Year-End Lists

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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75 Best Albums of 2020: Mojo

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The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022 Paste
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo

Trending Works

Long Story Short
Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood
Is a River Alive? Robert Macfarlane
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
XXX Danny Brown
Small Axe: Mangrove Steve McQueen
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
The Big Bang Theory
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
I’m With You Red Hot Chili Peppers
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay

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