Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.
Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Podcasts

The Best Podcasts of 2023 Paste: Mara Davis

Music

The Best Albums of 2023 Sound Opinions: Greg Kot

Music

The Best Albums of 2023 Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis

TV Shows

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2023 Rolling Stone: Alan Sepinwall

Books

The Best Books of 2023 Vogue

TV Shows

The Best TV Shows of 2023 Vogue

Music

The Best Albums of 2023 Vogue

Music

The Best Hip-Hop Projects of 2023 XXL

TV Shows

The 20 Best TV Shows Of 2023 The Playlist

Movies

The 21 Best Films of 2023 The Playlist

Books

The Year 2023 in 10 Books Verso Books

Music

Top 55 Albums of 2023 Brooklyn Vegan

Movies

The Best Films of 2023 Chron: A.A. Dowd

TV Shows

The Best TV Shows of 2023 IndieWire: Ben Travers

Music

Albums of the Year for 2023 God Is In The TV

TV Shows

Best Television Shows of 2023 Washington Post: Lili Loofbourow

Books

The Best of Books 2023 Foreign Affairs

Music

The Best Albums of 2023 Essence

Music

Best Albums of 2023 Uproxx Music Critics Poll

Music

Favorite Albums 2023 Bob Boilen

TV Shows

Best TV of 2023 Chicago Tribune: Nina Metz

Movies

The Top 10 Best Movies of 2023 Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips

Music

The Best Of 2023 Quietus: Jennifer Lucy Allan

Music

Best Albums of 2023 AllMusic

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