Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: Top 26 Films of 2017
Town & Country: The 20 Best Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2021
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Cerebral Rot

Excretion of Mortality
1. Top 40 Albums of 2021: Decibel
Odious Descent Into Decay
1. Top 40 Albums of 2019: Decibel

Trending Lists

The 20 Best Books of 2025 Town & Country
Top 26 Films of 2017 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2022 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2019 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2023 Economist
Best Books of 2022 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2018 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The Best Books of 2021 Economist
The 51 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2025 Loudwire
The 30 Best TV Shows of 2021 Paste
The Best TV Shows That Premiered in 2022 The Mary Sue

Trending Works

Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Rio Corgo Maya Kosa and Sérgio da Costa
The Rest Boygenius
A Glitch in the Matrix Rodney Ascher
Lost Boys and Fairies
Shade Grouper
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh
Burning Lee Chang-dong
We Have Dozens of Titles Gastr del Sol
Atlanta
Gangs of Wasseypur Anurag Kashyap
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Clara Sola Nathalie Álvarez Mesén

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