Year-End Lists

Alan Sepinwall: 50 Best TV Shows of the 2010s, as published by Rolling Stone

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. The Leftovers
2. Parks and Recreation
3. Breaking Bad
4. BoJack Horseman
5. Fleabag
6. The Americans
7. Atlanta
8. Justified
9. Rectify
10. Better Things
11. Better Call Saul
12. Terriers
13. Community
14. Twin Peaks: The Return
15. Game of Thrones
16. Fargo
17. Hannibal
18. Halt and Catch Fire
19. Bob’s Burgers
20. Review
21. Orange is the New Black
22. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
23. Brockmire
24. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
25. Watchmen
26. Boardwalk Empire
27. Veep
28. Broad City
29. Treme
30. Enlightened
31. The Good Place
32. Catastrophe
33. Key and Peele
34. The Deuce
35. The Legend of Korra
36. You’re the Worst
37. Master of None
38. Pose
39. Girls
40. Steven Universe
41. Mr. Robot
42. Transparent
43. Gravity Falls
44. Jane the Virgin
45. Parenthood
46. New Girl
47. Men of a Certain Age
48. Banshee
49. Baskets
50. The Good Wife

Willa Paskin: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by Slate

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017]

1. Fleabag
2. Succession
3. Watchmen
4. Russian Doll
5. Blown Away
6. Leaving Neverland
7. Couples Therapy
8. Catastrophe
9. Ramy
10. Glow

Powell's Books: Best Nonfiction of 2019

[see also Best Nonfiction of 2023 • Best Fiction of 2023 • Best Nonfiction of 2022 • Best Fiction of 2022 • The 14 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021 • The 18 Best Novels of 2021 • Best Fiction of 2020 • Best Nonfiction of 2020 • Best Fiction of 2019 • Best Fiction of 2018 • Best Nonfiction of 2018 • Best Nonfiction of 2017 • Best Fiction of 2017 • Best Fiction of 2016 • Best Nonfiction of 2016 • Best Nonfiction Books of 2015 • Best Fiction Books of 2015 • Best Fiction of 2014 • Best Nonfiction of 2014]

• Go Ahead in the Rain

  Notes to A Tribe Called Quest
  Hanif Abdurraqib
• Our Man

  Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
  George Packer
• Three Women
  Lisa Taddeo
• The Collected Schizophrenias
  Esmé Weijun Wang
• How to Do Nothing

  Resisting the Attention Economy
  Jenny Odell
• Say Nothing

  A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
  Patrick Radden Keefe
• The Yellow House
  Sarah M. Broom
• Underland

  A Deep Time Journey
  Robert Macfarlane
• In the Dream House
  Carmen Maria Machado
• Trick Mirror

  Reflections on Self-Delusion
  Jia Tolentino

Kelly Lawler: 25 Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by USA Today

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017]

1. Fleabag
2. Leaving Neverland
3. Chernobyl
4. Back to Life
5. When They See Us
6. Watchmen
7. Dead to Me
8. Undone
9. Unbelievable
10. Shrill
11. The Good Place
12. What We Do in the Shadows
13. Superstore
14. The Crown
15. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
16. The Good Fight
17. Stumptown
18. Pose
19. A Black Lady Sketch Show
20. Veronica Mars
21. Stranger Things
22. Country Music
23. Living with Yourself
24. Evil
25. You

Complex: Top Music Albums of 2019

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. IGOR
   Tyler, The Creator
2. Bandana
   Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
3. thank u, next
   Ariana Grande
4. So Much Fun
   Young Thug
5. KIRK
   DaBaby
6. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
   Billie Eilish
7. Sli'merre
   Young Nudy & Pi'erre Bourne
8. Perfect Ten
   Mustard
9. uknowhatimsayin¿
   Danny Brown
10. CrasH Talk
    ScHoolboy Q
11. Baby on Baby
    DaBaby
12. Rap or Go to the League
    2 Chainz
13. African Giant
    Burna Boy
14. Die For My Bitch
    Baby Keem
15. When I Get Home
    Solange
16. The Plugs I Met
    Benny the Butcher
17. Outer Peace
    Toro y Moi
18. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
    Lana Del Rey
19. ZUU
    Denzel Curry
20. GREY Area
    Little Simz
21. Revenge of the Dreamers III
    Dreamville
22. WWCD
    Griselda
23. Port of Miami 2
    Rick Ross
24. Fever
    Megan Thee Stallion
25. Heard It In A Past Life
    Maggie Rogers
26. Shea Butter Baby
    Ari Lennox
27. Assume Form
    James Blake
28. Hitler Wears Hermes 7
    Westside Gunn
29. El Capo
    Jim Jones
30. Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD
    Future
31. Netflix & Deal
    03 Greedo & Kenny Beats
32. - Ugh, those feels again
    Snoh Aalegra
33. Father of the Bride
    Vampire Weekend
34. AI YoungBoy 2
    YoungBoy Never Broke Again
35. Anger Management
    Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats
36. Flamagra
    Flying Lotus
37. Pony
    Rex Orange County
38. Oasis
    J Balvin & Bad Bunny
39. Magdalene
    FKA twigs
40. The Lost Boy
    YBN Cordae
41. We All Shine
    YNW Melly
42. Diaspora
    GoldLink
43. Over It
    Summer Walker
44. Eve
    Rapsody
45. Songs for You
    Tinashe
46. Hollywood's Bleeding
    Post Malone
47. Ventura
    Anderson .Paak
48. Brandon Banks
    Maxo Kream
49. Hot Pink
    Doja Cat
50. Jesus Is King
    Kanye West

