Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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A Very Stable Genius

Donald J. Trump's Testing of America

by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig

Lists

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2020: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Dìdi Sean Wang
House of Huawei Eva Dou
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Here Bas Devos
Wander/Wonder Balam Acab
XXX Danny Brown
You Didn't See Nothin
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark: The Podcast
Getting Killed Geese
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
My Adventures with Superman
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra

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