Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.
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2014
All Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry
Music
Lost in the Dream - The War on Drugs

Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2014

Music
Songs of Innocence - U2

Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2014

Movies
Boyhood - Richard Linklater

Sight & Sound Poll: Top 20 Films of 2014

Books
Euphoria - Lily King

Chicago Public Library: Top Ten Books of 2014

Poetry
Citizen - Claudia Rankine

Publishers Weekly: Best Poetry Books of 2014

Books
A Brief History of Seven Killings - Marlon James

Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2014

Movies

Artforum: John Waters: 10 Best Films of 2014

Music
St. Vincent - St. Vincent

NME: Top 50 Albums of 2014

Music
Morning Phase - Beck

Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2014

Music
Metamodern Sounds In Country Music - Sturgill Simpson

American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2014

Music
Black Metal - Dean Blunt

Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2014

Books
The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Richard Flanagan

Washington Post: The Ten Best Books of 2014

Books
How to Be Both - Ali Smith

Goldsmiths Prize: Best Fiction of 2014

Books
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? - Roz Chast

Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2014

Books
Euphoria - Lily King

Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2014

Books
The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Richard Flanagan

The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2014

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

Women's Prize: Best Fiction of 2014

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