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
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Beauty Is a Wound
1. 15 Best Books of 2015: Harper’s Bazaar
- Best Fiction Books of 2015: Powell's Books
- 10 Best Books of 2015: Publishers Weekly

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 100 Albums of 2012 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Slant
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Idlewild Idlewild
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Liars Sarah Manguso
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Sly Thom Zimny
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Clean Slate
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs

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