Year-End Lists

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

Sour - Olivia Rodrigo

Callie Ahlgrim: Business Insider The Best Albums of 2021

Sling - Clairo

Coup De Main The Best Albums Of 2021

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

Uproxx Best Albums of 2021

Montero - Lil Nas X

Dazed The Best Albums of 2021

Illusory Walls - The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die

Ian Cohen: Uproxx Favorite Emo Albums Of 2021

Dune - Denis Villeneuve

Uproxx The Best Movies Of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times The Best Movies of 2021

Blue Weekend - Wolf Alice

DIY Best Albums of 2021

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

Bethanne Patrick: Los Angeles Times The 5 Best Novels of 2021

Memoria - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Film Comment Best Films of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Screen Slate Best Movies of 2021

Pilgrim Bell - Kaveh Akbar

Electric Lit Favorite Poetry Collections of 2021

Prioritise Pleasure - Self Esteem

Guardian The 50 Best Albums of 2021

New Long Leg - Dry Cleaning

Spencer Kornhaber: Atlantic The 10 Best Albums of 2021

The Agitators - Dorothy Wickenden

Mary Ann Gwinn: Los Angeles Times The 5 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Afterparties - Anthony Veasna So

Mark Athitakis: Los Angeles Times The 5 Best Fiction Books of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Barack Obama Favorite Movies of 2021

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

Barack Obama Favorite Books of 2021

Fatigue - L'Rain

Hazel Cills Top 10 Albums of 2021

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

Clash Albums of the Year 2021

Second Place - Rachel Cusk

Thrillist The Best Books of 2021

On Freedom - Maggie Nelson

Jessica Ferri: Los Angeles Times The 5 Best Books of 2021

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

Mikael Wood: Los Angeles Times The 10 Best Albums of 2021

Station Eleven

Robert Lloyd: Los Angeles Times The 13 Best TV Shows of 2021