Year-End Lists

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2025
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The Best Albums of 2022: Jim DeRogatis: Sound Opinions
Dean's List 2022: Robert Christgau

2022 Year in Review: Aquarium Drunkard
The 25 Best Albums of 2022: Esquire

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
Top Ten Films of 2023 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
25 Best Films of 2012 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

A Sharp Endless Need Marisa Crane
Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
Dawson City: Frozen Time Bill Morrison
Silence Is Loud Nia Archives
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Steven Pinker
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni
Noble and Godlike in Ruin Deerhoof
Palabras Manuales Danay Suárez
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Spunky! Grrrl Gang
The Lego Movie Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang

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