The Best-Of Round-Up

I'm currently on a bus trip with my students to Bali, so I can't bring the best of the LongReads for the week. But here are some "Best of 2012" Lists to keep you busy.

#Comedy

The best stand up specials of 2012 from Vulture.

#Feminism

Huffington Post brings the Best "Women's Interest" Articles of 2012... I wish \we would stop divyying up lifestyle interests by gender. If you're of the male persuasion, these articles are very pertinent to you too.

#Film

International Business Times has five of the best movies nobody watched.

Entertainment Weekly rounds up the best young adult/child performances of 2012.

Best film moments of 2012 from The Guardian, and over all the Critics Picks of 2012.

Media source Vulture published film critic David Edelstein's favorite films of 2012, and some bonus round ups at the bottom of the article.

From BFI , the top eleven films of 2012.

Zero Dark Thirty has been named Best Film of 2012 by both the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Board Review.

#Literature

NPR has several Best of Lists going around the site... my favorites are Best Historical Fiction and "Finders Keepers: Books to Hang On To."

New York Times has its annual big fat list of 100 Notable Books of 2012. (May induce overwhelming so many books, so little time anxiety). Also, there is a much more succinct list of the Top Ten Books of 2012, and the Notable Children's Fiction of 2012.

A list with some fresh titles from The Atlantic: Top Five Books and Ten Runner Ups.

#Music

From Flavorwire, "The Year in Controversial Album Covers." [NSFW]

Salon brings the best musical numbers in 2012 Television.

For the audiophiles, Spin ranks the 50 Best Albums of 2012.