Year-End Lists

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The Best Albums of 2023: Jim DeRogatis: Sound Opinions

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Best Movies of 2024 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Universal Language Matthew Rankin
Long Story Short
Adults
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
James Percival Everett
This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud
Invisible Child Andrea Elliott
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Nomadland Chloé Zhao
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Because the Boss Belongs to Us

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