Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Billboard: The Best 50 Albums of 2025
Complex: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Kim Phillips-Fein

Fear City
- Favorite Books of 2017: Alex Balk: Awl
- 10 Best Books of 2017: Publishers Weekly

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Q
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Complex
10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Brat Charli XCX
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
The Souvenir Part II Joanna Hogg
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
The Empire Bruno Dumont
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee David Treuer
A Visit from the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan
Return Emily Lee Luan

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