Year-End Lists

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

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

Exclaim 50 Best Albums of 2021

Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters

Shelf Awareness Best Books of 2021

WandaVision

Esquire: Justin Kirkland The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar - Josh Greenbaum

Decider Best Movies of 2021

No One Is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2021

Punch Me Up to the Gods - Brian Broome

Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Matrix - Lauren Groff

Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Books of 2021

Hacks

Decider Best TV of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Economist The Best Films of 2021

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

Uproxx The Best Albums Of 2021

I Don’t Live Here Anymore - The War on Drugs

Glide 20 Best Albums of 2021

Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

Paste The 50 Best Albums of 2021

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli Best of Books 2021

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Cahiers du Cinéma Top Ten Films of 2021

The Underground Railroad - Barry Jenkins

IndieWire: Ben Travers The Best TV Shows of 2021

The Root The 10 Best Shows of 2021

Ignorance - The Weather Station

New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich The Best Music of 2021

Fortitude - Gojira

Revolver 25 Best Albums of 2021

The Sentence - Louise Erdrich

Chicago Public Library Top 10 Books of 2021

She Who Became the Sun - Shelley Parker-Chan

New York Public Library Top 10 Books of 2021

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2021

Torn Arteries - Carcass

Decibel Top 40 Albums of 2021

Girlhood - Melissa Febos

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021

The Sentence - Louise Erdrich

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021