Year-End Lists

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10 Favorite Albums of 2011: Stephen Thompson: NPR: NPR Music

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The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2020 Award The Booker Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2022 James Quandt · Artforum
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 100 Albums of 2016 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s Spin
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Modern Vampires of the City Vampire Weekend
Steven Universe: The Movie Rebecca Sugar
mbv My Bloody Valentine
Mania Hamza
Acid Rap Chance The Rapper
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
The Neon Demon Nicolas Winding Refn
Rouge Mona Awad
The End MC Hyland
Gangs of Wasseypur Anurag Kashyap
Always Be My Maybe Nahnatchka Khan
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Long Island Compromise Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Us Fools Nora Lange

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