Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Glenn Kenny: RogerEbert.com: Top Ten Films of 2025
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First Love

Essays on Friendship

by Lilly Dancyger

Lists

Best Nonfiction of 2024: Electric Lit

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top Ten Films of 2025 Glenn Kenny · RogerEbert.com
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

Ex Machina Alex Garland
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Latecomer Jean Hanff Korelitz
Some Kind of Peace Ólafur Arnalds
XXX Danny Brown
Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances
Connie Connie Chung
The Lowdown
The Furrows Namwali Serpell

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