Year-End Lists

Tyler Andere: Favorite Albums of 2019, as posted to Medium in no particular order

• Heavy Lifter
  Hovvdy
• M for Empathy
  Lomelda
• Happy to Be Here
  Barrie
• Remember the Silver
  Emily Yacina
• Over It
  Summer Walker
• Lover
  Taylor Swift
• Pang
  Caroline Polachek
• Vagabon
  Vagabon
• MARANASATI 19111
  Nina Keith
• Echo's Verse
  R Beny
• Binibini
  Pamcy
• Anak Ko
  Jay Som
• Free Company
  Boy Scouts
• ~~~
  Ana Roxanne
• Cosine
  Ancient Pools
• When I Get Home
  Solange
• Outer Peace
  Toro y Moi
• Rat’s Spit
  Julian Lynch
• Zdenka 2080
  Salami Rose Joe Louis
• Kleinmeister
  Ruth Garbus
• II
  Casey Golden
• Trillium Killer
  Foxes In Fiction
• 私をしも
  mei ehara
• Mirroring
  Yohuna
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  Hand Habits

Jordan Cronk: Top 30 Albums of 2019, as posted to Twitter

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. Purple Mountains
   Purple Mountains
2. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
   Lana Del Rey
3. PROTO
   Holly Herndon
4. basking in the glow
   Oso Oso
5. House of Sugar
   (Sandy) Alex G
6. No Home Record
   Kim Gordon
7. Main Pop Girl 2019
   Default Genders
8. American Football (LP3)
   American Football
9. Agora
   Fennesz
10. Baroo
    Carl Stone
11. Ghosteen
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
12. Remembering the Rockets
    Strange Ranger
13. Field Whispers (Into the Crystal Palace)
    Fire-Toolz
14. Export
    Rap
15. The Practice of Love
    Jenny Hval
16. Schlagenheim
    black midi
17. Magdalene
    FKA twigs
18. Four of Arrows
    Great Grandpa
19. Immunity
    Clairo
20. Lost Wisdom, Pt. 2
    Mount Eerie feat. Julie Doiron
21. At the Party with My Brown Friends
    Black Belt Eagle Scout
22. Emily Alone
    Florist
23. Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
    Bill Callahan
24. 1000 gecs
    100 gecs
25. U.F.O.F.
    Big Thief
25. Two Hands
    Big Thief
26. Dogrel
    Fontaines D.C.
27. Soft Landing
    Sandro Perri
28. Life Metal
    Sunn O)))
28. Pyroclasts
    Sunn O)))
29. Crush
    Floating Points
30. This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You)
    Lambchop

Autostraddle: The Best TV Shows of 2019 with LGBT Women Characters

[see also 2018]

1. Pose
2. Fleabag
3. Jane the Virgin
4. Killing Eve
5. When They See Us
6. The Good Place
7. One Day at a Time
8. Vida
9. A Black Lady Sketch Show
10. Russian Doll
11. Dickinson
12. Sex Education
13. The L Word: Generation Q
14. Gentleman Jack
15. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
16. The Good Fight
17. Broad City
18. Euphoria
19. She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
20. Glow
21. Work in Progress
22. High Maintenance
23. Batwoman
24. Mrs. Fletcher
25. How to Get Away with Murder

Kitty Empire: Top 10 Albums of 2019, as published by The Observer

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

1. Ghosteen
   Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2. I Was Real
   75 Dollar Bill
3. Father of the Bride
   Vampire Weekend
4. Cuz I Love You
   Lizzo
5. Titanic Rising
   Weyes Blood
6. Charli
   Charli XCX
7. Jaime
   Brittany Howard
8. Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
   Bill Callahan
9. Designer
   Aldous Harding
10. Heavy Is The Head
    Stormzy

The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2019

[see also 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. Jaime
   Brittany Howard
2. Crushing
   Julia Jacklin
3. Charli
   Charli XCX
4. Cuz I Love You
   Lizzo
5. Raw Honey
   Drugdealer
6. Better Oblivion Community Center
   Better Oblivion Community Center
7. Remind Me Tomorrow
   Sharon Van Etten
8. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
   Lana Del Rey
9. Omoiyari
   Kishi Bashi
10. Atlanta Millionaires Club
    Faye Webster
11. Cheap Queen
    King Princess
12. Oh My God
    Kevin Morby
13. Magdalene
    FKA twigs
14. When I Get Home
    Solange
15. Two Hands
    Big Thief
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    Hand Habits
17. Gold Past Life
    Fruit Bats
18. Ventura
    Anderson .Paak
19. Bird Songs of a Killjoy
    Bedouine
20. My Finest Work Yet
    Andrew Bird
21. Lux Prima
    Karen O & Danger Mouse
22. Dedicated
    Carly Rae Jepsen
23. Late Night Feelings
    Mark Ronson
24. Heard It In A Past Life
    Maggie Rogers
25. Assume Form
    James Blake
26. Tomb
    Angelo De Augustine
27. IGOR
    Tyler, The Creator
28. Father of the Bride
    Vampire Weekend
29. All Mirrors
    Angel Olsen
30. SASAMI
    SASAMI

Robert Daniels: Top 25 Films of 2019

[see also 2021 • 2020]

1. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
2. Ad Astra
   James Gray
3. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
4. High Life
   Claire Denis
5. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
6. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
   Marielle Heller
7. Luce
   Julius Onah
8. Honey Boy
   Alma Har'el
9. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
10. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
    Joe Talbot
11. Her Smell
    Alex Ross Perry
12. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
    Céline Sciamma
13. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
14. Little Women
    Greta Gerwig
15. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese
16. Knives Out
    Rian Johnson
17. Dolemite Is My Name
    Craig Brewer
18. Atlantics
    Mati Diop
19. Climax
    Gaspar Noé
20. Booksmart
    Olivia Wilde
21. Bliss
    Joe Begos
22. The Burial Of Kojo
    Blitz Bazawule
23. Midsommar
    Ari Aster
24. Them That Follow
    Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage
25. Burning Cane
    Phillip Youmans

Honorable Mentions

• A Hidden Life
  Terrence Malick
• Clemency
  Chinonye Chukwu
• Gloria Bell
  Sebastián Lelio
• Invisible Life
  Karim Aïnouz
• Light from Light
  Paul Harrill
• The Lighthouse
  Robert Eggers
• Monos
  Alejandro Landes
• The Nightingale
  Jennifer Kent
• Queen & Slim
  Melina Matsoukas
• The Report
  Scott Z. Burns
• Slut in a Good Way
  Sophie Lorain
• This Is Not Berlin
  Hari Sama
• Toy Story 4
  Josh Cooley
• Uncut Gems
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• Under the Silver Lake
  David Robert Mitchell
• Us
  Jordan Peele
• Vitalina Varela
  Pedro Costa

Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2019

[see also 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015]

1. U.F.O.F.
   Big Thief
2. Purple Mountains
   Purple Mountains
3. Father of the Bride
   Vampire Weekend
4. Magdalene
   FKA twigs
5. Designer
   Aldous Harding
6. Patience
   Mannequin Pussy
7. i,i
   Bon Iver
8. No Home Record
   Kim Gordon
9. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
   Lana Del Rey
10. Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery
    The Comet Is Coming
11. Jaime
    Brittany Howard
12. PROTO
    Holly Herndon
13. Hiding Places
    Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
14. Dogrel
    Fontaines D.C.
15. Schlagenheim
    black midi
16. Sulphur English
    Inter Arma
17. Die a Legend
    Polo G
18. Agora
    Fennesz
19. thank u, next
    Ariana Grande
20. Ism
    Junius Paul
21. Anima
    Thom Yorke
22. 2020
    Richard Dawson
23. I Was Real
    75 Dollar Bill
24. Town Centre
    Squid
25. The Adornment Of Time
    Tyshawn Sorey and Marilyn Crispell

Mark Kermode: Top 10 Films of 2019, as published by The Observer

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

1. Bait
   Mark Jenkin
2. Monos
   Alejandro Landes
3. Ordinary Love
   Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn
4. Rocketman
   Dexter Fletcher
5. Only You
   Harry Wootliff
6. If Beale Street Could Talk
   Barry Jenkins
7. For Sama
   Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts
8. Us
   Jordan Peele
9. Out of Blue
   Carol Morley
10. The Souvenir
    Joanna Hogg

Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2019, as posted to Twitter

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

• American Factory
  Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
• Amazing Grace
  Sydney Pollack
• Apollo 11
  Todd Douglas Miller
• Ash is Purest White
  Jia Zhang-ke
• Atlantics
  Mati Diop
• Birds of Passage
  Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
• Booksmart
  Olivia Wilde
• Diane
  Kent Jones
• The Farewell
  Lulu Wang
• Ford v Ferrari
  James Mangold
• The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese
• Just Mercy
  Destin Daniel Cretton
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco
  Joe Talbot
• Little Women
  Greta Gerwig
• Marriage Story
  Noah Baumbach
• Parasite
  Bong Joon-ho
• The Souvenir
  Joanna Hogg
• Transit
  Christian Petzold

And a quick list of TV shows that I considered as powerful as movies

• Fleabag (season 2)
• Unbelievable
• Watchmen

BookPage: Best Nonfiction Books of 2019

[see also The Best Nonfiction of 2023 • The Best Fiction of 2023 • Best Nonfiction of 2022 • Best Fiction of 2022 • Best Books of 2020: Nonfiction • Best Books of 2020: Fiction • Best Fiction Books of 2019]

1. In the Dream House
   Carmen Maria Machado
2. Trick Mirror

   Reflections on Self-Delusion
   Jia Tolentino
3. Underland

   A Deep Time Journey
   Robert Macfarlane
4. Say Nothing

   A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
   Patrick Radden Keefe
5. Inheritance

   A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
   Dani Shapiro
6. The End of the Myth

   From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
   Greg Grandin
7. The British Are Coming

   The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
   Rick Atkinson
8. How We Fight for Our Lives
   Saeed Jones
9. Late Migrations

   A Natural History of Love and Loss
   Margaret Renkl
10. Three Women
    Lisa Taddeo
11. The Plateau
    Maggie Paxson
12. Figuring
    Maria Popova
13. Ordinary Girls
    Jaquira Díaz
14. Make It Scream, Make It Burn
    Leslie Jamison
15. Mama's Last Hug

    Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
    Frans de Waal
16. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

    Native America from 1890 to the Present
    David Treuer
17. Wild Game

    My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
    Adrienne Brodeur
18. Once More We Saw Stars
    Jayson Greene
19. The Yellow House
    Sarah M. Broom
20. No Visible Bruises

    What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
    Rachel Louise Snyder