Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Economist: The Best Albums of 2025

11 December 2025

West End Girl - Lily Allen

The Economist: The Best Albums of 2025

Addison

Addison Rae
Always Been

Craig Finn
Black British Music

Jim Legxacy
Blizzard

Dove Ellis
Can't Lose My (Soul)

Annie and the Caldwells
A Complicated Woman

Self Esteem
Double Infinity

Big Thief
Euro-Country

CMAT
New Threats from the Soul

Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
West End Girl

Lily Allen

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Morning Circle Basma al-Sharif
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Getting Killed Geese
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
American Prison Shane Bauer
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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