Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2022
IndieWire: The Best TV Shows of the 2010s
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
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Andrew J. Bacevich

America's War for the Greater Middle East
- Nonfiction 2016: National Book Award

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

King Coal Elaine McMillion Sheldon
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Ready Player One Steven Spielberg
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House Osgood Perkins
The African Desperate Martine Syms
Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk Miles Okazaki
Devil Is Fine Zeal & Ardor
Lese Majesty Shabazz Palaces
Three Exercises of Interpretation Cristi Puiu
Mudboy Sheck Wes
Captain Phillips Paul Greengrass
Thank You for Today Death Cab for Cutie
The Confidante
Citizenfour Laura Poitras

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