Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2024
Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2025
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by Nia DaCosta

Lists

Top Ten Films of 2021: Abby Olcese: RogerEbert.com

Best Movies of 2021: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post
The Ten Best Films of 2021: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Vortex Veering Back to Venus Mosquitoes
The Topeka School Ben Lerner
Incendies Denis Villeneuve
Cahokia Jazz Francis Spufford
Either/Or Elif Batuman
Uncut Gems Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
Veep
Music for Private Ensemble Sean McCann
Moodie Yuno
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga George Miller
The Great Southern Darkness Glorior Belli
Get Rollin' Nickelback
The Appalachian Sea Steve Scafidi
"Awaken, My Love!" Childish Gambino

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