Year-End Lists

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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75 Best Albums of 2021: Uncut

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The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances
Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel
Connie Connie Chung
Eddington Ari Aster
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda
Vince Staples Vince Staples
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
The Lowdown
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
XXX Danny Brown
Ex Machina Alex Garland
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Essex Honey Blood Orange

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