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The thing about a year is that it must have LISTS! And these, therefore, are them.

Previous years: 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2017 - 2016 Podcasts - 2016 Albums

Top 10 TV Or Internet Shows I Watched In 2022 (that weren’t all from 2022)

• 10) House Of The Dragon (HBO Max)*
• 9) The Bear (Hulu)*
• 8) Evan And Katelyn (Youtube)
• 7) Jim Lill (Youtube)
• 6) The Sandman (Netflix)
• 5) Foureyes Furniture (Youtube)
• 4) Top Of The Lake (Sundance, Hulu)
• 3) the first three seasons of Cheers (CBS, Hulu)
• 2) the first three seasons of The Sopranos (HBO, HBO Max)
• 1) the first six seasons of The West Wing (NBC, HBO Max)

*Did not finish! Because spoiler, didn’t actually finish much new TV this year!

Every Book I Read In 2022 (unranked)

https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2022/67269378

Top 10 Books I Read In 2022 (that weren't all from 2022)

• 10) Minor Detail - Adania Shibli
• 9) The Murder On The Links - Agatha Christie
• 8) Luster - Raven Leilani
• 7) The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie
• 6) Go Ahead In The Rain - Hanif Abdurraqib
• 5) Dracula - Bram Stoker*
• 4) The Sympathizer - Viet Thanh Nguyen
• 3) The Master And Margarita - Mikahil Bulgakov
• 2) Arcadia - Tom Stoppard*
• 1) The White Album - Joan Didion

*Re-read

Top 10 Honorable Mention Albums Of 2022

The Loneliest Time - Carly Rae Jepsen; Sometimes, Forever - Soccer Mommy; Are We Gonna Be Alright? - Fickle Friends; MUNA - MUNA; Anaïs Mitchell - Anaïs Mitchell; Emotional Creature - Beach Bunny; Save The Baby - Enumclaw; Laurel Hell - Mitski; - WILLOW; Hold The Girl - Rina Sawayama

Top 10 Songs Of 2022

One per artist!

• 10) Chaise Longue - Wet Leg
• 9) Home By Now - MUNA
• 8) Talk That Talk - Twice
• 7) The Only Heartbreaker - Mitski
• 6) Quicksand - Hatchie
• 5) Old Friends Like Lost Teeth - The Wonder Years
• 4) Wretched - Bartees Strange
• 3) Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift
• 2) Pink Venom - Blackpink
• 1) American Teenager - Ethel Cain

Top 9 Concerts I Went To In 2022

• 9) Soccer Mommy - Franklin Music Hall (Philadelphia, PA)
• 8) Carly Rae Jepsen - The Met (Philadelphia, PA)
• 7) Mitski/The Weather Station - Bold Point Park (Providence, RI)
• 6) Bartees Strange - The Foundry (Philadelphia, PA)
• 5) Rina Sawayama - The Fillmore (Philadelphia, PA)
• 4) The Weather Station - World Cafe Live (Philadelphia, PA)
• 3) Pet Symmetry - First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)
• 2) The Wonder Years/Spanish Love Songs/Origami Angel - Concord Music Hall (Chicago, IL)
• 1) Blackpink - Prudential Center (Newark, NJ)

Top 8 Songs on Blackpink’s “Born Pink”

• 8) The Happiest Girl
• 7) Tally
• 6) Ready For Love
• 5) Typa Girl
• 4) Hard To Love
• 3) Shut Down
• 2) Yeah Yeah Yeah
• 1) Pink Venom

Top 2 Blackpink Albums

• 2) The Album (2020)
• 1) Born Pink (2022)

Top 20 Songs On Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” (the 3am edition)

• 20) Vigilante Shit
• 19) Bejeweled
• 18) Glitch
• 17) Dear Reader
• 16) Sweet Nothing
• 15) Question…?
• 14) High Infidelity
• 13) Paris
• 12) You’re On Your Own, Kid
• 11) Labyrinth
• 10) The Great War
• 9) Bigger Than The Whole Sky
• 8) Lavender Haze
• 7) Maroon
• 6) Snow On The Beach
• 5) Midnight Rain
• 4) Karma
• 3) Mastermind
• 2) Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve
• 1) Anti-Hero

