Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Yoko Tawada

Archipelago of the Sun
- The Best Books of 2025: Economist
Scattered All Over the Earth
The Emissary
1. Best Books of 2018: Entropy

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 20 Books of 2017 Time
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Clarisse Loughrey · Independent
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut

Trending Works

When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Steven Pinker
Le Kov Gwenno
Eno Gary Hustwit
Infinite Connections Jihye Lee Orchestra
Slow Noodles Chantha Nguon
Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Esther Perel
Songs from Big Pleasant Big Pleasant
House of Huawei Eva Dou
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Fargo
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
Bugland No Joy
Embers of the Hands Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
Manning Fireworks MJ Lenderman

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