Year-End Lists

O, The Oprah Magazine: The Best Books of 2019

[see also 2018, 2017]

1. The Water Dancer
   Ta-Nehisi Coates
2. Maggie Brown & Others
   Peter Orner
3. The Dutch House
   Ann Patchett
4. Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
   Benjamin Dreyer
5. The Need
   Helen Phillips
6. Sontag: Her Life and Work
   Benjamin Moser
7. Patsy
   Nicole Dennis-Benn
8. Doxology
   Nell Zink
9. Lost Children Archive
   Valeria Luiselli
10. Grand Union
    Zadie Smith
11. Normal People
    Sally Rooney
12. Red at the Bone
    Jacqueline Woodson
13. Rules for Visiting
    Jessica Francis Kane
14. Olive, Again
    Elizabeth Strout

Time Magazine: The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of the 2010s

[see also The 11 Best Fiction Books of 2019 So Far, Best Books of 2018, Top 20 Books of 2017, The 10 Best Fiction Books of the 2010s]

• The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
  Isabel Wilkerson
• The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
  Siddhartha Mukherjee
• Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
  Katherine Boo
• Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
  Cheryl Strayed
• Wave
  Sonali Deraniyagala
• Between the World and Me
  Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
  Matthew Desmond
• The Order of Time
  Carlo Rovelli
• Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
  John Carreyrou
• These Truths: A History of the United States
  Jill Lepore

The A.V. Club: The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016]

1. Breaking Bad
2. Mad Men
3. Atlanta
4. Parks and Recreation
5. The Americans
6. The Good Place
7. The Leftovers
8. Bob’s Burgers
9. 30 Rock
10. Fleabag
11. BoJack Horseman
12. Hannibal
13. Community
14. Twin Peaks: The Return
15. Better Call Saul
16. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
17. Rick and Morty
18. American Crime Story
19. Review
20. Veep
21. Justified
22. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
23. Barry
24. Enlightened
25. The Great British Bake Off
26. Rectify
27. Nathan for You
28. Russian Doll
29. Halt and Catch Fire
30. Game of Thrones
31. Key and Peele
32. New Girl
33. Succession
34. Broad City
35. You’re the Worst
36. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
37. Documentary Now!
38. One Day at a Time
39. Jane the Virgin
40. Steven Universe
41. Pose
42. Stranger Things
43. Schitt's Creek
44. Fargo
45. GLOW
46. Happy Endings
47. Archer
48. Gravity Falls
49. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
50. Adventure Time
51. Sharp Objects
52. Insecure
53. The Good Wife
54. Terriers
55. Mr. Robot
56. Lodge 49
57. Black Mirror
58. American Vandal
59. Killing Eve
60. Orange is the New Black
61. Girls
62. Better Things
63. High Maintenance
64. RuPaul's Drag Race
65. Legends of Tomorrow
66. When They See Us
67. Big Mouth
68. Treme
69. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
70. Orphan Black
71. Big Little Lies
72. Lady Dynamite
73. Person of Interest
74. Mindhunter
75. Silicon Valley
76. Penny Dreadful
77. Chernobyl
78. Catastrophe
79. Drunk History
80. Fringe
81. Looking
82. Tuca & Bertie
83. Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
84. Sense8
85. Grey's Anatomy
86. The Crown
87. Master of None
88. Undone
89. O.J.: Made in America
90. Vida
91. Broadchurch
92. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
93. Banshee
94. The Good Fight
95. Over the Garden Wall
96. Doctor Who
97. This Is Us
98. Alias Grace
99. Childrens Hospital
100. Show Me a Hero

Paste Magazine: The 30 Best Podcasts of the 2010s

1. This American Life
2. WTF with Marc Maron
3. S-Town
4. Dirty John
5. Serial
6. Planet Money
7. Limetown
8. Stuff You Should Know
9. Homecoming
10. How Did This Get Made?
11. Comedy Bang Bang
12. Doughboys
13. The Best Show
14. Chapo Trap House
15. Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
16. Ear Hustle
17. Lore
18. Buffering the Vampire Slayer
19. You Made It Weird
20. Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
21. Harmontown
22. Race Chaser
23. Game Studies Study Buddies
24. Who? Weekly
25. Welcome to Night Vale
26. Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People
27. Blank Check
28. Last Podcast On The Left
29. The Daily
30. In the Dark

The Young Folks: Top 50 Films of the 2010s

1. Moonlight — Barry Jenkins
2. Mad Max: Fury Road — George Miller
3. The Social Network — David Fincher
4. Get Out — Jordan Peele
5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse — Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
6. Inception — Christopher Nolan
7. Her — Spike Jonze
8. Mudbound — Dee Rees
9. The Handmaiden — Park Chan-wook
10. Shoplifters — Hirokazu Kore-eda
11. Inside Llewyn Davis — Joel & Ethan Coen
12. Obvious Child — Gillian Robespierre
13. Burning — Lee Chang-dong
14. Snowpiercer — Bong Joon-ho
15. What We Do in the Shadows — Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi
16. Annihilation — Alex Garland
17. Mustang — Deniz Gamze Ergüven
18. A Separation — Asghar Farhadi
19. Frances Ha — Noah Baumbach
20. Leave No Trace — Debra Granik
21. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya — Isao Takahata
22. Ex Machina — Alex Garland
23. The Grand Budapest Hotel — Wes Anderson
24. Lady Bird — Greta Gerwig
25. You Were Never Really Here — Lynne Ramsay
26. The Farewell — Lulu Wang
27. Arrival — Denis Villeneuve
28. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World — Edgar Wright
29. Drive — Nicolas Winding Refn
30. Call Me by Your Name — Luca Guadagnino
31. Your Name — Makoto Shinkai
32. Beyond the Lights — Gina Prince-Bythewood
33. 12 Years a Slave — Steve McQueen
34. Beasts of the Southern Wild — Benh Zeitlin
35. Before Midnight — Richard Linklater
36. Weekend — Andrew Haigh
37. Star Wars: The Last Jedi — Rian Johnson
38. Columbus — Kogonada
39. American Honey — Andrea Arnold
40. Bridesmaids — Paul Feig
41. The Shape of Water — Guillermo del Toro
42. The Rider — Chloé Zhao
43. Parasite — Bong Joon-ho
44. Under the Skin — Jonathan Glazer
45. The Tree of Life — Terrence Malick
46. Prisoners — Denis Villeneuve
47. The Master — Paul Thomas Anderson
48. Inside Out — Pete Docter
49. Attack the Block — Joe Cornish
50. Hell or High Water — David Mackenzie