Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.
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Highlights

TV Shows
Succession

The Best TV Shows of 2021 Polygon

Books
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Top 10 Books of 2021 KCRW: Michael Silverblatt

Music
Nurture - Porter Robinson

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Our Culture

Music
Outside Child - Allison Russell

The Best Albums of 2021 Variety: Chris Willman

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

The Best Albums of 2021 Variety: Jem Aswad

Poetry
Doppelgangbanger - Cortney Lamar Charleston

The Best Poetry of 2021 Boston Globe

Books
Bewilderment - Richard Powers

The Best Books of 2021 Boston Globe

TV Shows
The Other Two

The 16 Best TV Shows of 2021 Atlantic

Movies
A Night of Knowing Nothing - Payal Kapadia

Top 10 Best Movies of 2021 Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips

TV Shows
The Lady and the Dale - Nick Cammilleri & Zackary Drucker

Best of TV 2021 Washington Post: Inkoo Kang

Movies
Parallel Mothers - Pedro Almodóvar

Best Movies of 2021 Washington Post: Ann Hornaday

Music
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

The 75 Best Albums of 2021 PopMatters

Movies
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

The Best Movies of 2021 The Ringer: Adam Nayman

Movies
Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

The Best Movies of 2021 The Ringer: Sean Fennessey

Music
For the First Time - Black Country, New Road

Albums of the Year 2021 Loud And Quiet

Books
Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner

The Best Books of 2021 Slate: Laura Miller

Movies
Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

The 10 Best Movies of 2021 Entertainment Weekly

TV Shows
Reservation Dogs

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021 Entertainment Weekly: Kristen Baldwin

Music
Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

The 10 Best Albums of 2021 Entertainment Weekly

TV Shows

The Best TV Shows of 2021 New Yorker: Doreen St. Félix

TV Shows
For All Mankind

The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021 Rolling Stone: Alan Sepinwall

Movies
Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

The 25 Best Films Of 2021 The Playlist

Books
A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021 Time: Annabel Gutterman

Movies
Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

20 Best Movies of 2021 Rolling Stone: David Fear

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