Year-End Lists

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

2021
Hell of a Book - Jason Mott

National Book Award Fiction 2021

All That She Carried - Tiya Miles

National Book Award Nonfiction 2021

Floaters - Martín Espada

National Book Award Poetry 2021

Rough Trade US Albums of the Year 2021

Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

Mojo The 75 Best Albums of 2021

Hacks

Vogue The 19 Best TV Shows of 2021

Assembly - Natasha Brown

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2021

The Essential June Jordan - June Jordan

Publishers Weekly Best Poetry Books of 2021

Ignorance - The Weather Station

Uncut 75 Best Albums of 2021

Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr

Oprah Daily 20 Favorite Books of 2021

Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner

Powell's Books The 14 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Sterling Karat Gold - Isabel Waidner

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2021

No One Is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood

Powell's Books The 18 Best Novels of 2021

The Promise - Damon Galgut

The Booker Prize 2021 Award

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Jonathan Rosenbaum Ten Best Films of 2021

Punch Me Up to the Gods - Brian Broome

Kirkus Prize Nonfiction 2021

Harrow - Joy Williams

Kirkus Prize Fiction 2021

Benedetta - Paul Verhoeven

Jordan Cronk Top Ten Films of 2021

Piranesi - Susanna Clarke

Women's Prize Fiction 2021

Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli

Dublin Literary Award 2021

Luster - Raven Leilani

Dylan Thomas Prize 2021

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies - Deesha Philyaw

PEN/Faulkner Award Fiction 2021