Year-End Lists

The Economist: The Best Podcasts of 2024

[see also 2023 • 2022]

• Broomgate: A Curling Scandal
• The Butterfly King
• D-Day: The Tide Turns
• Hysterical
• Not All Propaganda is Art
• The Rest Is Entertainment
• Shell Game
• Strangers on a Bench
• Thief at the British Museum
• The Wonder of Stevie

Chicago Public Library: Top 10 Books of 2024, a list of staff favorites

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014]

• Anita de Monte Laughs Last
  Xóchitl González
• Colored Television
  Danzy Senna
• Creation Lake
  Rachel Kushner
• Cue the Sun!

  The Invention of Reality TV
  Emily Nussbaum
• Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here

  The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
  Jonathan Blitzer
• The God of the Woods
  Liz Moore
• James
  Percival Everett
• Martyr!
  Kaveh Akbar
• Rejection
  Tony Tulathimutte
• There's Always This Year

  On Basketball and Ascension
  Hanif Abdurraqib

The Independent: Best Fiction Books of 2024, compiled by Katie Rosseinsky and Jessie Thompson

• James
  Percival Everett
• Butter
  Asako Yuzuki
• Evenings and Weekends
  Oisín McKenna
• The Coin
  Yasmin Zaher
• Blue Sisters
  Coco Mellors
• Caledonian Road
  Andrew O'Hagan
• Private Rites
  Julia Armfield
• The House of Broken Bricks
  Fiona Williams
• The Ministry of Time
  Kaliane Bradley
• Headshot
  Rita Bullwinkel
• Intermezzo
  Sally Rooney
• Real Americans
  Rachel Khong
• You Are Here
  David Nicholls
• This Is How You Remember It
  Catherine Prasifka
• Green Dot
  Madeleine Gray
• Think Again
  Jacqueline Wilson
• Shy Creatures
  Clare Chambers
• The Hypocrite
  Jo Hamya
• All Fours
  Miranda July
• Creation Lake
  Rachel Kushner
• Glorious Exploits
  Ferdia Lennon
• My Favourite Mistake
  Marian Keyes
• I'm F*cking Amazing
  Anoushka Warden

