Year-End Lists

A curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

Trending

Cokemachineglow: 10 Albums We Loved Most in 2014
Robert Koehler: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2015
A.V. Club: Year in Film 2011
more

Our Culture: The Best Books of 2024

28 December 2024

Good Material - Dolly Alderton

Our Culture: The Best Books of 2024

Also from Our Culture in 2024: Music

Good Material

Dolly Alderton
Beautyland

Marie-Helene Bertino
Woo Woo

Ella Baxter
Worry

Alexandra Tanner
Plastic

Scott Guild
Godwin

Joseph O'Neill
Let Me Try Again

Matthew Davis
Mood Swings

Frankie Barnet
Rejection

Tony Tulathimutte
Alphabetical Diaries

Sheila Heti

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2014 Roger Koza · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2016 Adrian Martin · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2014 New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Books of the Year 2011 Benjamin Schwarz · Atlantic
Best Films of 2015 Robert Koehler · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
10 Albums We Loved Most in 2014 Cokemachineglow
Best Films of 2015 Denis Côté · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Year in Film 2011 A.V. Club
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2016 Sam Weisberg · Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll
Albums of 2011 DIY

Trending Works

A Ghost of Caribou Alice Henderson
Devil Is Fine Zeal & Ardor
new alhambra elvis depressedly
Islah Kevin Gates
Pictures of Ghosts Kleber Mendonça Filho
Collapse Aphex Twin
Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Original Broadway Cast
Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch
Electric Light James Bay
Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan
As You Were Liam Gallagher
Strange Weekend Porcelain Raft
Sugar & Spice Hatchie
Weapons Zach Cregger

Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, we make no tallies.

About · Suggest, Correct · What are we missing? · Frequently Asked Questions

Bluesky · Mastodon · Threads · Twitter · RSS Feeds