Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Best Albums of the 2010s: Chris Willman: Variety

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The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
10 Best Books of 2017 Library Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2018 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
Pillion Harry Lighton
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna
American Eden Victoria Johnson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
American Prison Shane Bauer
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Blade Runner 2049 Denis Villeneuve
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

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