Rough Trade: UK Albums of the Year 2024

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. Sophie
   Sophie
2. This Could Be Texas
   English Teacher
3. Patterns in Repeat
   Laura Marling
4. Cutouts
   The Smile
5. Prelude to Ecstasy
   The Last Dinner Party
6. Tangk
   Idles
7. Cartoon Darkness
   Amyl and The Sniffers
8. Brat
   Charli XCX
9. Letter to Self
   Sprints
10. Where's My Utopia?
    Yard Act
11. Mahashmashana
    Father John Misty
12. Postindustrial Hometown Blues
    Big Special
13. Romance
    Fontaines D.C.
14. Dance, No One's Watching
    Ezra Collective
15. All Born Screaming
    St. Vincent
16. Charm
    Clairo
17. Someday, Now
    Katy J Pearson
18. Imaginal Disk
    Magdalena Bay
19. Iechyd Da
    Bill Ryder-Jones
20. Fabiana Palladino
    Fabiana Palladino
21. Bright Future
    Adrianne Lenker
22. In Waves
    Jamie xx
23. Songs of a Lost World
    The Cure
24. Manning Fireworks
    MJ Lenderman
25. Tigers Blood
    Waxahatchee
26. Fine Art
    Kneecap
27. My Light, My Destroyer
    Cassandra Jenkins
28. King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2
    Denzel Curry
29. No Name
    Jack White
30. In A Landscape
    Max Richter
31. Love in Constant Spectacle
    Jane Weaver
32. The New Sound
    Geordie Greep
33. Flow Critical Lucidity
    Thurston Moore
34. Soft Tissue
    Tindersticks
35. Big Sigh
    Marika Hackman
36. Wild God
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
37. The Collective
    Kim Gordon
38. I Hear You
    Peggy Gou
39. A Dream Is All We Know
    The Lemon Twigs
40. Honey
    Caribou
41. Look to the East, Look to the West
    Camera Obscura
42. Midas
    Wunderhorse
43. The Sunset Violent
    Mount Kimbie
44. Lives Outgrown
    Beth Gibbons
45. Dream With You
    Thandii
45. Come As You
    Thandii
46. II
    Kiasmos
47. How To Make a Master Peace
    Master Peace
48. On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System
    The Bug Club
49. WOOF.
    Fat Dog
50. Final Summer
    Cloud Nothings
51. Guided Tour
    High Vis
52. Why Lawd?
    NxWorries
53. Endlessness
    Nala Sinephro
54. Cascade
    Floating Points
55. Viva Hinds
    Hinds
56. Silence Is Loud
    Nia Archives
57. Rhinestoned
    Maggie Antone
58. The Art Of The Lie
    John Grant
59. The Future Is Our Way Out
    Brigitte Calls Me Baby
60. Belaya Polosa
    Molchat Doma
61. Girl With No Face
    Allie X
62. All Pleasure
    Thus Love
63. The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain
    Tapir!
64. Night-Bound Eyes Are Blind to the Day
    Whitelands
65. Glasgow Eyes
    The Jesus and Mary Chain
66. Who Will You Believe
    Pernice Brothers
67. I Got Heaven
    Mannequin Pussy
68. At Home
    Dog Unit
69. This Is How Tomorrow Moves
    Beabadoobee
70. Poetry
    Dehd
71. Loophole
    Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band
72. Hex Dealer
    Lip Critic
73. Eight Pointed Star
    Marina Allen
74. Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free
    Bonny Light Horseman
75. Hysterical Strength
    Deadletter
76. Bow To Love
    Isobel Campbell
77. Sonido Cósmico
    Hermanos Gutiérrez
78. Big For You
    Zsela
79. Ship to Shore
    Richard Thompson
80. A Lover Was Born
    Kelly Finnigan
81. Abomination
    Lynks
82. 3AM (La La La)
    Confidence Man
83. If I Don't Make It, I Love U
    Still House Plants
84. What A Relief
    Katie Gavin
85. Your Day Will Come
    Chanel Beads
86. World of Work
    Clarissa Connelly
87. As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
    The Decemberists
88. Humble As the Sun
    Bob Vylan
89. Afraid of Tomorrows
    The Mysterines
90. Pull the Rope
    Ibibio Sound Machine
91. The Soul of... The Fabulous Courettes
    The Courettes
92. the 8th cumming
    cumgirl8
93. Loss Of Life
    MGMT
94. Hyperdrama
    Justice
95. Through Other Reflections
    The Soundcarriers
96. Low End Love Songs
    Pale Jay
97. Stung!
    Pond
98. The Last Flight
    Public Service Broadcasting
99. Arseholes, Liars, and Electronic Pioneers
    Paranoid London
100. Fearless Movement
     Kamasi Washington

Eliana Dockterman: The 10 Best Podcasts of 2024, as published by Time Magazine along with a recommended starter episode for each one.

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. Hysterical
2. The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast
3. The Wonder of Stevie
4. Hyperfixed
5. Empire City: The Untold Origin Story of the NYPD
6. Modern Love
7. 99% Invisible: The Power Broker
8. My So-Called Midlife with Reshma Saujani
9. Things Fell Apart
10. Finally! A Show About Women That Isn't Just a Thinly Veiled Aspirational Nightmare

