Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
NPR Music: Best Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Park Jiha

All Living Things
- Favorite Albums of 2025: Steve Erickson Runner-up
Communion
- 12 Top 50 Albums of 2018: 405
- 48 Top 50 Albums of 2018: The Wire

Trending Lists

Best Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2023 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Paste
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

The Brutalist Brady Corbet
Orpheus vs. The Sirens Hermit and the Recluse
I Want to Live My Life Stars Hollow
Aftersun Charlotte Wells
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
The Open Book Sessions Ronica & The Blazing Stars
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Cool Planet Guided by Voices
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children
Communion Park Jiha
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
From the Heart, It’s a Start, a Work of Art Shinichi Atobe

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