Year-End Lists

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Take Off From Mercy
1. 123 Favorite Albums Of 2024: Hanif Abdurraqib
Onwards!
1. 100 Favorite Albums of 2022: Hanif Abdurraqib
Love Suite
1. 83 Favorite Albums Of 2021: Hanif Abdurraqib

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
123 Favorite Albums Of 2024 Hanif Abdurraqib
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Silver Bullets Joe Swanberg
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Temporary Happiness Mock & Toof
Getting Killed Geese
The Ugly Stepsister Emilie Blichfeldt
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Hustle Jeremiah Zagar
Félicité Alain Gomis
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
Room 25 Noname
Sub-Lingual Tablet The Fall

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