Year-End Lists

Alison Willmore: The Best Movies of 2023, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Showing Up
   Kelly Reichardt
2. May December
   Todd Haynes
3. Tótem
   Lila Avilés
4. The Boy and the Heron
   Hayao Miyazaki
5. The Zone of Interest
   Jonathan Glazer
6. Reality
   Tina Satter
7. A Thousand and One
   A.V. Rockwell
8. Happer's Comet
   Tyler Taormina
9. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
   James Gunn
10. The Outwaters
    Robbie Banfitch

Bilge Ebiri: The Best Movies of 2023, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2012]

1. Oppenheimer
   Christopher Nolan
2. The Holdovers
   Alexander Payne
3. Ferrari
   Michael Mann
4. Perfect Days
   Wim Wenders
5. About Dry Grasses
   Nuri Bilge Ceylan
6. Origin
   Ava DuVernay
7. Fallen Leaves
   Aki Kaurismäki
8. Passages
   Ira Sachs
9. Asteroid City
   Wes Anderson
10. Anatomy of a Fall
    Justine Triet

Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of 2023, as published by The New Yorker

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
   Anohni and the Johnsons
2. Javelin
   Sufjan Stevens
3. Again
   Oneohtrix Point Never
4. Pharoah (1977)
   Pharoah Sanders
5. Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
   Lana Del Rey
6. Sundial
   Noname
7. The Basketweave Elegies
   Peter Garland
8. Oh Me Oh My
   Lonnie Holley
9. Fountain Baby
   Amaarae
10. I Inside the Old Year Dying
    PJ Harvey
11. Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You
    Bonnie “Prince” Billy
12. First Two Pages of Frankenstein
    The National

Library Journal: Best Literary Fiction of 2023, posted along with a number of other genre-focused lists

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2012 • 2011]

• Tremor
  Teju Cole
• The Light at the End of the World
  Siddhartha Deb
• The Wren, the Wren
  Anne Enright
• This Other Eden
  Paul Harding
• Wellness
  Nathan Hill
• Like the Appearance of Horses
  Andrew Krivak
• North Woods
  Daniel Mason
• The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
  James McBride
• The Fraud
  Zadie Smith
• The Covenant of Water
  Abraham Verghese
• Let Us Descend
  Jesmyn Ward

Library Journal: Best Poetry of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2016]

• To 2040
  Jorie Graham
• Calligraphies
  Marilyn Hacker
• So to Speak
  Terrance Hayes
• School of Instructions

  A Poem
  Ishion Hutchinson
• The Many Hundreds of the Scent
  Shane McCrae
• What You Want
  Maureen N. McLane
• West

  A Translation
  Paisley Rekdal
• Tanya
  Brenda Shaughnessy
• suddenly we
  Evie Shockley
• From From
  Monica Youn
• How Fire Descends

  New and Selected Poems
  Serhiy Zhadan

Maria Sherman: Top Albums of 2023, as published by Associated Press

• Génesis
  Peso Pluma
• Guts
  Olivia Rodrigo
• Lucky
  Megan Moroney
• Hackney Diamonds
  The Rolling Stones
• Raven
  Kelela
• Mañana Será Bonito
  Karol G
• New Blue Sun
  André 3000
• Sundial
  Noname
• Rat Saw God
  Wednesday
• My Soft Machine
  Arlo Parks

Reggie Ugwu: Best Podcasts of 2023, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2022 • 2021]

• Criminal
• Decoder Ring
• Grapevine
• Heavyweight
• More Perfect
• Say More with Dr? Sheila
• The Sound
• Think Twice: Michael Jackson
• The Turning: Room of Mirrors
• Weight For It

The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
   Kara Jackson
2. Rat Saw God
   Wednesday
3. Heavy Heavy
   Young Fathers
4. Javelin
   Sufjan Stevens
5. Fountain Baby
   Amaarae
6. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
   Mitski
7. Sundial
   Noname
8. Maps
   Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
9. Blondshell
   Blondshell
10. Scaring the Hoes
    JPEGMafia and Danny Brown
11. Famous Last Words
    CASISDEAD
12. Am I British Yet?
    V V Brown
13. Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
    McKinley Dixon
14. I Don't Know
    bdrmm
15. The Greater Wings
    Julie Byrne
16. The Patience
    Mick Jenkins
17. Raven
    Kelela
18. Radical Romantics
    Fever Ray
19. With A Hammer
    yaeji
20. I Killed Your Dog
    L'Rain
21. Life Under the Gun
    Militarie Gun
22. Lahai
    Sampha
23. I've Seen a Way
    Mandy, Indiana
24. The Window
    Ratboys
25. I Inside the Old Year Dying
    PJ Harvey
26. Honey
    Samia
27. Softscars
    yeule
28. Time Ain't Accidental
    Jess Williamson
29. Black Rainbows
    Corinne Bailey Rae
30. Quaranta
    Danny Brown
31. The Whaler
    Home Is Where
32. Beautiful and Brutal Yard
    J Hus
33. False Lankum
    Lankum
34. In the End It Always Does
    The Japanese House
35. everything is alive
    Slowdive
36. Messy
    Olivia Dean
37. Mid Air
    Paris Texas
38. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
    Caroline Polachek
39. The Worm
    HMLTD
40. I've Got Me
    Joanna Sternberg
41. Kaytraminé
    Kaytraminé
42. Nails
    Benefits
43. Quest for Fire
    Skrillex
44. trip9love...???
    Tirzah
45. Stillness, Softness...
    hinako omori
46. Perfect Picture
    Hannah Diamond
47. Chaos For The Fly
    Grian Chatten
48. Sorry I Haven't Called
    Vagabon
49. My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
    Anohni and the Johnsons
50. Guts
    Olivia Rodrigo

David Fear: The 20 Best Movies of 2023, as published by Rolling Stone

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Past Lives
   Celine Song
2. The Zone of Interest
   Jonathan Glazer
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
   Martin Scorsese
4. Poor Things
   Yorgos Lanthimos
5. Showing Up
   Kelly Reichardt
6. The Quiet Girl
   Colm Bairéad
7. Anatomy of a Fall
   Justine Triet
8. The Delinquents
   Rodrigo Moreno
9. All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
   Raven Jackson
10. Barbie
    Greta Gerwig
11. American Fiction
    Cord Jefferson
12. All of Us Strangers
    Andrew Haigh
13. Return to Seoul
    Davy Chou
14. Beau Is Afraid
    Ari Aster
15. Skinamarink
    Kyle Edward Ball
16. Passages
    Ira Sachs
17. You Hurt My Feelings
    Nicole Holofcener
18. Bottoms
    Emma Seligman
19. The Boy and the Heron
    Hayao Miyazaki
20. Oppenheimer
    Christopher Nolan

Kelly Lawler: Best TV Shows of 2023, as published by USA Today

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. Beef
2. Fargo
3. The Bear
4. Party Down
5. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
6. Schmigadoon!
7. Reservation Dogs
8. Good Omens
9. Abbott Elementary
10. Jury Duty