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
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Favorite Books of 2022: Salon

Best Nonfiction of 2022: BookPage
Favorite Books of 2022: San Francisco Chronicle
2022 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Fingernails Christos Nikou
The Sunshine Place
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Clean Slate
Idlewild Idlewild
Sly Thom Zimny
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Liars Sarah Manguso

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