Year-End Lists

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

2022
Time Is a Mother - Ocean Vuong

New Statesman: Ellen Peirson-Hagger The Best Poetry Books of 2022

Quiet - Victoria Adukwei Bulley

Guardian The Best Poetry Books of 2022

And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow - Weyes Blood

Aquarium Drunkard 2022 Year in Review

The Banshees of Inisherin - Martin McDonagh

Salt Lake City Weekly: Scott Renshaw Best Movies of 2022

Living Torch - Kali Malone

Tone Glow Our Favorite Albums, 2022

Hellfire - black midi

GCN: Steve Erickson The Best Music of 2022

The Eternal Daughter - Joanna Hogg

GCN: Steve Erickson Top Films of 2022

The River Doesn’t Like Strangers - Chelsea Carmichael

Sasha Frere-Jones 2022 in Music

Renaissance - Beyoncé

Wired: Jason Parham The 12 Best Albums of 2022

Everything Everywhere All at Once - Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

Good Morning America: Peter Travers The 10 Best Movies of 2022

Ugly Season - Perfume Genius

Autostraddle: Julie Gentile Eight of the Best Queer Albums of 2022

Hit the Road - Panah Panahi

Paste The 50 Best Movies of 2022

Saint Omer - Alice Diop

Clémence Polès Farhang Top Ten Films of 2022

Stumpwork - Dry Cleaning

Clémence Polès Farhang Top Ten Albums of 2022

Renaissance - Beyoncé

Rolling Stone: Brittany Spanos Best Music of 2022

Everything Everywhere All at Once - Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

Financial Times: Danny Leigh Best Films of 2022

The School for Good Mothers - Jessamine Chan

Wired The 12 Best Books of 2022

I Walked With You A Ways - Plains

No Depression Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2022

Weather Alive - Beth Orton

Spectrum Culture Top 20 Albums of 2022

Top Gun: Maverick - Joseph Kosinski

Uproxx The Best Movies Of 2022

Renaissance - Beyoncé

Clash Albums Of The Year 2022

Saint Omer - Alice Diop

Jessica Kiang Top 50 Movies of 2022

De todas las flores - Natalia Lafourcade

The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano Top 50 Albums of 2022

I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy

Electric Lit Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2022