Year-End Lists

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Lit Hub: 43 Favorite Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Steve Erickson: GCN: Best Films of 2019
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Economist: The Best TV of 2024

01 November 2024

The Bear

The Economist: The Best TV of 2024

TV lists in other years: 2025 · 2023

Also from the Economist in 2024: Movies · Books · Podcasts

The Bear
Colin from Accounts
Cristóbal Balenciaga
The Diplomat
The Franchise
Franklin
Hacks
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Ripley
Rivals
Slow Horses
Shōgun
True Detective

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
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Albums of the Year 2025 New Statesman
Top 20 Books of 2017 Stranger
Best Films of 2019 Steve Erickson · GCN
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
43 Favorite Books of 2025 Lit Hub
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

The First Wave Matthew Heineman
Small Rain Garth Greenwell
Fengming: A Chinese Memoir Wang Bing
All of Us Strangers Andrew Haigh
Contempt Couch Slut
Blindness The Murder Capital
The Beast You Are Big Business
The Light of the World Elizabeth Alexander
Anguilla Electrica Porter Ricks
Wander/Wonder Balam Acab
The Eagle Huntress Otto Bell
Risk Laura Poitras
Wondervisions Delicate Steve
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