Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Baby I'm the Wolf Ha Vay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Beginners Mike Mills
Now Jazz Now Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Dinner in America Adam Rehmeier
A Star Is Born Soundtrack Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
In the Dark
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Special Lizzo
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
House of Huawei Eva Dou

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