Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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From A Room: Volume 2

by Chris Stapleton

Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2017: Brooklyn Vegan
Best Albums of 2017: Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Trending Lists

2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Baldwin Nicholas Boggs
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Getting Killed Geese
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Phonetics On and On Horsegirl
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Brat Charli XCX
Channel Orange Frank Ocean

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