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
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2023
Los Angeles Times: Justin Chang: The Best Movies of 2023
New Yorker: Richard Brody: The Best Movies of 2023
Vulture: John Waters: Best Movies of 2023
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2023
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Ali Smith
Companion Piece
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2022
Summer
Women's Prize for Fiction: 2021
Guardian: Best Fiction of 2020
Slate: Laura Miller: The Best Books of 2020
Spring
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2019
Winter
Guardian: 31 Best Fiction Books of 2017
Autumn
Chicago Tribune: 10 Best Books of 2017
New York Times: 10 Best Books of 2017
Slate: Laura Miller: 10 Favorite Books of 2017
The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2017
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2017
Powell's Books: Best Fiction of 2017
How to Be Both
Women's Prize for Fiction: 2015
The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2014
There but for the
Publishers Weekly: Best Books of 2011
Women's Prize for Fiction: 2012