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
Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2023
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2023
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2023
Economist: The Best Books of 2023
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2023
more...
2016 Music
No Depression: Favorite Albums of 2016
19 December 2016
No Depression
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Favorite Albums of 2016
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Little Seeds
Shovels and Rope
Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad
Billy Bragg & Joe Henry
Stranger to Stranger
Paul Simon
The Bird & the Rifle
Lori McKenna
The Very Last Day
Parker Millsap
In the Magic Hour
Aoife O'Donovan
Emotions and Math
Margaret Glaspy
When You Walk a Long Distance You Are Tired
Mothers
Real
Lydia Loveless
Heart Like a Levee
Hiss Golden Messenger
Dori Freeman
Dori Freeman
Young in All the Wrong Ways
Sara Watkins
American Band
Drive-By Truckers
You're Dreaming
The Cactus Blossoms
For Better, or Worse
John Prine
Made in Brooklyn
John McEuen
This Is Where I Live
William Bell
Big Day in a Small Town
Brandy Clark
Ain't Who I Was
Bonnie Bishop
Honey for the Biscuit
Tasha Taylor
Undercurrent
Sarah Jarosz
Weighted Mind
Sierra Hull
Other albums we loved
Blindfaller
Mandolin Orange
Beyond the Rain
Quiles & Cloud
The Country Blues
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
Nine Pin
Kaia Kater
Introducing Karl Blau
Karl Blau
Upland Stories
Robbie Fulks
Lovers And Leavers
Hayes Carll