Year-End Lists

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

The Leftovers

The Best TV Shows of the Decade, Ranked IndieWire

How We Fight for Our Lives - Saeed Jones

Nonfiction 2019 Kirkus Prize

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Fiction 2019 Kirkus Prize

Boyhood - Richard Linklater

The Best Movies of the 2010s ScreenCrush: Matt Singer

The 10 Best Poetry Collections of the Decade Lit Hub

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

The 40 Best Novels of the 2010s Paste

The Testaments - Margaret Atwood

Best Fiction of 2019 The Booker Prize

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s Paste

Blond - Frank Ocean

The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork

good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar

The Best Albums of the 2010s Uproxx

No Visible Bruises - Rachel Louise Snyder

The Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 Esquire

Visions - Grimes

Albums of the Decade Gorilla vs. Bear

Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s IndieWire

An American Marriage - Tayari Jones

Best Fiction of 2019 Women's Prize

An Elephant Sitting Still - Hu Bo

Top Ten Films of 2018 Cinema Scope

The Day After - Hong Sang-soo

Favorite Films of 2018 Dan Sallitt

Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves

Top 100 Albums of 2018 Pazz & Jop

Barracoon - Zora Neale Hurston

The 13 Best Books of 2018 Harper’s Bazaar

Shirkers - Sandi Tan

Top Ten Films of 2018 Senses of Cinema World Poll: Brian Darr

The Favourite - Yorgos Lanthimos

The 2018 Jim Ridley Film Poll Nashville Scene

Room 25 - Noname

Dean's List 2018 Robert Christgau

The Rider - Chloé Zhao

Top Films of 2018 National Catholic Register: Steven D. Greydanus

Minding the Gap - Bing Liu

The Best Films of 2018 Sight & Sound Poll: Simran Hans

Shakedown - Leilah Weinraub

The Best Films of 2018 Sight & Sound Poll: Erika Balsom