Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Best TV Shows of 2022 Variety
Best TV Shows of 2021 Variety
The Best TV Shows of 2020 Variety
Best TV Shows of 2018 Variety

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100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Best Albums of 2025 Jon Caramanica · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Jaimie Branch
Figure In Blue Charles Lloyd
Not My White Savior Julayne Lee
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Death Farm Carl Hauck
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Sentences and Rain Elaine Equi
Mother Emanuel Kevin Sack
Known and Strange Things Teju Cole
Martyr! Kaveh Akbar
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga
Witness Kronos Quartet / Mary Kouyoumdjian
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau

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