Year-End Lists

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Best Pop Albums of 2011: Chris Richards: Washington Post

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The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post

Trending Works

Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Suspicious Minds
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni
The Lego Movie Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Silence Is Loud Nia Archives
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
A Seat at the Table Solange
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Steven Pinker
Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
Be the Cowboy Mitski

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