Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Rolling Stone: The 15 Best TV Shows of 2025
Katy Waldman: New Yorker: My Favorite Fiction of 2020
Washington Post: 100 Notable Books of 2018
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Ultra Truth

by Daniel Avery

Appears on two lists

The 80 Best Albums of 2022: PopMatters
Albums of the Year 2022: Loud And Quiet

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 Washington Post
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 15 Best TV Shows of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Ten Experimental Films That Defined 2025 Michael Sicinski
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
Best Movies of 2025 Screen Slate
25 Best Films of 2025 A.V. Club
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Liquified Throne of Simplicity Širom
Chinese Portrait Wang Xiaoshuai
Nothing to See Here Kevin Wilson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Cosmic Angel: The Illuminati Prince/ss Mykki Blanco
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie David Soren
Enys Men Mark Jenkin
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Boom/Bust: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia
Father Mother Sister Brother Jim Jarmusch
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić
Medieval Horizons Ian Mortimer

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