Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Christian Science Monitor: The Top 25 Books for 2025
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- 50 Favorite Albums of 2015: NPR: NPR Music
- Top 10 Albums of 2015: Kitty Empire: Observer

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Boom Town Sam Anderson
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Succession
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Idler Wheel… Fiona Apple
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum

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