Year-End Lists

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

10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times

Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow

Top Ten Movies of 2012 New York: David Edelstein

Tramp - Sharon Van Etten

Top 50 Albums of 2012 Fly

Old Ideas - Leonard Cohen

75 Best Albums of 2012 Uncut

25 Best Albums of 2012 Sonic

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

50 Best Albums of 2012 Paste

The Deep Blue Sea - Terence Davies

10 Best Films of 2012 Artforum: John Waters

World Music - Goat

Top 100 Albums of 2012 Piccadilly Records

50 Best Albums of 2012 Q

Blunderbuss - Jack White

50 Best Albums of 2012 Mojo

Lonerism - Tame Impala

50 Best Albums of 2012 NME

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Best Albums of 2012 Guardian

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Top Ten Films of 2012 Cahiers du Cinéma

Behind the Beautiful Forevers - Katherine Boo

The 10 Best Books of 2012 Washington Post

Bring Up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel

Best Fiction of 2012 The Booker Prize

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

Best Fiction of 2012 Women's Prize

Catherine the Great - Robert K. Massie

Nonfiction 2012 Carnegie Medal

The Forgotten Waltz - Anne Enright

Fiction 2012 Carnegie Medal

20 Best Films of 2011 Skandies

Whokill - Tune-Yards

Top 100 Albums of 2011 Pazz & Jop

This is Not a Film - Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

Top Ten Films of 2011 Cinema Scope

Whokill - Tune-Yards

Top 10 Albums of 2011 Los Angeles Times: Margaret Wappler

Sin Sin Sin - Le Butcherettes

Top 15 Albums of 2011 Los Angeles Times: Todd Martens

SyMeta - Byetone

Top 10 Albums of 2011 Bleep