Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Rectangles and Circumstance

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The Best Albums of 2024: David Hajdu: The Nation

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The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
20 Best Films of 2012 A.V. Club
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

hexed! aya
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Des fantômes Faune
Russia's Man of War Cathy Scott-Clark
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
World Wide Pop Superorganism
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Aux Pieds de la Nuit Nyx Nott
Strangers and Intimates Tiffany Jenkins
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
That Was Something Dan Callahan
In Covid's Wake Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay

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