Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.
Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Music
Outside Child - Allison Russell

The 10 Best Country Albums Of 2021 Stereogum: Marissa R. Moss

Books

2021 Best Books Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan

Movies
The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Best Films of 2021 IndieWire Poll

Music
Glow On - Turnstile

The 30 Best Albums Of 2021 Spin

Movies
Memoria - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Our Top 10 Films of 2021 Hyperallergic

Music
Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

The Best Albums of 2021 Vinyl Me, Please

Podcasts
La Brega

The Best Podcasts of 2021 New Yorker: Sarah Larson

Books
Afterparties - Anthony Veasna So

The Best Books Of 2021 BuzzFeed

Music
New Long Leg - Dry Cleaning

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Far Out

Books
Bewilderment - Richard Powers

20 Favorite New Books of 2021 St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Movies
Petite Maman - Céline Sciamma

Films of 2021 The Skinny

Music
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

Top Ten Albums of 2021 The Skinny

Books

The Best Books of 2021 Economist

Books
Matrix - Lauren Groff

Best Literary Fiction of 2021 Library Journal

Poetry
Pilgrim Bell - Kaveh Akbar

Best Poetry of 2021 Library Journal

Poetry
Returning the Sword to the Stone - Mark Leidner

The Best Poetry of 2021 New York Times: Elisa Gabbert

Books
Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021 Time: Annabel Gutterman

Books
Beautiful World, Where Are You - Sally Rooney

The Best Books of 2021 USA Today

Music
Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

The Best Albums of 2021 The Philadelphia Inquirer: Dan DeLuca

Music
Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

Our 50 Favourite Albums of 2021 Vinyl Factory

Music
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

Top 10 Albums of 2021 BBC Radio 6 Music

Movies
Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

The 50 Best Films of 2021 Slant

Poetry
If God Is a Virus - Seema Yasmin

Best Poetry of 2021 New York Public Library

Music
Seventeen Going Under - Sam Fender

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 NME

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