Year-End Lists

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

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2022
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
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Adam Frank

Light of the Stars
- Favorite Books of 2018: Smithsonian

Trending Lists

Favourite Books of 2025 The Skinny
Dean's List 2020 Robert Christgau
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best TV Shows of the 2010s IndieWire
The 80 Best Albums of 2022 PopMatters
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
25 Best Films of 2025 A.V. Club
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2024 A.V. Club

Trending Works

Thank You for Today Death Cab for Cutie
Captain Phillips Paul Greengrass
Smile Parker Finn
Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts [screenplay] Peter Whitehead
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Eye Contact Gang Gang Dance
Three Exercises of Interpretation Cristi Puiu
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Eleventh Hour Salman Rushdie
The African Desperate Martine Syms
Mudboy Sheck Wes
Dreams of a Life Carol Morley
Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk Miles Okazaki
King Coal Elaine McMillion Sheldon

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