Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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1. Favorite Albums of 2025: Steven Hyden: Uproxx
2. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Rolling Stone
- The Best Albums of 2025: Atwood Magazine

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Life of Chuck Mike Flanagan
Edna Martinez Presents Picó: Sound System Culture from the Colombian Caribbean various artists
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Shock Test…A Night of Truth: Bill Hicks & Timothy McVeigh Meet at Waco w/ Guest Lecturers: William Cooper & Ted Kaczynski Sean Kilpatrick
Shakedown Double Virgo
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
New Threats from the Soul Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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