Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
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Meghan Daum

The Problem with Everything
- 100 Notable Books of 2019: New York Times: New York Times
Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed
1. 15 Best Books of 2015: Maria Popova

Trending Lists

Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win

Trending Works

HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Mountainhead Jesse Armstrong
Oracle Cate Marvin
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Idlewild Idlewild
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Clean Slate
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko

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