The Ringer: The Best Albums of 2019, compiled by Shea Serrano and Rob Harvilla

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018]

1. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
   Lana Del Rey
2. Fever
   Megan Thee Stallion
3. Purple Mountains
   Purple Mountains
4. Brandon Banks
   Maxo Kream
5. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
   Billie Eilish
6. IGOR
   Tyler, The Creator
7. Young Enough
   Charly Bliss
8. LEGACY! LEGACY!
   Jamila Woods
9. On the Line
   Jenny Lewis
10. Early Bird
    Larry June

Maureen Corrigan: Favorite Books of 2019, as aired on NPR’s Fresh Air

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2011]

Fiction

• The Nickel Boys
  Colson Whitehead
• Trust Exercise
  Susan Choi
• The Dutch House
  Ann Patchett
• Lost and Wanted
  Nell Freudenberger
• Orange World and Other Stories
  Karen Russell
• On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
  Ocean Vuong

Nonfiction

• Say Nothing

  A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
  Patrick Radden Keefe
• The Yellow House
  Sarah M. Broom
• Black Is the Body

  Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine
  Emily Bernard
• How We Fight for Our Lives
  Saeed Jones

Laura Miller: The 10 Best Books of 2019, as published by Slate

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017]

Fiction

• Trust Exercise
  Susan Choi
• Gingerbread
  Helen Oyeyemi
• Normal People
  Sally Rooney
• Fall; or, Dodge in Hell
  Neal Stephenson
• The Nickel Boys
  Colson Whitehead

Nonfiction

• The Yellow House
  Sarah M. Broom
• Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments

  Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval
  Saidiya Hartman
• Say Nothing

  A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
  Patrick Radden Keefe
• Underland

  A Deep Time Journey
  Robert Macfarlane
• Audience of One

  Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America
  James Poniewozik

Sonia Saraiya: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by Vanity Fair

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015]

1. When They See Us
2. Fleabag
3. Unbelievable
4. Chernobyl
5. Barry
6. Succession
7. The Other Two
8. Leaving Neverland
9. Undone
10. Dickinson

K. Austin Collins: The 15 Best Movies of 2019, as published by Vanity Fair

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. Ash is Purest White
   Jia Zhang-ke
1. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
2. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
3. An Elephant Sitting Still
   Hu Bo
4. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
5. Atlantics
   Mati Diop
6. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
7. Asako I & II
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
8. Black Mother
   Khalik Allah
9. A Hidden Life
   Terrence Malick
10. Peterloo
    Mike Leigh
11. Ghosts of Sugar Land
    Bassam Tariq
12. Birds of Passage
    Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
13. One Child Nation
    Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang
14. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
    Marielle Heller

Honorable Mentions

• Ad Astra
  James Gray
• Aniara
  Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja
• Avengement
  Jesse V. Johnson
• Chained for Life
  Aaron Schimberg
• The Dead Don't Die
  Jim Jarmusch
• The Farewell
  Lulu Wang
• Her Smell
  Alex Ross Perry
• High Flying Bird
  Steven Soderbergh
• Light from Light
  Paul Harrill
• Little Women
  Greta Gerwig
• Pain and Glory
  Pedro Almodóvar
• Parasite
  Bong Joon-ho
• The Sun Is Also a Star
  Ry Russo-Young
• Transit
  Christian Petzold
• Us
  Jordan Peele
• Varda by Agnès
  Agnès Varda