Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mojo: The 75 Best Albums of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain

by Lucia Perillo

Lists

10 Best Books of 2012: Publishers Weekly

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Universal Language Matthew Rankin
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
Trainwreck Judd Apatow
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić
Adults
Common Side Effects
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud
Invisible Child Andrea Elliott
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
Because the Boss Belongs to Us

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