• music From Train to Star Wars electronica, this is 2016’s least essential music By Nick Wanserski, Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Marah Eakin December 23, 2016 | 6:00am
• aux Help for the holiday procrastinator: 10 gift books that don’t say “last minute” at all By Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Laura Adamczyk December 22, 2016 | 6:00am
• tv The 2016 A.V. Club readers’ poll results are in By Caitlin PenzeyMoog December 20, 2016 | 7:42pm
• aux Our 20 favorite books of 2016 By Laura Adamczyk, Ryan Vlastelica, Esther Zuckerman, Josh Modell, David Anthony, Samantha Nelson, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 20, 2016 | 6:00am
• aux Vintage holiday lights and kitschy photos, plus a book of fake toys By Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Katie Rife, Marah Eakin December 17, 2016 | 6:00am
• tv The 35 best TV performances of 2016 (and one worst) By Laura Adamczyk, Gwen Ihnat, Esther Zuckerman, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Marah Eakin December 15, 2016 | 6:00am
• tv What’s missing from our list of 2016’s best shows? By Becca James, Noel Murray, Brandon Nowalk, Dennis Perkins, Nathan Rabin, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Esther Zuckerman, A.A. Dowd, Vikram Murthi, Molly Eichel, Jesse Hassenger, Les Chappell, Caroline Siede, Nick Wanserski, Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Josh Modell, Joe Blevins, Erik Adams, Danette Chavez, Kyle Fowle, Myles McNutt December 14, 2016 | 6:00am
• aux Grunt author Mary Roach is an expert in 1-syllable book titles By Caitlin PenzeyMoog December 13, 2016 | 7:47pm
• games Somehow this fascist take on Werewolf was created before Trump won By Caitlin PenzeyMoog December 13, 2016 | 6:00am
• tv The year in swag: 2016 left us with broken goggles, a cow eye, and witch pee By Laura Adamczyk, Gwen Ihnat, Josh Modell, Katie Rife, Clayton Purdom, Kelsey J. Waite, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Marah Eakin, Laura M. Browning December 9, 2016 | 4:00pm
• aux What non-2016 book did you finally read this year? By Nathan Rabin, Laura Adamczyk, Nick Wanserski, Esther Zuckerman, Joe Blevins, Becca James, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Alex McLevy, Marah Eakin, William Hughes, Jesse Hassenger, Laura M. Browning December 9, 2016 | 6:00am
• tv Game Of Thrones’ Finn Jones has a very unusual theory on who will end up on the Iron Throne By Caitlin PenzeyMoog December 8, 2016 | 5:05pm
• aux Vote in The A.V. Club’s 2016 readers’ poll By Caitlin PenzeyMoog December 6, 2016 | 4:00pm
• music What song do you wish you—and the world—could hear again for the first time? By Annie Zaleski, Kyle Ryan, Kevin Pang, Gwen Ihnat, Esther Zuckerman, Joe Blevins, David Anthony, Becca James, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Brandon Nowalk, Sean O'Neal, William Hughes, Jesse Hassenger, Caitlin PenzeyMoog December 2, 2016 | 6:00am
• aux Lin-Manuel Miranda to produce and compose the Kingkiller Chronicle adaptation By Caitlin PenzeyMoog November 29, 2016 | 8:09pm
• tv Demand great presents this year with The A.V Club’s 2016 gift guide By Nick Wanserski, Kevin Pang, Gwen Ihnat, A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Kelsey J. Waite, David Anthony, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Marah Eakin, Laura M. Browning November 28, 2016 | 6:00am
• tv More than Gilmore: 24 other TV shows to binge over Thanksgiving weekend By Allison Shoemaker, Gwen Ihnat, Kevin Johnson, Esther Zuckerman, Zack Handlen, Genevieve Valentine, Molly Eichel, Becca James, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Matt Gerardi, Les Chappell, Clayton Purdom November 23, 2016 | 6:00am
• aux What are you reading in November? By Matt Gerardi, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Alex McLevy November 21, 2016 | 6:00am
• aux Listen to Trevor Noah’s audiobook for his autobiography, Born A Crime By Caitlin PenzeyMoog November 15, 2016 | 5:00pm
• games Killing Lara Croft isn’t as fun as it used to be By Caitlin PenzeyMoog November 15, 2016 | 4:45pm
• aux “Winter is coming. I told you so”: Writers respond to Trump’s win By Caitlin PenzeyMoog November 9, 2016 | 7:57pm