Year-End Lists

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

Highlights

Music
Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers - Kendrick Lamar

BBC Radio 6 Music Albums of the Year 2022

Books
The Candy House - Jennifer Egan

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2022

Music
Blue Rev - Alvvays

Exclaim 50 Best Albums of 2022

Music
Wet Leg - Wet Leg

Uproxx The Best Albums Of 2022

Music
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You - Big Thief

Paste The 50 Best Albums of 2022

Books
The Candy House - Jennifer Egan

Oprah Daily Our Favorite Books of 2022

Music
King Cobra - Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals

Loud And Quiet Albums of the Year 2022

Music
Natural Brown Prom Queen - Sudan Archives

Glide 20 Best Albums of 2022

TV Shows
The Rehearsal - Nathan Fielder

New Yorker: Inkoo Kang The Best TV Shows of 2022

Movies
Everything Everywhere All at Once - Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

Economist The Best Films of 2022

Poetry
Time Is a Mother - Ocean Vuong

Financial Times: Maria Crawford Best Poetry of 2022

Books
Solito - Javier Zamora

New York Public Library Best Books of 2022

Podcasts
We Were Three

Economist The Best Podcasts of 2022

Music
The Boy Named If - Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Ultimate Classic Rock Top 30 Rock Albums of 2022

Books
Trust - Hernan Diaz

Financial Times: Laura Battle Best Fiction of 2022

Music
Impera - Ghost

Revolver 25 Best Albums of 2022

Books
We Don't Know Ourselves - Fintan O'Toole

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2022

Music
Gifts from the Holy Ghost - Dorothy

Loudwire 50 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2022

Music
Un Verano Sin Ti - Bad Bunny

Time The 10 Best Albums of 2022

Books
The Book of Goose - Yiyun Li

Chicago Public Library Top 10 Books of 2022

TV Shows
Bad Sisters

The Mary Sue The Best TV Shows That Premiered in 2022

Poetry
Please make me pretty, I don't want to die - Tawanda Mulalu

Washington Post: Troy Jollimore The 5 Best Poetry Collections of 2022

Books
Also a Poet - Ada Calhoun

Powell's Books Best Nonfiction of 2022

Books
Trust - Hernan Diaz

Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2022

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