Year-End Lists

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy

by James McMurtry

Lists

Best Pop Music Albums of 2025: Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer
45 Favorite Albums of My 2025: Brad Luen

20 Best Albums of 2025: Glide

Trending Lists

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021 Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
10 Best Books of 2015 Washington Post

Trending Works

The Post Steven Spielberg
Getting Killed Geese
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
Boom Town Sam Anderson
We’re Not Talking The Goon Sax
Succession
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Roma Alfonso Cuaron
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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