Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Top 10 Books of 2021: Michael Silverblatt: KCRW
20 Favorite Books of 2021: Oprah Daily

20 Favorite New Books of 2021: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Best Books of 2021: Boston Globe
100 Notable Books of 2021: New York Times: New York Times
Best Fiction Books of 2021: Kirkus Reviews
Fiction 2021: National Book Award
Best Literary Fiction of 2021: Library Journal
2021 Award: The Booker Prize
Best Books of 2021: Shelf Awareness

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Idlewild Idlewild
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
The Sunshine Place
Liars Sarah Manguso
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Oracle Cate Marvin
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sly Thom Zimny
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Clean Slate

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