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
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Sir Walter Raleigh
- Top 15 Books of 2012: Benjamin Schwarz: Atlantic

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2023 New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Paste
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2020 Shondaland
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Molly Young · New York · Vulture
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Margin Call J.C. Chandor
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Tatsuya Yoshihara
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
The Mill and the Cross Lech Majewski
Rye Lane Raine Allen-Miller
Pain to Power Maruja
Looper Rian Johnson
RRR S.S. Rajamouli
Triangle of Sadness Ruben Östlund
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Babes Pamela Adlon
Horse Money Pedro Costa

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