Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Seán Hewitt

Rapture's Road
- 2025 Award: Dylan Thomas Prize
All Down Darkness Wide
- 2022 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness
Tongues of Fire
- Best Poetry Books of 2020: Guardian

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2014 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Bo Burnham: Inside Bo Burnham
U R HERE Honesty
Big Time Angel Olsen
Museum Music Edward Skeletrix
Adolescence
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Too Much
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Oliver Coates
The Other 2/5ths or: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Trench Baby!! Ghais Guevara
Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) Darius Jones
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Wellwater Karen Solie
Dead Man’s Wire Gus Van Sant

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