Year-End Lists

Michael Silverblatt: Best Books of 2019, as posted by KCRW

Three books by Eve Babitz

• Eve's Hollywood
  Eve Babitz
• Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, The Flesh, and L.A.
  Eve Babitz
• I Used to Be Charming: The Rest of Eve Babitz
  Eve Babitz

• American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
  Terrance Hayes
• Making Comics
  Lynda Barry
• Where Reasons End
  Yiyun Li
• A Sand Book
  Ariana Reines
• Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming
  László Krasznahorkai
• Dunce
  Mary Ruefle
• Black Leopard, Red Wolf
  Marlon James
• A Wonderful Stroke of Luck
  Ann Beattie

Two books by Dave Eggers

• The Parade
  Dave Eggers
• The Captain and the Glory
  Dave Eggers

Carl Wilson: The Best Albums of 2019, as published by Slate, in alphabetical order by artist

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016]

• Better Oblivion Community Center — Better Oblivion Community Center
• Jaimie Branch — Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise
• Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
• Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
• Brittany Howard — Jaime
• Miranda Lambert — Wildcard
• Cate Le Bon — Reward
• Purple Mountains — Purple Mountains
• Sleater-Kinney — The Center Won't Hold
• Jamila Woods — LEGACY! LEGACY!

25 Other Favorites

• Big Thief — Two Hands
• Leonard Cohen — Thanks for the Dance
• Céline Dion — Courage
• Steve Earle & The Dukes — GUY
• FKA twigs — Magdalene
• Fontaines D.C. — Dogrel
• Kim Gordon — No Home Record
• Mary Halvorson & John Dieterich — A Tangle of Stars
• Ariana Grande — thank u, next
• Carly Rae Jepsen — Dedicated
• Jenny Lewis — On the Line
• Lightning Bolt — Sonic Citadel
• Lingua Ignota — Caligula
• Mekons — Deserted
• Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom — Glitter Wolf
• Angel Olsen — All Mirrors
• Bruce Springsteen — Western Stars
• Sudan Archives — Athena
• Taylor Swift — Lover
• Tropical Fuck Storm — Braindrops
• Tanya Tucker — While I'm Livin'
• Vampire Weekend — Father of the Bride
• Weyes Blood — Titanic Rising
• Yola — Walk Through Fire
• Young Thug — So Much Fun

The Atlantic: The 18 Best Albums of 2019

[see also 2018]

• FKA twigs — Magdalene
• Burna Boy — African Giant
• Megan Thee Stallion — Fever
• Torche — Admission
• Maxo Kream — Brandon Banks
• Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
• Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
• Chris Farren — Born Hot
• Ari Lennox — Shea Butter Baby
• Barker — Utility
• Sleaford Mods — Eton Alive
• Summer Walker — Over It
• Carly Rae Jepsen — Dedicated
• DaBaby — KIRK
• 100 gecs — 1000 gecs
• Vampire Weekend — Father of the Bride
• The Highwomen — The Highwomen
• Bad Bunny — X 100PRE

Ken Tucker: Top 10 Albums of the Year, as aired on NPR’s Fresh Air

[see also 2018]

1. Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
2. Lizzo — Cuz I Love You
3. Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
4. Carsie Blanton — Buck Up
5. Megan Thee Stallion — Fever
6. Carly Rae Jepsen — Dedicated
7. Maren Morris — GIRL
8. Beyoncé — Homecoming: The Live Album
9. Sharon Van Etten — Remind Me Tomorrow
10. Jenny Lewis — On the Line

Flood Magazine: The Best Albums of 2019

[see also 2018, 2017]

1. Weyes Blood — Titanic Rising
2. Charly Bliss — Young Enough
3. FKA twigs — Magdalene
4. Angel Olsen — All Mirrors
5. Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
6. Oso Oso — basking in the glow
7. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Ghosteen
8. Denzel Curry — ZUU
9. Big Thief — Two Hands
10. (Sandy) Alex G — House of Sugar
11. PUP — Morbid Stuff
12. Mannequin Pussy — Patience
13. Jamila Woods — LEGACY! LEGACY!
14. Better Oblivion Community Center — Better Oblivion Community Center
15. Taylor Swift — Lover
16. Danny Brown — uknowhatimsayin¿
17. Vampire Weekend — Father of the Bride
18. Prince Daddy & the Hyena — Cosmic Thrill Seekers
19. Tyler, The Creator — IGOR
20. Carly Rae Jepsen — Dedicated
21. JPEGMAFIA — All My Heroes Are Cornballs
22. Bruce Springsteen — Western Stars
23. Helado Negro — This Is How You Smile
24. SASAMI — SASAMI
25. The Flaming Lips — King's Mouth: Music and Songs

Benzine Magazine: The Best Films of the Decade 2010-2019, in roughly chronological order

• The Social Network — David Fincher
• Take Shelter — Jeff Nichols
• Oslo, August 31st — Joachim Trier
• Blue is the Warmest Color — Abdellatif Kechiche
• The Grand Budapest Hotel — Wes Anderson
• Under the Skin — Jonathan Glazer
• Boyhood — Richard Linklater
• Winter Sleep — Nuri Bilge Ceylan
• Mommy — Xavier Dolan
• My Golden Days — Arnaud Desplechin
• Elle — Paul Verhoeven
• Manchester by the Sea — Kenneth Lonergan
• Moonlight — Barry Jenkins
• Burning — Lee Chang-dong
• Parasite — Bong Joon-ho

