Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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- The 12 Best Books of 2023: WBEZ: Nerdette
- Our 23 Favorite LGBTQ+ Books of 2023: Them

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Twinless James Sweeney
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Getting Killed Geese
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
American Prison Shane Bauer
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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