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
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Highlights
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2023
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2023
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2023
Vulture: John Waters: Best Movies of 2023
New Yorker: Richard Brody: The Best Movies of 2023
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Amor Towles
The Lincoln Highway
Oprah Daily: 20 Favorite Books of 2021
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2021
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: 20 Favorite New Books of 2021
Barack Obama: Favorite Books of 2021
Kirkus Reviews: Best Fiction Books of 2021
Parade Magazine: 40 Best Books of 2021
A Gentleman in Moscow
Town & Country: The 17 Best Books of the 2010s
Barack Obama: Best Books I Read in 2017
Powell's Books: Best Fiction of 2016
Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2016
San Francisco Chronicle: 100 Recommended Books of 2016