Year-End Lists

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Dean's List 2024: Robert Christgau

Trending Lists

25 Best Films of 2025 A.V. Club
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2023 The Wire
Ten Experimental Films That Defined 2025 Michael Sicinski
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera
Un conte de Michel de Montaigne Jean-Marie Straub
The Animal Kingdom Thomas Cailley
Ghost Stories The Whitmore Sisters
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Queen to Play Caroline Bottaro
Cosmos Andrzej Zulawski
Artificial Paradises Yulene Olaizola
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over Beth B
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
The Line Is A Curve Kae Tempest
Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić
Lost Boys and Fairies

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