Year-End Lists

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

The Sentence - Louise Erdrich

BuzzFeed The Best Books Of 2021

New Long Leg - Dry Cleaning

Far Out The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr

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

Matrix - Lauren Groff

Library Journal Best Literary Fiction of 2021

Pilgrim Bell - Kaveh Akbar

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

The Burning Blue - Kevin Cook

USA Today The Best Books of 2021

Home Video - Lucy Dacus

Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer The Best Albums of 2021

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

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

Conflict of Interest - Ghetts

Highlark 24 Best Albums of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Slant The 50 Best Films of 2021

The Underground Railroad - Barry Jenkins

The Playlist The 25 Best TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2021

If God Is a Virus - Seema Yasmin

New York Public Library Best Poetry of 2021

Seventeen Going Under - Sam Fender

NME The 50 Best Albums of 2021

What We Do in the Shadows

Polygon The Best TV Shows of 2021

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

Michael Silverblatt: KCRW Top 10 Books of 2021

Nurture - Porter Robinson

Our Culture The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Outside Child - Allison Russell

Chris Willman: Variety The Best Albums of 2021