Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
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My Secret Wars of 1984

by Dennis Etzel Jr

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11 Best Poetry Books of 2015: Kansas City Star

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The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Getting Killed Geese
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
American Prison Shane Bauer
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach

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