Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2019 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Body Talk Robyn
A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Cleanness Garth Greenwell
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt
The Antidote Karen Russell
Urchin Harris Dickinson
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
Set My Heart on Fire Immediately Perfume Genius
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar

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