Year-End Lists

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

2016
We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service - A Tribe Called Quest

Gorilla vs. Bear: 60 Favorite Albums of 2016

Toni Erdmann - Maren Ade

Sight & Sound Poll: Top 30 Films of 2016

Lemonade - Beyoncé

Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2016

Elle - Paul Verhoeven

Les Inrocks: Murielle Joudet: Top 10 Films of 2016

Heal the Living - Katell Quillévéré

Les Inrocks: Emily Barnett: Top 10 Films of 2016

Elle - Paul Verhoeven

Les Inrocks: Top 20 Films of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

Chicago Public Library: Top Ten Books of 2016

Krisha - Trey Edward Shults

Artforum: John Waters: 10 Best Films of 2016

My Woman - Angel Olsen

American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2016

Blackstar - David Bowie

Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2016

Blackstar - David Bowie

Les Inrocks: 50 Best Albums of 2016

Skeleton Tree - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Top Albums of 2016

Skeleton Tree - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2016

Lemonade - Beyoncé

Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2016

Swing Time - Zadie Smith

Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2016

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

National Book Award: Fiction 2016

The Performance of Becoming Human - Daniel Borzutzky

National Book Award: Poetry 2016

Stamped from the Beginning - Ibram X. Kendi

National Book Award: Nonfiction 2016

Solar Bones - Mike McCormack

Goldsmiths Prize: Best Fiction of 2016

In the Darkroom - Susan Faludi

Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2016

The Sport of Kings - C.E. Morgan

Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2016

The Sellout - Paul Beatty

The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2016

The Glorious Heresies - Lisa McInerney

Women's Prize: Best Fiction of 2016