Year-End Lists

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

Outside Child - Allison Russell

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

Maureen Corrigan: NPR 2021 Best Books

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

IndieWire Best Films of 2021

Glow On - Turnstile

Spin The 30 Best Albums Of 2021

Memoria - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Hyperallergic Our Top 10 Films of 2021

Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

Vinyl Me, Please The Best Albums of 2021

Cocaine & Rhinestones

Sarah Larson: New Yorker The Best Podcasts of 2021

The Sentence - Louise Erdrich

BuzzFeed The Best Books Of 2021

New Long Leg - Dry Cleaning

Far Out The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Matrix - Lauren Groff

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

Petite Maman - Céline Sciamma

The Skinny Films of 2021

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

The Skinny Top Ten Albums of 2021

Economist The Best Books of 2021

Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr

Library Journal Best Literary Fiction of 2021

Floaters - Martín Espada

Library Journal Best Poetry of 2021

Returning the Sword to the Stone - Mark Leidner

Elisa Gabbert: New York Times The Best Poetry of 2021

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

Annabel Gutterman: Time The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021

Matrix - Lauren Groff

USA Today The Best Books of 2021

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer The Best Albums of 2021

Hey What - Low

Esquire The Best Albums of 2021

Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

Vinyl Factory Our 50 Favourite Albums of 2021

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

BBC Radio 6 Music Top 10 Albums of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Slant The 50 Best Films of 2021

If God Is a Virus - Seema Yasmin

New York Public Library Best Poetry of 2021