Year-End Lists

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Maureen Corrigan: NPR: 10 Favorite Books of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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New Hymn to Freedom

by Szun Waves

Lists

Albums of the Year 2018: Quietus

Music I Enjoyed in 2018: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Steven Pinker
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
Silence Is Loud Nia Archives
A Sharp Endless Need Marisa Crane
A Seat at the Table Solange
Be the Cowboy Mitski
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Suspicious Minds
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni
The Lego Movie Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom

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