PopMatters: The 70 Best Albums of 2019

[see also 2018, 2017, 2012, 2011]

1. FKA twigs — Magdalene
2. slowthai — Nothing Great About Britain
3. Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
4. Fontaines D.C. — Dogrel
5. Dave — Psychodrama
6. Jamila Woods — LEGACY! LEGACY!
7. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Ghosteen
8. Angel Olsen — All Mirrors
9. Big Thief — U.F.O.F.
10. Purple Mountains — Purple Mountains
11. Little Simz — GREY Area
12. Sharon Van Etten — Remind Me Tomorrow
13. Baroness — Gold & Grey
14. Jenny Hval — The Practice of Love
15. Underworld — DRIFT Series 1 Sampler Edition
16. Hot Chip — A Bath Full of Ecstasy
17. Jordan Rakei — Origin
18. Michael Kiwanuka — Kiwanuka
19. Rapsody — Eve
20. Jenny Lewis — On the Line
21. Kano — Hoodies All Summer
22. Gary Clark Jr. — This Land
23. Durand Jones & The Indications — American Love Call
24. Lingua Ignota — Caligula
25. Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
26. Hælos — Any Random Kindness
27. Hatchie — Keepsake
28. The National — I Am Easy to Find
29. Holly Herndon — PROTO
30. Ekiti Sound — Abeg No Vex
31. clipping. — There Existed an Addiction to Blood
32. Vanishing Twin — The Age of Immunology
33. Yola — Walk Through Fire
34. Weval — The Weight
35. JPEGMAFIA — All My Heroes Are Cornballs
36. Opeth — In Cauda Venenum
37. Brittany Howard — Jaime
38. Weyes Blood — Titanic Rising
39. Tyler, The Creator — IGOR
40. Marika Hackman — Any Human Friend
41. Mark Lanegan Band — Somebody's Knocking
42. Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi — there is no Other
43. Sampa the Great — The Return
44. Sleaford Mods — Eton Alive
45. Caroline Polachek — Pang
46. Cate Le Bon — Reward
47. Cherry Glazerr — Stuffed & Ready
48. The Twilight Sad — It Won/t Be like This All the Time
49. Sturgill Simpson — Sound & Fury
50. 100 gecs — 1000 gecs
51. Loraine James — For You and I
52. Devin Townsend — Empath
53. Blanck Mass — Animated Violence Mild
54. Lizzo — Cuz I Love You
55. Adia Victoria — Silences
56. A Winged Victory For The Sullen — The Undivided Five
57. Thom Yorke — Anima
58. Anna Meredith — Fibs
59. Boy Harsher — Careful
60. Elbow — Giants of All Sizes
61. Slayyyter — Slayyyter
62. Solange — When I Get Home
63. Jade Bird — Jade Bird
64. black midi — Schlagenheim
65. Charly Bliss — Young Enough
66. Raphael Saadiq — Jimmy Lee
67. Sleater-Kinney — The Center Won't Hold
68. The Highwomen — The Highwomen
69. Orville Peck — Pony
70. Angel Bat Dawid — The Oracle

Alan Sepinwall: 20 Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by Rolling Stone

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2010s]

1. Fleabag
2. Watchmen
3. Russian Doll
4. Better Things
5. Unbelievable
6. Chernobyl
7. Lodge 49
8. Ramy
9. Pose
10. David Makes Man
11. When They See Us
12. PEN15
13. Brockmire
14. Tuca & Bertie
15. Catastrophe
16. Los Espookys
17. Mr Inbetween
18. Fosse/Verdon
19. Sex Education
20. Warrior

The A.V. Club: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2019

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2010s]

1. Fleabag
2. Watchmen
3. Russian Doll
4. Succession
5. Barry
6. The Good Place
7. BoJack Horseman
8. Lodge 49
9. When They See Us
10. Chernobyl
11. The Other Two
12. Undone
13. Pose
14. Unbelievable
15. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
16. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
17. Documentary Now!
18. Tuca & Bertie
19. Mr. Robot
19. The Righteous Gemstones
20. One Day at a Time
21. The Mandalorian
22. Stranger Things
23. Schitt's Creek
24. You’re the Worst
25. Fosse/Verdon

This year’s installment of David Ehrlich’s video countdown: The 25 Best Films of 2019

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]

1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire — Céline Sciamma
2. Parasite — Bong Joon-ho
3. Little Women — Greta Gerwig
4. Ad Astra — James Gray
5. The Farewell — Lulu Wang
6. The Souvenir — Joanna Hogg
7. Uncut Gems — Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
8. Synonyms — Nadav Lapid
9. Her Smell — Alex Ross Perry
10. Knives Out — Rian Johnson
11. The Irishman — Martin Scorsese
12. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood — Quentin Tarantino
13. Pain and Glory — Pedro Almodóvar
14. Midsommar — Ari Aster
15. High Life — Claire Denis
16. Varda by Agnès — Agnès Varda
17. Diamantino — Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt
18. Transit — Christian Petzold
19. Atlantics — Mati Diop
20. A Hidden Life — Terrence Malick
21. I Lost My Body — Jérémy Clapin
22. The Beach Bum — Harmony Korine
23. The Hottest August — Brett Story
24. Us — Jordan Peele
25. Hustlers — Lorene Scafaria