Year-End Lists

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

Highlights

Music
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Paste 50 Best Albums of 2012

Movies
The Deep Blue Sea - Terence Davies

Artforum: John Waters 10 Best Films of 2012

Music
World Music - Goat

Piccadilly Records Top 100 Albums of 2012

Music

Q 50 Best Albums of 2012

Music
Blunderbuss - Jack White

Mojo 50 Best Albums of 2012

Music
Lonerism - Tame Impala

NME 50 Best Albums of 2012

Music
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Guardian Best Albums of 2012

Movies
Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Cahiers du Cinéma Top Ten Films of 2012

Books
Behind the Beautiful Forevers - Katherine Boo

Washington Post The 10 Best Books of 2012

Books
Bring Up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel

The Booker Prize 2012 Award

Books
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

Women's Prize Fiction 2012

Books
Catherine the Great - Robert K. Massie

Carnegie Medal Nonfiction 2012

Books
The Forgotten Waltz - Anne Enright

Carnegie Medal Fiction 2012

Movies

Skandies 20 Best Films of 2011

Music
Whokill - Tune-Yards

Pazz & Jop Top 100 Albums of 2011

Movies
This is Not a Film - Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

Cinema Scope Top Ten Films of 2011

Music
Whokill - Tune-Yards

Los Angeles Times: Margaret Wappler Top 10 Albums of 2011

Music
Sin Sin Sin - Le Butcherettes

Los Angeles Times: Todd Martens Top 15 Albums of 2011

Music
SyMeta - Byetone

Bleep Top 10 Albums of 2011

Music
Let England Shake - PJ Harvey

Hot Press Top 30 Albums of 2011

Music
Let England Shake - PJ Harvey

Rip It Up 10 Best Albums of 2011

Music
Wasting Light - Foo Fighters

Guitar World Top 50 Albums of 2011

Music
Blessed - Lucinda Williams

Austin Chronicle: Margaret Moser Top 10 Albums of 2011

Music
Father, Son, Holy Ghost - Girls

Austin Chronicle: Austin Powell Top 10 Albums of 2011

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Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.