Top 10 Taylor Swift Albums

• 10) Lover (2019)
• 9) Midnights (2022)
• 8) Self-titled (2006)
• 7) Fearless (2008)
• 6) Speak Now (2010)
• 5) folklore (2020)
• 4) reputation (2017)
• 3) 1989 (2014)
• 2) evermore (2020)
• 1) Red (2012)

Top 10 Albums Of 2022

• 10) Preacher’s Daughter - Ethel Cain
• 9) Wet Leg - Wet Leg
• 8) Giving The World Away - Hatchie
• 7) Surrender - Maggie Rogers
• 6) Expert In A Dying Field - The Beths
• 5) Midnights - Taylor Swift
• 4) Born Pink - Blackpink
• 3) MOTOMAMI - Rosalía
• 2) The Hum Goes On Forever - The Wonder Years
• 1) Farm To Table - Bartees Strange

Top 10 Honorable Mention Restaurants Or Bars I Went To In 2022

Spice Finch (Philadelphia, PA); Aki Nom Nom (Philadelphia, PA); Spicy Moon (New York City, NY); Il Cantuccio (Nerano, Italy); La Capannina (Capri, Italy); Volvér (Philadelphia, PA); Lokal (Berlin, Germany); otto (Berlin, Germany); Suraya (Philadelphia, PA); Pizza Shackamaxon (Philadelphia, PA)

Top 10 Restaurants Or Bars I Went To In 2022

• 10) Kensington Quarters (Philadelphia, PA)
• 9) The Backdoor (Seattle, WA)
• 8) Friday, Saturday, Sunday (Philadelphia, PA)
• 7) Barbuzzo (Philadelphia, PA)
• 6) Monk’s Cafe (Philadelphia, PA)
• 5) Haisous (Chicago, IL)
• 4) Glass Hostaria (Rome, Italy)
• 3) Three Dots And A Dash (Chicago, IL)
• 2) Ella Elli (Chicago, IL)
• 1) The Girl And The Goat (Chicago, IL)

Top 10 New (Or New To Me) Podcasts Of 2022

• 10) Downstream
• 9) Tape Notes
• 8) The Vinepair Podcast
• 7) Sharp Tech
• 6) Cartoon Avatars
• 5) Odd Lots
• 4) The Town
• 3) The Vergecast
• 2) Crypto Island
• 1) Dead Cat

Top 10 Podcasts Of 2022

• 10) The Big Picture
• 9) The Content Mines
• 8) Reconcilable Differences
• 7) NYT Popcast
• 6) Holy Swift
• 5) Lovett Or Leave It
• 4) Accidental Tech Podcast
• 3) Fighting In The War Room
• 2) Doughboys
• 1) Blank Check

Top 10 Honorable Mention Movies Of 2022

The Banshees Of Inishirin; Avatar: The Way Of Water; RRR; Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio; Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers; The Batman; The Northman; Kimi; Bodies Bodies Bodies; Scream

Top 5 Movies Not From 2022 That I Saw For The First Time In 2022

• 5) The Tragedy Of Macbeth (2021)
• 4) Beginners
• 3) West Side Story (2021)
• 2) Perfect Blue
• 1) The Royal Tenenbaums

Top 5 Movies Not From 2022 That I Rewatched In 2022

• 5) Margin Call
• 4) Happy Death Day
• 3) Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
• 2) Beauty And The Beast
• 1) Princess Mononoke

Every 2022 Movie I Saw, Ranked

https://letterboxd.com/andrewthewhip/list/2022-ranked/

Top 10 2022 Movies I Didn't See But Want To

• 10) Stars At Noon
• 9) Triangle Of Sadness
• 8) Armageddon Time
• 7) Emily The Criminal
• 6) Dual
• 5) Aftersun
• 4) Women Talking
• 3) Bones And All
• 2) Return To Seoul
• 1) The Menu

Top 10 Movies Of 2022

• 10) Cha Cha Real Smooth
• 9) Everything Everywhere All At Once
• 8) Nope
• 7) The Fabelmans
• 6) After Yang
• 5) Decision To Leave
• 4) Pearl
• 3) Babylon
• 2) TÁR
• 1) The Worst Person In The World