Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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A Tale of Three Cities

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Favorite Books of 2017: Alex Balk: Awl

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Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best International TV Shows of 2024 Mike Hale · New York Times

Trending Works

American Fiction Cord Jefferson
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
Dìdi Sean Wang
Sicario Denis Villeneuve
Eddington Ari Aster
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Wander/Wonder Balam Acab
XXX Danny Brown
Tár Todd Field
In the Dark
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Belated Movements for an Unsanctioned Exhumation August 1st 1984 The Inward Circles
Civil War Alex Garland
You Didn't See Nothin

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