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
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Best Books of 2021: Shelf Awareness

Trending Lists

The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
Top 100 Albums of 2016 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2023 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2022 James Quandt · Artforum
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc Bruno Dumont
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Love in Exile Shon Faye
Synthetic Cinema Wheeler Winston Dixon
The Song of the Cell Siddhartha Mukherjee
George F. Kennan John Lewis Gaddis
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Hail and Farewell Abby E. Murray
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Run Away With A Wild And A Rare One Wave Generators
Read Until You Understand Farah Jasmine Griffin
Hands In The Air! Told Not To Worry
Fierce Poise Alexander Nemerov
The Road to Unfreedom Timothy Snyder

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