Mojo Magazine: 75 Best Albums of 2024

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. No Name
   Jack White
2. Wild God
   Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3. Lives Outgrown
   Beth Gibbons
4. Woodland
   Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
5. Iechyd Da
   Bill Ryder-Jones
6. Nobody Loves You More
   Kim Deal
7. Romance
   Fontaines D.C.
8. A Dream Is All We Know
   The Lemon Twigs
9. Love in Constant Spectacle
   Jane Weaver
10. The Collective
    Kim Gordon
11. The Art Of The Lie
    John Grant
12. Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
    Shabaka
13. Wall of Eyes
    The Smile
14. My Light, My Destroyer
    Cassandra Jenkins
15. This Could Be Texas
    English Teacher
16. Loophole
    Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band
17. 66
    Paul Weller
18. Luck and Strange
    David Gilmour
19. The Cleansing
    Peter Perrett
20. Slang Spirituals
    Lady Blackbird
21. Sadness Sets Me Free
    Gruff Rhys
22. Funeral for Justice
    Mdou Moctar
23. Ship to Shore
    Richard Thompson
24. Born Horses
    Mercury Rev
25. All Born Screaming
    St. Vincent
26. Love Changes Everything
    Dirty Three
27. Ensoulment
    The The
28. Poptical Illusion
    John Cale
29. The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
    Charles Lloyd
30. Tigers Blood
    Waxahatchee
31. Songs of a Lost World
    The Cure
32. Nonetheless
    Pet Shop Boys
33. Dance, No One's Watching
    Ezra Collective
34. Cartoon Darkness
    Amyl and The Sniffers
35. Bright Future
    Adrianne Lenker
36. Here in the Pitch
    Jessica Pratt
37. The Auditorium, Vol. 1
    Common & Pete Rock
38. Sun Without the Heat
    Leyla McCalla
39. Night Reign
    Arooj Aftab
40. What Now
    Brittany Howard
41. Patterns in Repeat
    Laura Marling
42. Small Changes
    Michael Kiwanuka
43. Happiness Bastards
    The Black Crowes
44. Fearless Movement
    Kamasi Washington
45. Odyssey
    Nubya Garcia
46. Prelude to Ecstasy
    The Last Dinner Party
47. Glasgow Eyes
    The Jesus and Mary Chain
48. Indoor Safari
    Nick Lowe
49. Lemons, Limes and Orchids
    Joan As Police Woman
50. Spaceship to Mars
    Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Youth
51. Tangk
    Idles
52. In This City They Call You Love
    Richard Hawley
53. The Last Flight
    Public Service Broadcasting
54. Manning Fireworks
    MJ Lenderman
55. Machine
    The Bug
56. Filthy Underneath
    Nadine Shah
57. Passage du Desir
    Johnny Blue Skies
58. Below a Massive Dark Land
    Naima Bock
59. Ghosted II
    Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin
60. The Hard Quartet
    The Hard Quartet
61. Cold Sea
    Oisin Leech
62. Sonido Cósmico
    Hermanos Gutiérrez
63. Cascade
    Floating Points
64. A Firmer Hand
    Hamish Hawk
65. Gratitude
    Cassie Kinoshi’s Seed
66. A LA SALA
    Khruangbin
67. Damaged
    Ghost Dubs
68. Something in the Room She Moves
    Julia Holter
69. Rhapsody
    The Harlem Gospel Travelers
70. A Lover Was Born
    Kelly Finnigan
71. Focus On Nature
    The Bevis Frond
72. Flight b741
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
73. Soft Tissue
    Tindersticks
74. Champion
    Pom Poko
75. Limits of Language
    Field Music

Decibel Magazine: Top 40 Albums of 2024

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2012]

1. The Stygian Rose
   Crypt Sermon
2. Absolute Elsewhere
   Blood Incantation
3. Songs of Blood and Mire
   Spectral Wound
4. Invincible Shield
   Judas Priest
5. Sub Rosa In Æternum
   Tribulation
6. Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force
   Tzompantli
7. Dark Superstition
   Gatecreeper
8. Ridiculous And Full Of Blood
   Julie Christmas
9. New Heaven
   Inter Arma
10. Lifeless Birth
    Necrot
11. The Periapt Of Absence
    Mother of Graves
12. Verses In Oath
    Hulder
13. Manual Manic Procedures
    200 Stab Wounds
14. Sanshi
    Ripped to Shreds
15. Sparagmos
    Spectral Voice
16. Cutting the Throat of God
    Ulcerate
17. Echoes of the Devil's Den
    Terminal Nation
18. The Last Will and Testament
    Opeth
19. Nocturnal Will
    Dödsrit
20. More Insane
    Undeath
21. Coagulated Bliss
    Full of Hell
22. Servitude
    The Black Dahlia Murder
23. Burning in Celestial Poison
    Black Curse
24. Hellbutcher
    Hellbutcher
25. Every Bridge Burning
    Nails
26. Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State
    Apparition
27. Cool World
    Chat Pile
28. Lightless Expanse
    Glacial Tomb
29. Die Berge
    Paysage d'Hiver
30. Lucifer V
    Lucifer
31. Hellish Expectations
    Midnight
32. Guardian of the Universe
    Oxygen Destroyer
33. Children of the Morgue
    Deceased
34. Cometh The Storm
    High On Fire
35. Relentless Force
    Vicious Blade
36. Blazing Inferno
    Yoth Iria
37. It Beckons Us All.......
    Darkthrone
38. Muuntautuja
    Oranssi Pazuzu
39. Satan Soldier Of Fortune
    Departure Chandelier
40. Beyond the Reach of the Sun
    Anciients

Uncut Magazine: 80 Best Albums of 2024

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012]

