Year-End Lists

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

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TV Shows

Best TV Shows of 2018 Variety: Daniel D’Addario

Music
A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships - The 1975

51 Best Albums of 2018 Spin

Poetry

Best Poetry Books & Poetry Collections of 2018 Entropy

Books
Circe - Madeline Miller

Best Books of 2018 Paste

Movies

Best Films of 2018 Sight & Sound Poll

Movies

Best Movies of 2018 Los Angeles Times: Justin Chang

Books

Favorite Books of 2018 Lit Hub

Podcasts
In the Dark

15 Best Podcasts of 2018 Mercury News: Peter Larsen

TV Shows

25 Best TV Shows of 2018 Slant

Movies
The Rider - Chloé Zhao

11 Best Movies Of 2018 BuzzFeed: Alison Willmore

Movies
The Rider - Chloé Zhao

Favorite Films of 2018 Girish Shambu

Movies
Roma - Alfonso Cuaron

2018's 12 Best Movies Vogue: John Powers

Music
Be the Cowboy - Mitski

Best Albums of 2018 Flood

Movies

Best Films of 2018 Film Comment Poll

Movies
Black Panther - Ryan Coogler

Best Movies of 2018 Los Angeles Times: Kenneth Turan

Poetry
The Carrying - Ada Limón

10 Best Poetry Books of 2018 Chicago Review of Books

Movies

Top Ten Films of 2018 RogerEbert.com: Matt Zoller Seitz

Music
boygenius - boygenius

The Best Albums of 2018 Slate: Carl Wilson

TV Shows

Best TV Shows of 2018 Uproxx

TV Shows
Succession

10 Best TV Shows of 2018 Slate: Willa Paskin

Books
My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh

10 Best Books of 2018 Slate: Laura Miller

Music
Honey - Robyn

25 Best Albums of 2018 Slant

Movies

Top 10 Films of 2018 Variety: Peter Debruge

Movies
A Star Is Born - Bradley Cooper

Top 10 Films of 2018 Variety: Owen Gleiberman

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