Year-End Lists

Matt Zoller Seitz: The Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. When They See Us
2. Better Things
3. Succession
4. Russian Doll
5. Euphoria
6. Fleabag
7. Kingdom
8. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
9. Deadwood: The Movie
10. Sherman's Showcase
10. Documentary Now!

Gorilla vs. Bear: Favorite Albums of 2019

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
   Lana Del Rey
2. Essentials
   Erika de Casier
3. U.F.O.F.
   Big Thief
3. Two Hands
   Big Thief
4. Oncle Jazz
   Men I Trust
5. Brand New Adult
   BEA1991
6. Closer to Grey
   Chromatics
7. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
   Billie Eilish
8. The Same But By Different Means
   Yves Jarvis
9. Designer
   Aldous Harding
10. If U Want It
    park hye jin
11. Bandana
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
12. Titanic Rising
    Weyes Blood
13. All My Heroes Are Cornballs
    JPEGMAFIA
14. Atlanta Millionaires Club
    Faye Webster
15. One Life
    Malibu
16. Crushing
    Julia Jacklin
17. Sinner: KDJ-48
    Moodymann
18. Magdalene
    FKA twigs
19. Miss Universe
    Nilüfer Yanya
20. Pang
    Caroline Polachek
21. After its own death / Walking in a spiral towards the house
    Nivhek
22. Ted
    Baltra
23. IGOR
    Tyler, The Creator
24. Volume 1
    Flore Laurentienne
25. Information
    Galcher Lustwerk
26. uknowhatimsayin¿
    Danny Brown
27. Night Bus 4 : Memory of Night Bus
    CFCF
28. GREY Area
    Little Simz
29. The Practice of Love
    Jenny Hval
30. Quiet Signs
    Jessica Pratt
31. Thirty
    Noah
32. All Mirrors
    Angel Olsen
33. Buoys
    Panda Bear
34. Dolphine
    Mega Bog
35. DJ-Kicks
    Laurel Halo
36. Outer Peace
    Toro y Moi
36. Soul Trash
    Toro y Moi
37. Sofia Kourtesis
    Sofia Kourtesis
38. All My People
    Maria Somerville
39. It Should Be Us
    Andy Stott
40. Look up Sharp
    Carla dal Forno
41. Charli
    Charli XCX
42. Venus in Leo
    HTRK
43. ~~~
    Ana Roxanne
44. MARANASATI 19111
    Nina Keith
45. Sli'merre
    Young Nudy & Pi'erre Bourne
46. 5
    Sault
47. Serotonin II
    yeule
48. Only Diamonds Cut Diamonds
    Vegyn
49. Stockholm Marathon
    Kornél Kovács
50. Fog FM
    Anthony Naples

Richard Lawson: The 10 Best Movies of 2019, as published by Vanity Fair

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

1. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
2. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
3. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
4. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
5. Honeyland
   Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
6. Hustlers
   Lorene Scafaria
7. Atlantics
   Mati Diop
8. The Ground Beneath My Feet
   Marie Kreutzer
9. Her Smell
   Alex Ross Perry
10. Uncut Gems
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie

Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of 2019, as published by The New Yorker

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017]

• Magdalene
  FKA twigs
• Ilana (The Creator)
  Mdou Moctar
• I Was Real
  75 Dollar Bill
• Remind Me Tomorrow
  Sharon Van Etten
• i,i
  Bon Iver
• Two Hands
  Big Thief
• Purple Mountains
  Purple Mountains
• African Giant
  Burna Boy
• Norman Fucking Rockwell!
  Lana Del Rey
• Anima
  Thom Yorke
• Out of Sight
  Jake Xerxes Fussell
• Heard It In A Past Life
  Maggie Rogers

Treble: The Top 50 Albums of 2019

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2012 • 2011]

