Year-End Lists

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Christian Science Monitor: The Top 25 Books for 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Top 50 Albums of 2014: The Wire

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The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Moonage Daydream Brett Morgen
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
The Idler Wheel… Fiona Apple
Paddington 2 Paul King
American Eden Victoria Johnson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
American Prison Shane Bauer
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman

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