Year-End Lists

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

Strangers on a Bench

Economist: The Best Podcasts of 2024

Martyr! - Kaveh Akbar

Chicago Public Library: Top 10 Books of 2024

James - Percival Everett

The Independent: Best Fiction Books of 2024

Sophie - Sophie

Rough Trade: UK Albums of the Year 2024

Hysterical

Time: Eliana Dockterman: The 10 Best Podcasts of 2024

No Name - Jack White

Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2024

The Stygian Rose - Crypt Sermon

Decibel: Top 40 Albums of 2024

Wild God - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2024

Orbital - Samantha Harvey

The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2024

Love Lies Bleeding - Rose Glass

Economist: The Best Films of 2024

Parade - Rachel Cusk

Goldsmiths Prize: Best Fiction of 2024

My Friends - Hisham Matar

Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2024

A Year of Last Things - Michael Ondaatje

Publishers Weekly: Best Poetry Books of 2024

Henry Fonda for President - Alexander Horwath

Jordan Cronk: Top Ten Films of 2024

The Bear

Economist: The Best TV of 2024

Challenger - Adam Higginbotham

Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2024

James - Percival Everett

Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2024

Wrong Norma - Anne Carson

National Book Award: Poetry 2024

Our Moon - Rebecca Boyle

National Book Award: Nonfiction 2024

Ghostroots - 'Pemi Aguda

National Book Award: Fiction 2024

Brotherless Night - V.V. Ganeshananthan

Women's Prize: Best Fiction of 2024

Doppelganger - Naomi Klein

Women's Prize: Best Nonfiction of 2024

Solenoid - Mircea Cărtărescu

Dublin Literary Award: 2024

What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez - Claire Jiménez

PEN/Faulkner Award: Fiction 2024

Guts - Olivia Rodrigo

Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2023

Past Lives - Celine Song

Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2023

May December - Todd Haynes

Reverse Shot: Best Films of 2023

Killers of the Flower Moon - Martin Scorsese

Sean Fennessey: Best Movies of 2023

The Zone of Interest - Jonathan Glazer

Clémence Polès: Top Ten Films of 2023

New Blue Sun - André 3000

Clémence Polès: Top Ten Albums of 2023

Henry Fonda for President - Alexander Horwath

La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Nicole Brenez: Best Films of 2023

Desire, I Want to Turn Into You - Caroline Polachek

Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2023

Beau Is Afraid - Ari Aster

Dazed: The 10 Best Films of 2023

Polite Society - Nida Manzoor

RogerEbert.com: Nell Minow: Top Ten Films of 2023

May December - Todd Haynes

RogerEbert.com: Katie Rife: Top Ten Films of 2023

Godland - Hlynur Pálmason

RogerEbert.com: Marya E. Gates: Top Ten Films of 2023

Bottoms - Emma Seligman

GCN: Steve Erickson: Top 10 LGBTQ Films of 2023

May December - Todd Haynes

Senses of Cinema World Poll: Brian Darr: Top Ten Films of 2023

Killers of the Flower Moon - Martin Scorsese

RogerEbert.com: Brian Tallerico: Top Ten Films of 2023

The Boy and the Heron - Hayao Miyazaki

David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2023

Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton

Dazed: The Best Novels of 2023

Past Lives - Celine Song

Salt Lake City Weekly: Scott Renshaw: Best Movies of 2023

Weathervanes - Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit

No Depression: Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2023

A Memoir of My Former Self - Hilary Mantel

New Statesman: The 20 Best Books of 2023

Rustin' In The Rain - Tyler Childers

Bitter Southerner: Best Southern Albums of 2023

The Returner - Allison Russell

American Songwriter: Top 17 Albums of 2023

Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World - Radu Jude

Jessica Kiang: Top 50 Movies of 2023

Laberint Sequences - Blake Williams

Jordan Cronk: The Ten Best Experimental Films of 2023