Year-End Lists

A curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

« 2021
Stones - Kevin Young

Library Journal Best Poetry of 2021

Returning the Sword to the Stone - Mark Leidner

Elisa Gabbert: New York Times The Best Poetry of 2021

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

Annabel Gutterman: Time The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021

Beautiful World, Where Are You - Sally Rooney

USA Today The Best Books of 2021

Hey What - Low

Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer The Best Albums of 2021

If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power - Halsey

Esquire The Best Albums of 2021

Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

Vinyl Factory Our 50 Favourite Albums of 2021

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

BBC Radio 6 Music Top 10 Albums of 2021

Conflict of Interest - Ghetts

Highlark 24 Best Albums of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Slant The 50 Best Films of 2021

The Underground Railroad - Barry Jenkins

The Playlist The 25 Best TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2021

If God Is a Virus - Seema Yasmin

New York Public Library Best Poetry of 2021

Seventeen Going Under - Sam Fender

NME The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Reservation Dogs

Polygon The Best TV Shows of 2021

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Michael Silverblatt: KCRW Top 10 Books of 2021

Nurture - Porter Robinson

Our Culture The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Outside Child - Allison Russell

Chris Willman: Variety The Best Albums of 2021

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

Jem Aswad: Variety The Best Albums of 2021

Doppelgangbanger - Cortney Lamar Charleston

Boston Globe The Best Poetry of 2021

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Boston Globe The Best Books of 2021

Reservation Dogs

Atlantic The 16 Best TV Shows of 2021

A Night of Knowing Nothing - Payal Kapadia

Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune Top 10 Best Movies of 2021

The Lady and the Dale - Nick Cammilleri & Zackary Drucker

Inkoo Kang: Washington Post Best of TV 2021

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) - Questlove

Ann Hornaday: Washington Post Best Movies of 2021