Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sarah Larson: New Yorker: The Best Podcasts of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
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Lists

7 Favorite Books of 2012: Tina Brown: Daily Beast

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best TV Shows of 2023 Alison Herman · Variety
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Podcasts of 2025 Sarah Larson · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Stephanie Zacharek · Time
50 Best Albums of 2015 Mojo
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Outsiders Eric Church
Please make me pretty, I don't want to die Tawanda Mulalu
My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross Anohni and the Johnsons
Liberation Day George Saunders
Classic Objects Jenny Hval
The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
Black Swan Darren Aronofsky
Somebody Somewhere
Meek’s Cutoff Kelly Reichardt
Quotients Tracy O'Neill
Some People Need Killing Patricia Evangelista
I Made a Place Bonnie “Prince” Billy
The Books of Jacob Olga Tokarczuk
The Other Two

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