Year-End Lists

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

Liberation Day - George Saunders

Best Books of 2022 USA Today

It's Almost Dry - Pusha T

Top 50 Albums of 2022 Consequence

Un Verano Sin Ti - Bad Bunny

Best Albums of 2022 Billboard

Renaissance - Beyoncé

The 50 Best Albums of 2022 Pitchfork

The Banshees of Inisherin - Martin McDonagh

The Best Films of 2022 Wall Street Journal: Kyle Smith

Dead Eyes, "Tom"

The Best Podcasts of 2022 Vulture: Nicholas Quah

The Rabbit Hutch - Tess Gunty

Our 38 Favorite Books of 2022 Lit Hub

Renaissance - Beyoncé

The 80 Best Albums of 2022 PopMatters

Tár - Todd Field

The 10 Best Movies of 2022 Entertainment Weekly: Leah Greenblatt

Manhunt - Gretchen Felker-Martin

The Best Books of 2022 Vulture

Renaissance - Beyoncé

The 33 Best Albums of 2022 The Ringer

Blue Rev - Alvvays

The 50 Best Albums Of 2022 Stereogum

Big Time - Angel Olsen

Best Southern Albums of 2022 Bitter Southerner

In Love - Amy Bloom

The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 Time: Annabel Gutterman

¡Ay! - Lucrecia Dalt

Top 50 Albums of 2022 The Wire

Nope - Jordan Peele

Best Movies of 2022 New York Times: A.O. Scott

EO - Jerzy Skolimowski

Best Movies of 2022 New York Times: Manohla Dargis

Outsiders - Anna Tivel

Top 20 Albums Of 2022 NPR Music: Ann Powers

The Trees Witness Everything - Victoria Chang

Best Poetry of 2022 New York Public Library

Glory - NoViolet Bulawayo

The 10 Best Books of 2022 Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli

The Northman - Robert Eggers

The Best Films of 2022 Independent: Clarisse Loughrey

Reservation Dogs

The Best TV of 2022 Vulture: Kathryn VanArendonk

Andor

The Best TV of 2022 Vulture: Roxana Hadadi

Severance

The Best TV of 2022 Vulture: Jen Chaney