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
Atlantic: The Best Books of 2025
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The Emperor of Gladness

by Ocean Vuong

Lists

Best Books of 2025: USA Today
The 15 Best Books of 2025: People

The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025: Time
The 32 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2025: Them
The Top 25 Books for 2025: Christian Science Monitor

Trending Lists

80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Poetry Collections of 2025 Electric Lit
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic

Trending Works

The Galleons Rick Barot
Cold War Pawel Pawlikowski
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
LP Big Stick
Barbara Christian Petzold
The Pull of the Stars Emma Donoghue
Black Metal Dean Blunt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Javelin Sufjan Stevens
Visions Grimes
Avengers: Endgame Anthony and Joe Russo
1000 Forms of Fear Sia
Weapons Zach Cregger

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