Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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50 Best Albums of 2014: Paste

Top 14 Albums of 2014: Carl Wilson: Slate

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80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
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
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Here Bas Devos
My Adventures with Superman
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark: The Podcast
Flesh David Szalay
Blue Heron Sophy Romvari
Dìdi Sean Wang
House of Huawei Eva Dou
XXX Danny Brown
Getting Killed Geese
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay

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