Year-End Lists

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

2021
Afterparties - Anthony Veasna So

The 5 Best Fiction Books of 2021 Los Angeles Times: Mark Athitakis

Old Henry - Potsy Ponciroli

Favorite Movies of 2021 Barack Obama

How the Word Is Passed - Clint Smith

Favorite Books of 2021 Barack Obama

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

Albums of the Year 2021 Clash

No One Is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood

The Best Books of 2021 Thrillist

Intimacies - Katie Kitamura

The 5 Best Books of 2021 Los Angeles Times: Jessica Ferri

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

The 10 Best Albums of 2021 Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood

Reservation Dogs

The 13 Best TV Shows of 2021 Los Angeles Times: Robert Lloyd

Home Video - Lucy Dacus

Top 10 Albums of 2021 NPR Music: Bob Boilen

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Best Movies of 2021 Screen Slate: Chloe Lizotte

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

Top 20 Albums of 2021 Spectrum Culture

West Side Story - Steven Spielberg

Top 10 Movies of 2021 San Francisco Chronicle: Mick LaSalle

Hey What - Low

Top 50 Albums of 2021 Beats Per Minute

The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers - Valerie June

Top 10 Albums of 2021 NPR Music: Ann Powers

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

Top 10 Albums of 2021 NPR Music: Marissa Lorusso

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Best Films of 2021 Film Comment Poll: Florence Almozini

Reservation Dogs

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021 Hollywood Reporter: Angie Han

The Underground Railroad - Barry Jenkins

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021 Hollywood Reporter: Daniel Fienberg

Infinite Country - Patricia Engel

The 10 Best Books of 2021 Entertainment Weekly

Glow On - Turnstile

The Best Albums of 2021 Flood

The 50 Best Books of 2021 Esquire

10 Best Albums of 2021 BBC Culture

Parallel Mothers - Pedro Almodóvar

The 10 Best Movies of 2021 Slate: Dana Stevens

Twenty Thousand Hertz

The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021 Entertainment Weekly