Year-End Lists

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2013
All Movies Music Books Poetry
Movies
Inside Llewyn Davis - Joel & Ethan Coen

The Best Movies of 2013 ScreenCrush: Jordan Hoffman

Music
Yeezus - Kanye West

50 Best Albums of 2013 Complex

Movies
Stranger by the Lake - Alain Guiraudie

Top Ten Films of 2013 Cahiers du Cinéma

Music
AM - Arctic Monkeys

50 Best Albums of 2013 Q

Music
Light Up Gold - Parquet Courts

The Best Albums of 2013 Sound Opinions: Greg Kot

Music
Silence Yourself - Savages

The Best Albums of 2013 Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis

Books
Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The 10 Best Books of 2013 New York Times

Music
Southeastern - Jason Isbell

Top 50 Albums Of 2013 American Songwriter

Movies
Before Midnight - Richard Linklater

25 Best Films of 2013 David Ehrlich

Movies

10 Best Films of 2013 Artforum: Amy Taubin

Movies
Norte, the End of History - Lav Diaz

10 Best Films of 2013 Artforum: James Quandt

Music
Reflektor - Arcade Fire

Top 50 Albums of 2013 Les Inrocks

Poetry
Incarnadine - Mary Szybist

Best Poetry Books of 2013 Publishers Weekly

Books
The Good Lord Bird - James McBride

Top 10 Books of 2013 Publishers Weekly

Books
Book of Ages - Jill Lepore

Top 10 Books of 2013 Washington Post

Books
The Good Lord Bird - James McBride

Fiction 2013 National Book Award

Books
The Unwinding - George Packer

Nonfiction 2013 National Book Award

Poetry
Incarnadine - Mary Szybist

Poetry 2013 National Book Award

Books
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing - Eimear McBride

Best Fiction of 2013 Goldsmiths Prize

Books
The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton

Best Fiction of 2013 The Booker Prize

Books
May We Be Forgiven - A.M. Homes

Best Fiction of 2013 Women's Prize

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