Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.
Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Music
Adore Life - Savages

Best Albums of 2016 Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis

Music

50 Best Albums of 2016 Entertainment Weekly

TV Shows
Atlanta

11 Best TV Shows of 2016 Vulture: Matt Zoller Seitz

Music

48 Best Albums of 2016 AllMusic

Books
The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

2016 Best Books of the Year Shelf Awareness

Movies
Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

16 Best Movies of 2016 IndieWire: Eric Kohn

Movies
La La Land - Damien Chazelle

Top 10 Movies of 2016 Us Weekly: Mara Reinstein

Music
A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead

25 Best Albums of 2016 Slant

Movies
The Meddler - Lorene Scafaria

The 10 Best Movies of 2016 Vanity Fair: Richard Lawson

Books
The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter - Kia Corthron

2016 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction

Music

The Top 50 Albums of 2016 Treble

Movies

The Best Movies of 2016 ScreenCrush: Matt Singer

Movies
Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

25 Best Films of 2016 David Ehrlich

Movies
Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

Best Films of 2016 IndieWire Poll: B. Ruby Rich

Music
A Seat at the Table - Solange

Best 50 Albums of 2016 NPR Music

Music
Lemonade - Beyoncé

Top 10 Albums of 2016 Observer: Kitty Empire

Movies

Best Films of 2016 Observer: Mark Kermode

Music

Top 50 Albums of 2016 Consequence

Movies
Son of Saul - László Nemes

25 Best Films of 2016 Time Out London

Music

60 Favorite Albums of 2016 Gorilla vs. Bear

Movies

Top 30 Films of 2016 Sight & Sound Poll

Music

50 Best Albums of 2016 Stereogum

Movies
Elle - Paul Verhoeven

Top 10 Films of 2016 Les Inrocks: Murielle Joudet

Movies
Heal the Living - Katell Quillévéré

Top 10 Films of 2016 Les Inrocks: Emily Barnett

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