Year-End Lists

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Uproxx: The Best TV Shows Of 2024
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James Merrill

A Whole World
- 100 Notable Books of 2021: New York Times: New York Times
The Book of Ephraim
- 9 Best Books of Poetry in 2018: Meghan O'Rourke: New York: Vulture

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2024 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025 Consequence
The 60 Best Movies of 2024 Max Cea · Esquire
50 Best Albums of 2013 Complex
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best TV Shows Of 2024 Uproxx
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Treble
10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly
Albums of the Year 2024 Quietus

Trending Works

Athlete A Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu Andrei Ujica
Stranger Things
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga
Fiertés, inc. Thibault Jacquin
Chosen: Custody of the Eyes Abbie Reese
Moana with Sound (1980) Robert J. Flaherty and Frances H. Flaherty
First Cow Kelly Reichardt
City Hall Frederick Wiseman
Brat Charli XCX
The Voice of Hind Rajab Kaouther Ben Hania
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Non-Fiction Olivier Assayas

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