Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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1. Best Books of 2018: BuzzFeed
- Best Nonfiction of 2018: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2024 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
14 Best TV Shows of 2025 Atlantic
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Farewell Lulu Wang
The Mars Volta The Mars Volta
The Golden Heart Protector Margaret Glaspy
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Communion Park Jiha
Luminous Intimacy: The Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler [retrospective] Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler
Ancestor Trouble Maud Newton
Never Rarely Sometimes Always Eliza Hittman
We're All Alone in This Together Dave
The Wager David Grann
Afterparties Anthony Veasna So
The Off-Season J. Cole
Sorry to Bother You The Coup

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