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
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Annie Hartnett

The Road to Tender Hearts
- 43 Favorite Books of 2025: Lit Hub
Rabbit Cake
1. 27 Best Books of 2017: Gina Vaynshteyn: Hello Giggles

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
TV Shows of the Year 2025 New Statesman
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

The Selected Poems Of Donald Hall Donald Hall
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Treats Sleigh Bells
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Yeezus Kanye West
Gasp Seth Graham
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Brat Charli XCX
Getting Killed Geese
Renaissance Beyoncé

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