Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2024
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1. Eight of the Best Queer Albums of 2022: Julie Gentile: Autostraddle
2. Albums of 2022: Gorilla vs. Bear

Trending Lists

Top Ten Films of 2018 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 11 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2023 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2024 The Wire
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 David Sims · Atlantic
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post

Trending Works

Trifle Lone Taxidermist
Burning Lee Chang-dong
$ad Boyz 4 Life II Junior H
Blackstar David Bowie
Pauline Kael Brian Kellow
Elixa Th Blisks
Cry Sugar Hudson Mohawke
Earthling Eddie Vedder
Sudan Archives Sudan Archives
DX Friendzone
A Better Ghost Jeremy Cunningham / Dustin Laurenzi / Paul Bryan
Sour Soul BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah
Red Rooms Pascal Plante
A Psalm for Emily Salvi Nerina Pallot

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