1. All Mirrors
   Angel Olsen
2. Ghosteen
   Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3. uknowhatimsayin¿
   Danny Brown
4. Gold & Grey
   Baroness
5. Magdalene
   FKA twigs
6. ZUU
   Denzel Curry
7. IGOR
   Tyler, The Creator
8. When I Get Home
   Solange
9. Devour
   Pharmakon
10. All My Heroes Are Cornballs
    JPEGMAFIA
11. Titanic Rising
    Weyes Blood
12. Quiet Signs
    Jessica Pratt
13. House of Sugar
    (Sandy) Alex G
14. Schlagenheim
    black midi
15. LEGACY! LEGACY!
    Jamila Woods
16. Bandana
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
17. U.F.O.F.
    Big Thief
18. There Existed an Addiction to Blood
    clipping.
19. Purple Mountains
    Purple Mountains
20. A Gaze Among Them
    Big Brave
21. Malibu Ken
    Malibu Ken, Aesop Rock & TOBACCO
22. Anima
    Thom Yorke
23. Remind Me Tomorrow
    Sharon Van Etten
24. Western Stars
    Bruce Springsteen
25. Anak Ko
    Jay Som
26. Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery
    The Comet Is Coming
27. Closer to Grey
    Chromatics
28. Cairn
    Mizmor
29. Patience
    Mannequin Pussy
30. Nest
    Brutus
31. Life Metal
    Sunn O)))
32. Mazy Fly
    Spellling
33. Tears of Joy
    Mike
34. Caligula
    Lingua Ignota
35. Sulphur English
    Inter Arma
36. I Am Easy to Find
    The National
37. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
    Lana Del Rey
38. The Practice of Love
    Jenny Hval
39. Planetary Clairvoyance
    Tomb Mold
40. i,i
    Bon Iver
41. Designer
    Aldous Harding
42. Stuffed & Ready
    Cherry Glazerr
43. PROTO
    Holly Herndon
44. Outer Peace
    Toro y Moi
45. Lost Girls
    Bat for Lashes
46. GREY Area
    Little Simz
47. Pollinator
    Cloud Rat
48. This Is How You Smile
    Helado Negro
49. Animated Violence Mild
    Blanck Mass
50. The Center Won't Hold
    Sleater-Kinney

Angelica Jade Bastién: The Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2020]

1. Watchmen
2. Russian Doll
3. Mindhunter
4. Fleabag
5. I Am the Night
6. Unbelievable
7. Primal
8. The Good Place
9. Bob’s Burgers
10. Doom Patrol

Kathryn VanArendonk: The Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. Fleabag
2. Succession
3. Unbelievable
4. Watchmen
5. Russian Doll
6. Lodge 49
7. Dickinson
8. The Good Fight
9. Couples Therapy
10. What We Do in the Shadows

The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2019

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. I Was Real
   75 Dollar Bill
2. The Oracle
   Angel Bat Dawid
3. We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration
   The Art Ensemble of Chicago
4. Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes
   Moor Mother
5. Morton Feldman Piano
   Philip Thomas
6. Lifetime
   Klein
7. The Sacrificial Code
   Kali Malone
8. The Mirror
   People Like Us
9. Mandatory Reality
   Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society
10. Life Metal
    Sunn O)))
11. More Arriving
    Sarathy Korwar
12. GREY Area
    Little Simz
13. Kubali
    Mc Yallah & Debmaster
14. Himalaya
    Carl Stone
15. Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise
    Jaimie Branch
16. Purple Mountains
    Purple Mountains
17. COIN COIN Chapter Four: Memphis
    Matana Roberts
18. No Home Record
    Kim Gordon
19. 1000 gecs
    100 gecs
20. All My Heroes Are Cornballs
    JPEGMAFIA
21. IGOR
    Tyler, The Creator
22. Songs from the Bardo
    Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, & Jesse Paris Smith
23. When I Get Home
    Solange
24. Reach the Endless Sea
    Tunes of Negation
25. Where Future Unfolds
    Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble
26. Wrecked
    Zonal
27. Baroo
    Carl Stone
28. Solitude
    King Midas Sound
29. Occam Ocean 2
    Éliane Radigue
30. Parallel Persia
    Sote
31. Illegal Moves
    Sunwatchers
32. Bandana
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
33. For You and I
    Loraine James
34. James Tenney: Changes - 64 Studies for 6 Harps
    Nicholas Deyoe
35. Everywhere At The End Of Time – Stage 4
    The Caretaker
35. Everywhere At The End Of Time – Stage 5
    The Caretaker
35. Everywhere At The End Of Time – Stage 6
    The Caretaker
36. Wahala
    Yatta
37. Pyroclasts
    Sunn O)))
38. All The Many Peopls
    Jennifer Walshe
39. LP
    Big Stick
40. Magdalene
    FKA twigs
41. Ecstatic Computation
    Caterina Barbieri
42. 7 Directions
    Nkisi
43. Ghosteen
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
44. Hiding Places
    Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
45. Folly Bololey (Songs from Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom)
    North Sea Radio Orchestra / John Greaves / Annie Barbazza
46. Uingizaji Hewa
    Duke
47. There Existed an Addiction to Blood
    clipping.
48. Epitaph
    Jay Glass Dubs
49. The Flower and the Vessel
    Felicia Atkinson
50. Mechanical Flirtations
    Saint Abdullah

