Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Franco & O.K. Jazz

Franco Luambo Makiadi Presents Les Editions Populaires (1968-1970)
1. 40 Favorite Albums of My 2024: Brad Luen

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
10 Best Books of 2015 Washington Post
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021 Washington Post

Trending Works

Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Succession
We’re Not Talking The Goon Sax
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Post Steven Spielberg
Getting Killed Geese
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Roma Alfonso Cuaron
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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