Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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- 100 Notable Books of 2020: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022 Paste
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Small Axe: Mangrove Steve McQueen
Long Story Short
Colored Television Danzy Senna
XXX Danny Brown
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
Got to Be Tough Toots and the Maytals
Revenge Coralie Fargeat
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
The Big Bang Theory
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Afterparties Anthony Veasna So
Drive My Car Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

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