Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020: Time
The Best Books Of 2020: Bustle

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Galleons Rick Barot
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
XXX Danny Brown
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Lowdown
Passages Ira Sachs
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha

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