Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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by Marie-Helene Bertino

Lists

Best Books of 2020: Refinery29

Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub
The Best Books of 2020: Claire Fallon: HuffPost
Favorite Novels of 2020: Electric Lit

Trending Lists

The 10 Best LGBTQ+ TV Shows of 2025 Them
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Literary Podcasts of 2025 Brittany Allen · Lit Hub
The 100 Best Albums of 2022 Rolling Stone
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Chuck D Presents Enemy Radio: Radio Armageddon Chuck D
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Elvis & Nixon Liza Johnson
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Communion Park Jiha
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Ocean Vuong
Melt My Eyez See Your Future Denzel Curry
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
The Disciple Chaitanya Tamhane
Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal Pavement
Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Chair Company
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai

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