Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.
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Music

Top 25 Albums of 2021 Les Inrocks

Music

50 Best Albums of 2021 Exclaim

TV Shows

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021 Esquire: Justin Kirkland

Movies

Best Movies of 2021 Decider

Books

The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times

Books

Best Nonfiction Books of 2021 Kirkus Reviews

Books

Best Fiction Books of 2021 Kirkus Reviews

TV Shows

Best TV of 2021 Decider

Movies

The Best Films of 2021 Economist

Music

The Best Albums Of 2021 Uproxx

Music

20 Best Albums of 2021 Glide

Music

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Paste

Books

Best of Books 2021 Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli

Movies

Top Ten Films of 2021 Cahiers du Cinéma

TV Shows

The Best TV Shows of 2021 IndieWire: Ben Travers

TV Shows

The 10 Best Shows of 2021 The Root

Music

The Best Music of 2021 New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich

Music

25 Best Albums of 2021 Revolver

Books

Top 10 Books of 2021 Chicago Public Library

Books

Top 10 Books of 2021 New York Public Library

Books

100 Notable Books of 2021 New York Times

Music

Top 40 Albums of 2021 Decibel

Books

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021 Washington Post

Books

50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021 Washington Post

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Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.