Year-End Lists

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50 Best Books of 2015: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 15 Films of 2013 Matt Singer · The Dissolve
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Second Comin’ Korallreven
Wild Houses Colin Barrett
Common Side Effects
Long Story Short
Trainwreck Judd Apatow
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
XXX Danny Brown
The Hate U Give George Tillman Jr.
Adults
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
Black Box
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang

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