Year-End Lists

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

Economist The Best Books of 2021

Matrix - Lauren Groff

Library Journal Best Literary Fiction of 2021

Pilgrim Bell - Kaveh Akbar

Library Journal Best Poetry of 2021

Returning the Sword to the Stone - Mark Leidner

Elisa Gabbert: New York Times The Best Poetry of 2021

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

Annabel Gutterman: Time The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021

The Burning Blue - Kevin Cook

USA Today The Best Books of 2021

Outside Child - Allison Russell

Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer The Best Albums of 2021

Hey What - Low

Esquire The Best Albums of 2021

Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

Vinyl Factory Our 50 Favourite Albums of 2021

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

BBC Radio 6 Music Top 10 Albums of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Slant The 50 Best Films of 2021

If God Is a Virus - Seema Yasmin

New York Public Library Best Poetry of 2021

Seventeen Going Under - Sam Fender

NME The 50 Best Albums of 2021

The White Lotus - Mike White

Polygon The Best TV Shows of 2021

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

Michael Silverblatt: KCRW Top 10 Books of 2021

Nurture - Porter Robinson

Our Culture The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Outside Child - Allison Russell

Chris Willman: Variety The Best Albums of 2021

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

Jem Aswad: Variety The Best Albums of 2021

Doppelgangbanger - Cortney Lamar Charleston

Boston Globe The Best Poetry of 2021

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

Boston Globe The Best Books of 2021

The White Lotus - Mike White

Atlantic The 16 Best TV Shows of 2021

A Night of Knowing Nothing - Payal Kapadia

Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune Top 10 Best Movies of 2021

The Lady and the Dale - Nick Cammilleri & Zackary Drucker

Inkoo Kang: Washington Post Best of TV 2021

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) - Questlove

Ann Hornaday: Washington Post Best Movies of 2021