Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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1. Best Albums of 2025: Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Commonwealth
1. Top 25 Albums of 2014: Magnet
The Double Cross
1. Top Albums of 2011: Thomas Conner: Chicago Sun-Times

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Eternity, In Your Arms Creeper
hexed! aya
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Let's Rock The Black Keys
Moderation Elaine Castillo
Middle Jesse Welles
Territory of Light Yuko Tsushima
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Nickel Boys RaMell Ross
Blue Moon Richard Linklater

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