Year-End Lists
A browsable archive 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
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2021
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2021
Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2021
Economist: The Best Films of 2021
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2021
2020 Books
Boston Globe: Best Books of 2020
22 December 2020
The Boston Globe
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Best Books of 2020
Fiction
The Awkward Black Man
Walter Mosley
The Cold Millions
Jess Walter
Deacon King Kong
James McBride
The Death of Vivek Oji
Akwaeke Emezi
Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam
Luster
Raven Leilani
Memorial
Bryan Washington
The Office of Historical Corrections
Danielle Evans
Sharks in the Time of Saviors
Kawai Strong Washburn
The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett
Nonfiction
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson
Having and Being Had
Eula Biss
Hidden Valley Road
Inside the Mind of an American Family
Robert Kolker
Is Rape a Crime?
A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto
Michelle Bowdler
Just Us
An American Conversation
Claudia Rankine
Memorial Drive
A Daughter's Memoir
Natasha Trethewey
Minor Feelings
An Asian American Reckoning
Cathy Park Hong
Uncanny Valley
Anna Wiener
Unworthy Republic
The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory
Claudio Saunt
Wilmington's Lie
The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
David Zucchino
Wintering
The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
Katherine May
