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
Jordan Cronk: The 50 Best Films of the 2010s
Barack Obama: Favorite Books of 2021
Economist: The Best Books of 2021
Guardian: Mark Kermode: Top 10 Films of 2019
Rolling Stone: Alan Sepinwall: 50 Best TV Shows of the 2010s
Teju Cole
Blind Spot
Time: Top 20 Books of 2017
Entropy: Best Books of 2017
Known and Strange Things
Time: Sarah Begley: Top 20 Books of 2016
BBC Culture: Jane Ciabattari: The 10 Best Books of 2016
Harper’s Bazaar: The 13 Best Books of 2016
San Francisco Chronicle: 100 Recommended Books of 2016
Open City
Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan: 10 Best Novels of 2011
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2011