Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

Monsters - Claire Dederer

Maureen Corrigan: NPR Top 10 Books of 2023

Guts - Olivia Rodrigo

Billboard Best Albums of 2023

Ulaan - Enji

Chris Richards: Washington Post The Best Albums of 2023

Kristen Baldwin: Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best TV Shows of 2023

SOS - SZA

Mikael Wood: Los Angeles Times The 20 Best Albums of 2023

homeless n***a pop music - Jim Legxacy

Crack Magazine The Top 50 Albums of 2023

Lucky for You - Bully

The Ringer The 27 Best Albums of 2023

Asteroid City - Wes Anderson

Matt Patches: Polygon The Best Movies of 2023

Saltburn - Emerald Fennell

Tasha Robinson: Polygon The Best Movies of 2023

The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff

Dan Kois: Slate The 10 Best Books of 2023

Oppenheimer - Christopher Nolan

Polygon The 50 Best Movies of 2023

Driving - Sam Wilkes

Yardbarker The 50 Best Albums of 2023

Bellies - Nicola Dinan

Them Our 23 Favorite LGBTQ+ Books of 2023

Absolution - Alice McDermott

Bethanne Patrick: Los Angeles Times Five Best Fiction Works of 2023

Mild Vertigo - Mieko Kanai

Hillary Kelly: Los Angeles Times Five Best Novels of 2023

Same Bed Different Dreams - Ed Park

Mark Athitakis: Los Angeles Times Five Best Novels of 2023

The Kingdom of Surfaces - Sally Wen Mao

New York Public Library Best Poetry of 2023

Red Moon in Venus - Kali Uchis

Maura Johnston: Time The 10 Best Albums of 2023

Doppelganger - Naomi Klein

Maris Kreizman: New York The Best Books of 2023

Lahai - Sampha

Craig Jenkins: New York The Best Albums of 2023

Rat Saw God - Wednesday

Stereogum The 50 Best Albums Of 2023

How to Say Babylon - Safiya Sinclair

Atlantic The Best Books of 2023

Consequence 25 Best TV Shows of 2023

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

Laura Miller: Slate The 10 Best Books of 2023