Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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Black Lips

Apocalypse Love
1. The 80 Best Albums of 2022: PopMatters
Sing In A World That's Falling Apart
1. Our Top 100 Albums of 2020: Les Inrocks
Underneath the Rainbow
1. Top 40 Albums of 2014: Jim DeRogatis: WBEZ: Sound Opinions
Arabia Mountain

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Favorite Books of 2018 Smithsonian
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2013 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Mitchells vs. the Machines Mike Rianda
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Chain of Light Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party
X Ti West
Keeping a Record of It Lonnie Holley
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie David Soren
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Un Verano Sin Ti Bad Bunny
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum

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