Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Ann Powers: NPR: Top 10 Albums of 2021
Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2018
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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- Top 10 Films of 2020: Dennis Lim: Film Society of Lincoln Center

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Top 10 Albums of 2021 Ann Powers · NPR · NPR Music
Fiction 2014 Women's Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Fiction of 2016 Powell's Books
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
50 Best Albums of 2018 Billboard
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best TV Shows of 2022 The Ringer
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
2017 Award The Booker Prize

Trending Works

Konkylie When Saints Go Machine
Gag Order Kesha
Faithful Man Lee Fields
Golden Sings That Have Been Sung Ryley Walker
Gloss Drop Battles
Marigold James Hershberg
Southbound Anjali Enjeti
This Is What It Feels Like Gracie Abrams
April Sara Nicholson
Coming Apart Body/Head
L’un n’empêche pas l’autre Brigitte Fontaine
Hidemi Patrick Shiroishi
Leisure Seizure Tom Vek
The Pairing Casey McQuiston

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