Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Ann Powers: NPR: Top 10 Albums of 2021
The Booker Prize: 2017 Award
Powell's Books: Best Fiction of 2016
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Lists

10 Best Movies of 2014 New Yorker
11 Best Films of 2012 New Yorker
Best Films of 2011 New Yorker

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Fiction of 2016 Powell's Books
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best TV Shows of 2022 The Ringer
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2014 Women's Prize
The Best Books of 2020 Thrillist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best Albums of 2015 Fact
50 Best Albums of 2018 Billboard
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Albums of 2021 Ann Powers · NPR · NPR Music
2017 Award The Booker Prize

Trending Works

Southbound Anjali Enjeti
The Pairing Casey McQuiston
Patch the Sky Bob Mould
Golden Sings That Have Been Sung Ryley Walker
Leisure Seizure Tom Vek
Gag Order Kesha
Konkylie When Saints Go Machine
April Sara Nicholson
Gloss Drop Battles
Coming Apart Body/Head
Marigold James Hershberg
Faithful Man Lee Fields
L’un n’empêche pas l’autre Brigitte Fontaine
Hidemi Patrick Shiroishi

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