Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Darren Hayman and the Long Parliament

The Violence

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Albums of 2025 Les Inrocks
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Slow West John Maclean
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
American Prison Shane Bauer
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Getting Killed Geese
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Second Mansions Le Concorde

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