1. Wild God
   Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2. Woodland
   Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
3. Lives Outgrown
   Beth Gibbons
4. Night Reign
   Arooj Aftab
5. Here in the Pitch
   Jessica Pratt
6. Bright Future
   Adrianne Lenker
7. Wall of Eyes
   The Smile
8. Manning Fireworks
   MJ Lenderman
9. Diamond Jubilee
   Cindy Lee
10. Tigers Blood
    Waxahatchee
11. My Light, My Destroyer
    Cassandra Jenkins
12. Something in the Room She Moves
    Julia Holter
13. Romance
    Fontaines D.C.
14. Funeral for Justice
    Mdou Moctar
15. No Name
    Jack White
16. Iechyd Da
    Bill Ryder-Jones
17. Passage du Desir
    Johnny Blue Skies
18. Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
    Shabaka
19. The Cleansing
    Peter Perrett
20. The Past Is Still Alive
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
21. Poptical Illusion
    John Cale
22. White Roses, My God
    Alan Sparhawk
23. Hey Panda
    High Llamas
24. Revelator
    Phosphorescent
25. Endlessness
    Nala Sinephro
26. Loophole
    Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band
27. This Could Be Texas
    English Teacher
28. When I'm Called
    Jake Xerxes Fussell
29. Cold Sea
    Oisin Leech
30. The Collective
    Kim Gordon
31. Sentir Que No Sabes
    Mabe Fratti
32. >>>>
    Beak>
33. The Border
    Willie Nelson
34. Bite Down
    Rosali
35. What Now
    Brittany Howard
36. Mayday
    Myriam Gendron
37. To All Trains
    Shellac
38. Love Changes Everything
    Dirty Three
39. Reservoir
    Brown Horse
40. Blu Wav
    Grandaddy
41. 66
    Paul Weller
42. Nobody Loves You More
    Kim Deal
43. Ship to Shore
    Richard Thompson
44. I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair
    Christopher Owens
45. Patterns in Repeat
    Laura Marling
46. The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
    Charles Lloyd
47. The Head As Form’d In The Crier’s Choir
    Sarah Davachi
48. Luck and Strange
    David Gilmour
49. If I Don't Make It, I Love U
    Still House Plants
50. Ghosted II
    Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin
51. Sun Glories
    Chuck Johnson
52. This Is Basic
    Basic
53. Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free
    Bonny Light Horseman
54. Strange Medicine
    Kaia Kater
55. My Method Actor
    Nilüfer Yanya
56. Rong Weicknes
    Fievel Is Glauque
57. Akoma
    Jlin
58. Proxy Music
    Linda Thompson
59. Brat
    Charli XCX
60. Filthy Underneath
    Nadine Shah
61. Tangk
    Idles
62. Fearless Movement
    Kamasi Washington
63. Glasgow Eyes
    The Jesus and Mary Chain
64. Hit Me Hard and Soft
    Billie Eilish
65. Soft Tissue
    Tindersticks
66. Only God Was Above Us
    Vampire Weekend
67. The Quiet Portraits
    John Canning Yates
68. The Tortured Poets Department
    Taylor Swift
69. Songs of a Lost World
    The Cure
70. I'm Totally Fine with It Don't Give a Fuck Anymore
    Arab Strap
71. Across The River Of Stars
    Beachwood Sparks
72. Amelia
    Laurie Anderson
73. Indoor Safari
    Nick Lowe
74. TexiCali
    Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore
75. The Endless Echo
    Pye Corner Audio
76. Still Willing
    Personal Trainer
77. Orquídeas
    Kali Uchis
78. Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Garden
    Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers
79. Acadia
    Yasmin Williams
80. Sun Without the Heat
    Leyla McCalla

The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2024

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

Winner

• Orbital
  Samantha Harvey

Shortlist

• Held
  Anne Michaels
• Creation Lake
  Rachel Kushner
• James
  Percival Everett
• The Safekeep
  Yael van der Wouden
• Stone Yard Devotional
  Charlotte Wood

Longlist

• Wandering Stars
  Tommy Orange
• Wild Houses
  Colin Barrett
• This Strange Eventful History
  Claire Messud
• Playground
  Richard Powers
• Enlightenment
  Sarah Perry
• My Friends
  Hisham Matar
• Headshot
  Rita Bullwinkel

The Economist: The Best Films of 2024

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

• All of Us Strangers
  Andrew Haigh
• All We Imagine as Light
  Payal Kapadia
• Anora
  Sean Baker
• Babygirl
  Halina Reijn
• La chimera
  Alice Rohrwacher
• Conclave
  Edward Berger
• The Green Border
  Agnieszka Holland
• Immaculate
  Michael Mohan
• Love Lies Bleeding
  Rose Glass
• Monster
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• Nickel Boys
  RaMell Ross
• Perfect Days
  Wim Wenders
• Robot Dreams
  Pablo Berger
• Sasquatch Sunset
  David Zellner and Nathan Zellner
• The Substance
  Coralie Fargeat