Year-End Lists

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

2021
Pilgrim Bell - Kaveh Akbar

Library Journal: Best Poetry of 2021

Returning the Sword to the Stone - Mark Leidner

New York Times: Elisa Gabbert: The Best Poetry of 2021

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

Time: Annabel Gutterman: The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021

The Sentence - Louise Erdrich

USA Today: The Best Books of 2021

Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

Vinyl Factory: Our 50 Favourite Albums of 2021

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

BBC Radio 6 Music: Top 10 Albums of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Slant: The 50 Best Films of 2021

If God Is a Virus - Seema Yasmin

New York Public Library: Best Poetry of 2021

Seventeen Going Under - Sam Fender

NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2021

WandaVision

Polygon: The Best TV Shows of 2021

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

KCRW: Michael Silverblatt: Top 10 Books of 2021

Nurture - Porter Robinson

Our Culture: The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Outside Child - Allison Russell

Variety: Chris Willman: The Best Albums of 2021

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

Variety: Jem Aswad: The Best Albums of 2021

Doppelgangbanger - Cortney Lamar Charleston

Boston Globe: The Best Poetry of 2021

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Boston Globe: The Best Books of 2021

The White Lotus - Mike White

Atlantic: The 16 Best TV Shows of 2021

A Night of Knowing Nothing - Payal Kapadia

Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips: Top 10 Best Movies of 2021

The Lady and the Dale - Nick Cammilleri & Zackary Drucker

Washington Post: Inkoo Kang: Best of TV 2021

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) - Questlove

Washington Post: Ann Hornaday: Best Movies of 2021

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

PopMatters: The 75 Best Albums of 2021

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

The Ringer: Adam Nayman: The Best Movies of 2021

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

The Ringer: Sean Fennessey: The Best Movies of 2021

For the First Time - Black Country, New Road

Loud And Quiet: Albums of the Year 2021

The Sentence - Louise Erdrich

Slate: Laura Miller: The Best Books of 2021

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

Entertainment Weekly: The 10 Best Movies of 2021

Reservation Dogs

Entertainment Weekly: Kristen Baldwin: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

Entertainment Weekly: The 10 Best Albums of 2021

New Yorker: Doreen St. Félix: The Best TV Shows of 2021

For All Mankind

Rolling Stone: Alan Sepinwall: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

The Playlist: The 25 Best Films Of 2021

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Time: Annabel Gutterman: The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Rolling Stone: David Fear: 20 Best Movies of 2021

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Whole Lotta Red - Playboi Carti

Washington Post: Chris Richards: Best Music of 2021

Fatigue - L'Rain

The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2021

Spencer - Pablo Larraín

Variety: Owen Gleiberman: The Best Films of 2021

Jockey - Clint Bentley

Variety: Peter Debruge: The Best Films of 2021

CODA - Sian Heder

Us Weekly: Mara Reinstein: Best Movies of 2021

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2021

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

The Ringer: The Best Albums of 2021

The Worst Person in the World - Joachim Trier

Atlantic: David Sims: The 10 Best Films of 2021

Sour - Olivia Rodrigo

Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Time: Stephanie Zacharek: The 10 Best Movies of 2021

Hey What - Low

Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Hell of a Book - Jason Mott

The Philadelphia Inquirer: Patrick Rapa: The Best Books of 2021

I Don’t Live Here Anymore - The War on Drugs

Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2021