Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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14 Best TV Shows of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2021: Guardian

Best International TV Shows of 2025: Mike Hale: New York Times
The Best International Shows of 2019: Mike Hale: New York Times

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
The 50 Best Movies of 2024 Guardian
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist

Trending Works

Drive Nicolas Winding Refn
The Rabbit Hutch Tess Gunty
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Stage Four Touché Amoré
Dept. Q
KICK ii Arca
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
Giant Beauty [Ahmed]
Empire of AI Karen Hao
Vortex Gaspar Noé
False Dawn George Selgin
Good Boy Ben Leonberg
XXX Danny Brown
KicK iii Arca

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