Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Spectral Wound

Songs of Blood and Mire
1. Top 40 Albums of 2024: Decibel
A Diabolic Thirst
1. Top 40 Albums of 2021: Decibel
2. 83 Favorite Albums Of 2021: Hanif Abdurraqib

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
The Seduction of Kansas Priests
Stubborn Persistent Illusions Do Make Say Think
Night Watch Kevin Young
XXX Danny Brown
Five Seconds Flat Lizzy McAlpine
The Waldheim Waltz Ruth Beckermann
The Leftovers
Flesh David Szalay
King Coal Elaine McMillion Sheldon
R.I.P. Actress
Glimmer Kimberly Shannon Murphy with Genevieve Field
Evangelic Girl Is a Gun yeule

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