Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Christian Science Monitor: The Top 25 Books for 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

25 Best Albums of 2016: Slant
40 Favorite Albums Of 2016: Hanif Abdurraqib

The 110 Best Albums of the 2010s: Albumism

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The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor

Trending Works

The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Idler Wheel… Fiona Apple
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Boom Town Sam Anderson
American Prison Shane Bauer
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
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