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
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Joan Didion

Let Me Tell You What I Mean
South and West
1. Best Books of 2017: Harper’s Bazaar
Blue Nights
1. Best Books of 2011: Publishers Weekly
- 100 Notable Books of 2011: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Crows In The Basilica Chuck Johnson
Drive & Cry Emily Nenni
Elle Paul Verhoeven
Nosferatu Robert Eggers
The Beast Bertrand Bonello
Civil War Alex Garland
Let God Sort Em Out Clipse
Eddington Ari Aster
XXX Danny Brown
Sticker NCT 127
And Right Lines Limit and Close All Bodies The Inward Circles
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Tsar of Love and Techno Anthony Marra

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