Year-End Lists

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50 Best Albums of 2021: Exclaim
The 100 Best Albums of 2021: Albumism

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The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Getting Killed Geese
Here Bas Devos
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
In the Dark
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark: The Podcast
Wander/Wonder Balam Acab
Dìdi Sean Wang
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
You Didn't See Nothin
XXX Danny Brown

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