Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Stranger: Top 20 Books of 2017
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by William Tyler

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Top Ten Albums of 2020: Clémence Polès Farhang

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The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Albums of the Year 2025 New Statesman
Best Films of 2019 Steve Erickson · GCN
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 20 Books of 2017 Stranger
38 Favorite Books of 2024 Lit Hub
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times

Trending Works

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

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