Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: Top 11 Films of 2012
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2023
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Sydney Padua

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
1. 15 Best Books of 2015: Maria Popova
- 2015 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness

Trending Lists

The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s Billboard
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2023 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 11 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 David Sims · Atlantic
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
The Best TV Shows of 2023 Alison Herman · Variety
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor

Trending Works

The Empusium Olga Tokarczuk
Synonyms Nadav Lapid
Pauline Kael Brian Kellow
Trifle Lone Taxidermist
Blackstar David Bowie
Burning Lee Chang-dong
Cry Sugar Hudson Mohawke
Goon Tobias Jesso Jr.
The Trackless Woods Iris DeMent
Transit Christian Petzold
Red Rooms Pascal Plante
DX Friendzone
Dark Waters Todd Haynes
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma

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