Year-End Lists

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

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Books
Matrix - Lauren Groff

USA Today The Best Books of 2021

Music
Afrique Victime - Mdou Moctar

The Philadelphia Inquirer: Dan DeLuca The Best Albums of 2021

Music
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

Esquire The Best Albums of 2021

Music
Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

Vinyl Factory Our 50 Favourite Albums of 2021

Music
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

BBC Radio 6 Music Top 10 Albums of 2021

Movies
Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Slant The 50 Best Films of 2021

Poetry
If God Is a Virus - Seema Yasmin

New York Public Library Best Poetry of 2021

Music
Seventeen Going Under - Sam Fender

NME The 50 Best Albums of 2021

TV Shows
The Great British Bake Off

Polygon The Best TV Shows of 2021

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

KCRW: Michael Silverblatt Top 10 Books of 2021

Music
Nurture - Porter Robinson

Our Culture The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Music
Outside Child - Allison Russell

Variety: Chris Willman The Best Albums of 2021

Music
Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

Variety: Jem Aswad The Best Albums of 2021

Poetry
Doppelgangbanger - Cortney Lamar Charleston

Boston Globe The Best Poetry of 2021

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

Boston Globe The Best Books of 2021

TV Shows
Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham

Atlantic The 16 Best TV Shows of 2021

Movies
A Night of Knowing Nothing - Payal Kapadia

Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips Top 10 Best Movies of 2021

TV Shows
The Lady and the Dale - Nick Cammilleri & Zackary Drucker

Washington Post: Inkoo Kang Best of TV 2021

Movies
Parallel Mothers - Pedro Almodóvar

Washington Post: Ann Hornaday Best Movies of 2021

Music
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

PopMatters The 75 Best Albums of 2021

Movies
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

The Ringer: Adam Nayman The Best Movies of 2021

Movies
Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

The Ringer: Sean Fennessey The Best Movies of 2021

Music
For the First Time - Black Country, New Road

Loud And Quiet Albums of the Year 2021

Books
No One Is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood

Slate: Laura Miller The Best Books of 2021

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