Wu-Lu
10. Skinty Fia
    Fontaines D.C.
11. The Overload
    Yard Act
12. Dawn FM
    The Weeknd
13. Gemini Rights
    Steve Lacy
14. Glitch Princess
    yeule
15. Topical Dancer
    Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
16. Muna
    Muna
17. Crash
    Charli XCX
18. Melt My Eyez See Your Future
    Denzel Curry
19. for you who are the wronged
    Kathryn Joseph
20. Stay Proud of Me
    NoSo
21. The Forever Story
    JID
22. Squeeze
    SASAMI
23. Universal Credit
    Jeshi
24. Rouge Carpet Disaster
    Static Dress
25. Warm Chris
    Aldous Harding
26. Big Time
    Angel Olsen
27. Frank
    Fly Anakin
28. Weather Alive
    Beth Orton
29. Hugo
    Loyle Carner
30. Nymph
    Shygirl
31. In These Times
    Makaya McCraven
32. Riderless Horse
    Nina Nastasia
33. Soul Sold Separately
    Freddie Gibbs
34. You Can’t Kill Me
    070 Shake
35. Hold the Girl
    Rina Sawayama
36. Spiderr
    Bladee
37. Ants From Up There
    Black Country, New Road
38. All Of Us Flames
    Ezra Furman
39. Dirt Femme
    Tove Lo
40. Write Your Name In Pink
    Quinn Christopherson
41. Hysteria
    Indigo Sparke
42. Yesterday Is Heavy
    Lil Silva
43. Tough Baby
    Crack Cloud
44. Regards to the End
    Emily Wells
45. CAZIMI
    Caitlin Rose
46. This Is A Photograph
    Kevin Morby
47. Save the Baby
    Enumclaw
48. Midnights
    Taylor Swift
49. Anywhere But Here
    Sorry
50. Quitters
    Christian Lee Hutson

Mikael Wood: The 20 Best Albums of 2022, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2021]

1. Renaissance
   Beyoncé
2. Motomami
   Rosalía
3. Un Verano Sin Ti
   Bad Bunny
4. Midnights
   Taylor Swift
5. Blue Rev
   Alvvays
6. Big Time
   Angel Olsen
7. Bell Bottom Country
   Lainey Wilson
8. Live at the Bon Soir
   Barbra Streisand
9. Charlie
   Charlie Puth
10. More Love, Less Ego
    Wizkid

10 more not to be missed, in alphabetical order

• Being Funny in a Foreign Language
  The 1975
• The Car
  Arctic Monkeys
• Honestly, Nevermind
  Drake
• Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
  Kendrick Lamar
• Palomino
  Miranda Lambert
• Second Nature
  Lucius
• Self-Titled
  Marcus Mumford
• Ghost Song
  Cécile McLorin Salvant
• Harry's House
  Harry Styles
• Dawn FM
  The Weeknd