Year-End Lists

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
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The Breeze Grew a Fire
1. 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025: Hanif Abdurraqib
AZEB
1. Dean's List 2021: Robert Christgau
The Jungle Is the Only Way Out
1. Favorite Albums of 2019: Ann Powers: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Like Cattle Towards Glow Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Weapons Zach Cregger
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Unseen Truth Sarah Lewis
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Getting Killed Geese
Resurrection Bi Gan
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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