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.
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NPR Music: Bob Boilen: Top Ten Albums of 2018
Economist: Best Books of 2022
Los Angeles Times: Justin Chang: Best Movies of 2022
New York Times: Manohla Dargis: Best Movies of 2022
The Needle Drop: Tony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2022
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Saeed Jones
Alive at the End of the World
Publishers Weekly: Best Poetry Books of 2022
Book Riot: Connie Pan: 10 of the Best Poetry Collections of 2022
Electric Lit: Favorite Poetry Collections of 2022
The Stacks Podcast: Traci Thomas: Best Books of 2022
How We Fight for Our Lives
BookPage: Best Nonfiction Books of 2019
Electric Lit: 15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019
Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan: Favorite Books of 2019
New Yorker: Katy Waldman: The Best Books of 2019
BuzzFeed: Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2019
Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2019
Prelude to Bruise
Lit Hub: The 10 Best Poetry Collections of the Decade