Year-End Lists

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

2022
Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency - Chen Chen

Favorite Poetry Collections of 2022 Electric Lit

Alive at the End of the World - Saeed Jones

10 of the Best Poetry Collections of 2022 Book Riot: Connie Pan

The Banshees of Inisherin - Martin McDonagh

The Best Movies of 2022 Boston.com: Kevin Slane

Top Gun: Maverick - Joseph Kosinski

Favorite Movies of 2022 Barack Obama

Ducks - Kate Beaton

Favorite Books of 2022 Barack Obama

Aftersun - Charlotte Wells

Top 10 Films of 2022 Filmspotting: Josh Larsen

Aftersun - Charlotte Wells

Top 10 Films of 2022 Filmspotting: Adam Kempenaar

Midnights - Taylor Swift

The 100 Best Albums of 2022 Albumism

Let the Little Light Shine - Kevin Shaw

The Top 10 Best Movies of 2022 Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips

Decision to Leave - Park Chan-wook

Films of the Year 2022 Screen: Wendy Ide

Nope - Jordan Peele

Best Films of 2022 Spectrum Culture

Checkout 19 - Claire-Louise Bennett

The Best Fiction and Poetry of 2022 New Yorker

Strangers to Ourselves - Rachel Aviv

The Best Nonfiction of 2022 New Yorker

Nope - Jordan Peele

The 30 Best Films of 2022 Little White Lies

Renaissance - Beyoncé

The Best Albums of 2022 Hollywood Reporter: Mesfin Fekadu

Severance

The Best TV Shows of 2022 Boston.com: Kevin Slane

The Bear

The 50 Best TV Show of 2022 Guardian

Top Gun: Maverick - Joseph Kosinski

Best Movies of 2022 Complex

A Room of My Own - Ioseb 'Soso' Bliadze

Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound Poll: Elena Lazic

Diaspora Problems - Soul Glo

Top 10 Albums of 2022 NPR Music: Marissa Lorusso

Rumble Strip

The Best Podcasts of 2022 New Yorker: Sarah Larson

Normal Gossip

The Best Podcasts of 2022 Vulture Podcast Survey

Andor

The 15 Best TV Shows of 2022 Atlantic

Saint Omer - Alice Diop

The Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound Poll: Grace Barber-Plentie