Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Maureen Corrigan: NPR: 10 Favorite Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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How To Wash a Heart
- Best Poetry Books of 2020: Guardian
Ban en Banlieue
- 23 Favorite Poetry Books of 2015: Dennis Cooper

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2014 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Dead Man’s Wire Gus Van Sant
U R HERE Honesty
Big Time Angel Olsen
Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) Darius Jones
Too Much
Museum Music Edward Skeletrix
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
The Other 2/5ths or: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Trench Baby!! Ghais Guevara
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Adolescence
Wellwater Karen Solie
Bo Burnham: Inside Bo Burnham
Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Oliver Coates
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim

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