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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- Top Ten Books of 2014: Chicago Public Library
- The 10 Best Books of 2014: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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