Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Dublin Literary Award: 2025
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51 Best Albums of 2021: Gigwise
51 Best Albums of 2020: Gigwise

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
2025 Dublin Literary Award
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2018 Richard Brody · New Yorker
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize

Trending Works

Her Spike Jonze
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Allies at War Tim Bouverie
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Arctic Passages Kieran Mulvaney
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sinners Ryan Coogler

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