Year-End Lists

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

Intimacies - Katie Kitamura

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2021

How the Word Is Passed - Clint Smith

Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Intimacies - Katie Kitamura

Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Books of 2021

Hacks

Decider Best TV of 2021

The Green Knight - David Lowery

Economist The Best Films of 2021

If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power - Halsey

Uproxx The Best Albums Of 2021

Glow On - Turnstile

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

Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune Best of Books 2021

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Cahiers du Cinéma Top Ten Films of 2021

The Underground Railroad - Barry Jenkins

Ben Travers: IndieWire The Best TV Shows of 2021

The Root The 10 Best Shows of 2021

Ignorance - The Weather Station

Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker The Best Music of 2021

Fortitude - Gojira

Revolver 25 Best Albums of 2021

Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr

Chicago Public Library Top 10 Books of 2021

How the Word Is Passed - Clint Smith

New York Public Library Top 10 Books of 2021

The Copenhagen Trilogy - Tove Ditlevsen

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2021

Torn Arteries - Carcass

Decibel Top 40 Albums of 2021

Finding the Mother Tree - Suzanne Simard

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021

The Magician - Colm Tóibín

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021

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

Washington Post The 10 Best Books of 2021

Hell of a Book - Jason Mott

National Book Award Fiction 2021

All That She Carried - Tiya Miles

National Book Award Nonfiction 2021

Floaters - Martín Espada

National Book Award Poetry 2021