Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mojo: The 75 Best Albums of 2025
Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
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Eleanor Roosevelt

The War Years And After, 1939-1962

by Blanche Wiesen Cook

Lists

10 Best Books of 2016: Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air

100 Recommended Books of 2016: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo

Trending Works

Trainwreck Judd Apatow
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
Invisible Child Andrea Elliott
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud
Second Comin’ Korallreven
Common Side Effects
Adults
Because the Boss Belongs to Us

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