Year-End Lists

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

Stones - Kevin Young

Best Poetry of 2021 Library Journal

Returning the Sword to the Stone - Mark Leidner

The Best Poetry of 2021 New York Times: Elisa Gabbert

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021 Time: Annabel Gutterman

The Sentence - Louise Erdrich

The Best Books of 2021 USA Today

Hey What - Low

The Best Albums of 2021 The Philadelphia Inquirer: Dan DeLuca

Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

Our 50 Favourite Albums of 2021 Vinyl Factory

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

Top 10 Albums of 2021 BBC Radio 6 Music

The 50 Best Films of 2021 Slant

Best Poetry of 2021 New York Public Library

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 NME

What We Do in the Shadows

The Best TV Shows of 2021 Polygon

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

Top 10 Books of 2021 KCRW: Michael Silverblatt

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Our Culture

Outside Child - Allison Russell

The Best Albums of 2021 Variety: Chris Willman

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

The Best Albums of 2021 Variety: Jem Aswad

Doppelgangbanger - Cortney Lamar Charleston

The Best Poetry of 2021 Boston Globe

Bewilderment - Richard Powers

The Best Books of 2021 Boston Globe

The Underground Railroad - Barry Jenkins

The 16 Best TV Shows of 2021 Atlantic

A Night of Knowing Nothing - Payal Kapadia

Top 10 Best Movies of 2021 Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips

Best of TV 2021 Washington Post: Inkoo Kang

Best Movies of 2021 Washington Post: Ann Hornaday

The 75 Best Albums of 2021 PopMatters

The Best Movies of 2021 The Ringer: Adam Nayman

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

The Best Movies of 2021 The Ringer: Sean Fennessey