Year-End Lists

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Christian Science Monitor: The Top 25 Books for 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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1. Top 100 Albums of 2020: Under the Radar
The Shallows
1. 100 Favourite Albums of 2012: Drowned in Sound

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100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Emo Albums Of 2023 Ian Cohen · Uproxx
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top Ten Films of 2025 Tasha Robinson · The Next Picture Show
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Islah Kevin Gates
Blackstar David Bowie
Lamunan Antonina Nowacka
New Energy Four Tet
Mostly Dead Things Kristen Arnett
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
A Different Man Aaron Schimberg
Soft Fruit in the Sun Oliver Zarandi
The Heights of the Reeds Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset & Jan Bang
Mrs. Fletcher
A Ghost of Caribou Alice Henderson
Katabasis R.F. Kuang

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