Year-End Lists

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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The Best American Essays 2022

by Alexander Chee (editor)

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Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2022: Electric Lit

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Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
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
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Channel Orange Frank Ocean
Eternity, In Your Arms Creeper
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Baldwin Nicholas Boggs
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Middle Jesse Welles
Moderation Elaine Castillo
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka

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