Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Maria Crawford: Financial Times: Best Fiction of 2025
PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2022
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The Stranger

Watching Dead Empires In Decay
1. 100 Albums of 2013: Quietus

Trending Lists

25 Best Films of 2025 A.V. Club
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 80 Best Albums of 2022 PopMatters
The 25 Best Films of 2024 A.V. Club
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Favourite Books of 2025 The Skinny
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top Ten Films of 2011 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Fiction of 2025 Maria Crawford · Financial Times
The Best Books of 2022 Entertainment Weekly
Dean's List 2020 Robert Christgau
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times

Trending Works

Ready Player One Steven Spielberg
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Devil Is Fine Zeal & Ardor
The Fabelmans Steven Spielberg
Mudboy Sheck Wes
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Thank You for Today Death Cab for Cutie
Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
Joy David O. Russell
Blade Runner 2049 Denis Villeneuve
The Chronology of Water Kristen Stewart
Citizenfour Laura Poitras
Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses Blut Aus Nord

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