Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Billboard: The Best 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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1. 100 Favourite Albums of 2012: Drowned in Sound
- 50 Best Albums of 2012: Q

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Figure In Blue Charles Lloyd
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga
Severance
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
Witness Kronos Quartet / Mary Kouyoumdjian
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Jaimie Branch
Resolution 653 Instra:Mental
Known and Strange Things Teju Cole
Death Farm Carl Hauck
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
La 167 Farruko
The Empire Bruno Dumont
Martyr! Kaveh Akbar
Mother Emanuel Kevin Sack

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