Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2018

11 December 2018

RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2018, as selected by the site’s regular film critics and assistant editors

[see also 20232022202120202010s201920172016]


This list summarizes other lists, including these:

Autostraddle: 50 of the Best Feminist Books of 2018

11 December 2018

My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh

Autostraddle: 50 of the Best Feminist Books of 2018, with the poetry list filed separately here

Fiction

Nonfiction

Cultural Criticism

Essay Collections

Anthologies

Memoir/Biography

New Yorker: Troy Patterson: My Favorite TV Shows of 2018

11 December 2018

Atlanta

Troy Patterson: My Favorite TV Shows of 2018, as published by The New Yorker

Resident Advisor: 2018's Best Albums

11 December 2018

Resident Advisor: 2018's Best Albums, compiled by staff and contributors

[see also 20232015201420122011]

New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich: Ten Best Albums of 2018

11 December 2018

Amanda Petrusich: Ten Best Albums of 2018, as published by The New Yorker

[see also 2023202120202010s20192017]

Uproxx: Best Movies of 2018

11 December 2018

Sorry to Bother You - Boots Riley

Uproxx: Best Movies of 2018

[see also 202320222021202020172016]

Boston.com: 20 Best Books of 2018

11 December 2018

Boston.com: 20 Best Books of 2018, selected by staff members from four Boston book shops

[see also 2019]

Fiction

Poetry

Nonfiction

Dennis Cooper: Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction of 2018

11 December 2018

Dennis Cooper: Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction of 2018

[see also 201920162012]

Fiction

Nonfiction

Entropy: Best Books of 2018

11 December 2018

Entropy: Best Books of 2018, Non-Fiction and Fiction, "in no particular order" but numbered as follows.

[see also 2017]

Non-Fiction

  1. various authors
  2. various authors

Fiction

Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2018

11 December 2018

Be the Cowboy - Mitski

Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2018

[see also 20232022202120202010s20192017201620152014201320122011]