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
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Highlights
Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2022
New York Times: Manohla Dargis: Best Movies of 2022
Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2022
New Yorker: The Best Nonfiction of 2022
Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2013
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Zadie Smith
Intimations
O Magazine: 20 Best Books of 2020
Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020
Grand Union
O Magazine: The Best Books of 2019
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2019
Feel Free
Paste: Best Books of 2018
Entropy: Best Books of 2018
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2018
Bustle: Best Books of 2018
Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli: 10 Best Books of 2018
Maria Popova: Favorite Books of 2018
Barack Obama: Favorite Books of 2018
San Francisco Chronicle: 100 Recommended Books of 2018
Swing Time
Harper’s Bazaar: The 13 Best Books of 2016
Time: Sarah Begley: Top 20 Books of 2016
Paste: The 40 Best Novels of the 2010s
San Francisco Chronicle: 100 Recommended Books of 2016
The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2017
Chicago Public Library: Top Ten Books of 2016
Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2016
NW
Salon: Top 10 Books of 2012
Women's Prize for Fiction: 2013
Library Journal: Top 10 Books of 2012
New York Times: 10 Best Books of 2012
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2012