Year-End Lists

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NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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Lists

100 Notable Books of 2021: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

I’ll Be Gone In The Dark: The Podcast
Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
Wander/Wonder Balam Acab
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Here Bas Devos
Getting Killed Geese
Dìdi Sean Wang
You Didn't See Nothin
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
XXX Danny Brown
In the Dark
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar

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