Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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by Billie Marten

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The 30 Best Albums of 2023: Independent

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

Diamond Eyes Deftones
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Liars Sarah Manguso
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Oracle Cate Marvin
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Sunshine Place
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Sly Thom Zimny
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Clean Slate
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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