Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Trust the Plan
1. The Best Nonfiction Books of 2022: Esquire
2. The Best Books of 2022: Esquire

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Wander/Wonder Balam Acab
House of Huawei Eva Dou
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
In the Dark
Here Bas Devos
Getting Killed Geese
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
Cat’s Eyes Cat’s Eyes
Dìdi Sean Wang
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark: The Podcast
Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
XXX Danny Brown

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