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
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Sims: Atlantic: The 10 Best Films of 2022
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Difficult Women

by Roxane Gay

Appears on two lists

27 Best Books of 2017: Gina Vaynshteyn: Hello Giggles

Top 20 Books of 2017: Stranger

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025 Nicholas Quah · New York · Vulture
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Films of 2022 David Sims · Atlantic
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2023 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Questlove
Mrs. Fletcher
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground Chris Smith
TransAtlantic Colum McCann
Brat Charli XCX
Both/And Denne Michele Norris (editor)
No Exit Damien Power
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
Mines Menomena
Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood
Ghostroots 'Pemi Aguda
Andor

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