Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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- The Best Books of 2024: Dazed

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Favorite Books of 2019 Smithsonian
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Lowdown
Common Side Effects
American Prison Shane Bauer
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
American Eden Victoria Johnson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum

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