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
Boston Globe: Matthew Gilbert: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2023
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2023
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2023
New Yorker: Richard Brody: The Best Movies of 2023
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2023
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Teju Cole
Tremor
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2023
Financial Times: Best Fiction of 2023
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