Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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A Kind of Freedom

by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

Lists

100 Notable Books of 2017: New York Times: New York Times
Fiction 2017: National Book Award

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

Trending Works

The Sunshine Place
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Francesca David Murray Quartet
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Sly Thom Zimny
Oracle Cate Marvin
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Liars Sarah Manguso
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Clean Slate
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs

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