Dan Kois: The 10 Best Books of 2019, as published by Slate

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020]

Nonfiction

• Wild Game

  My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
  Adrienne Brodeur
• We Can Make A Life
  Chessie Henry
• Limbo
  Dan Fox

Fiction, Comics, and Poetry

• Deaf Republic
  Ilya Kaminsky
• Women Talking
  Miriam Toews
• Late in the Day
  Tessa Hadley
• The Raven Tower
  Ann Leckie
• The Hard Tomorrow
  Eleanor Davis
• A Mistake
  Carl Shuker
• Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
  Andrea Lawlor

Entropy: Best Poetry Books & Poetry Collections of 2019

[see also 2018 • 2017]

1. Time
   Etel Adnan
2. A Sand Book
   Ariana Reines
3. Our Weather Our Sea
   Samuel Ace
4. Soft Science
   Franny Choi
5. Careen
   Grace Shuyi Liew
6. A Fortune for Your Disaster
   Hanif Abdurraqib
7. Grief Sequence
   Prageeta Sharma
8. Advantages of Being Evergreen
   Oliver Baez Bendorf
9. Near, At
   Jennifer Soong
10. Syncope
    Asiya Wadud
11. Deaf Republic
    Ilya Kaminsky
12. Magical Negro
    Morgan Parker
13. Invasive species
    Marwa Helal
14. Meet Me There

    Normal Sex & Home in three days. Don't wash.
    Samuel Ace / Linda Smukler
15. Dunce
    Mary Ruefle
16. The Tradition
    Jericho Brown
17. Moira of Edges, Moira the Tart
    Moina Pam Dick
18. All That Beauty
    Fred Moten
19. Casting Deep Shade

    An Amble
    C.D. Wright
20. Be Recorder
    Carmen Giménez Smith
21. Furthest Ecology
    Adam Fagin
22. The Tiniest Muzzle Sings Songs of Freedom
    Magdalena Zurawski
23. The Year of Blue Water
    Yanyi
24. Oculus
    Sally Wen Mao
25. Feed
    Tommy Pico
26. EXTRATRANSMISSION
    Andrea Abi-Karam
27. Hall of Waters
    Berry Grass
28. Oceanic
    Aimee Nezhukumatathil
29. Blood Box
    Zefyr Lisowski
30. Mitochondrial Night
    Ed Bok Lee
31. Doomstead Days
    Brian Teare
32. Austerity
    Marion Bell
33. Brute
    Emily Skaja
34. Losing Miami
    Gabriel Ojeda-Sague
35. What I Knew
    Eleni Sikelianos
36. Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers
    Jake Skeets
37. Space Struck
    Paige Lewis
38. Street Gloss
    Brent Armendinger
39. What's in a Name
    Ana Luísa Amaral
40. HoodWitch
    Faylita Hicks
41. Heart Like A Window, Mouth Like A Cliff
    Sara Borjas
42. Let It Ride
    Timothy Liu
43. Hysteria
    Kim Yideum
44. Several Rotations
    Jesse Seldess
45. Knitting the Fog
    Claudia D. Hernández
46. Personal Volcano
    Laura Moriarty
47. Have You Been Feeling Blue These Days?
    Kim Eon Hee
48. (the Other House)
    Rocio Carlos
49. while they sleep (under the bed is another country)
    Raquel Salas Rivera
50. The Unexploded Ordnance Bin
    Rebecca Foust