Year-End Lists

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

« 2023
Take Me Back to Eden - Sleep Token

Revolver 30 Best Albums of 2023

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

Library Journal Best Literary Fiction of 2023

To 2040 - Jorie Graham

Library Journal Best Poetry of 2023

Guts - Olivia Rodrigo

Maria Sherman: AP Top Albums of 2023

The Turning: Room of Mirrors

Reggie Ugwu: New York Times Best Podcasts of 2023

Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? - Kara Jackson

The Line of Best Fit The Best Albums of 2023

Past Lives - Celine Song

David Fear: Rolling Stone The 20 Best Movies of 2023

Beef

Kelly Lawler: USA Today Best TV Shows of 2023

Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) - Yves Tumor

Consequence 50 Best Albums of 2023

American Fiction - Cord Jefferson

Ann Hornaday: Washington Post The 10 Best Movies of 2023

False Lankum - Lankum

Quietus Albums of the Year 2023

School of Instructions - Ishion Hutchinson

Maria Crawford: Financial Times Best Poetry of 2023

Balladz - Sharon Olds

Kate Kellaway: Guardian Best Poetry Books of 2023

Rat Saw God - Wednesday

Our Culture The 50 Best Albums of 2023

Fallen Leaves - Aki Kaurismäki

Stephanie Zacharek: Time The 10 Best Movies of 2023

Trenque Lauquen - Laura Citarella

Cahiers du Cinéma Top Ten Films of 2023

The Bear

Esquire 10 Best TV Shows of 2023

Volcano - Jungle

Bria McNeal: Esquire 20 Best Albums of 2023

Chain-Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Esquire The 20 Best Books of 2023

Matthew Gilbert: Boston Globe The 10 Best TV Shows of 2023

Some People Need Killing - Patricia Evangelista

Economist The Best Books of 2023

May December - Todd Haynes

Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair The Best Movies of 2023

Killers of the Flower Moon - Martin Scorsese

Alissa Wilkinson: New York Times Best Movies of 2023

Killers of the Flower Moon - Martin Scorsese

Manohla Dargis: New York Times Best Movies of 2023