Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

45 Best Books of 2017: Paste

Fiction 2017: Women's Prize
30 Best Books of 2017: Christian Science Monitor
100 Notable Books of 2017: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
50 Best Albums of 2015 Rolling Stone
Top Ten Films of 2011 Cinema Scope
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork

Trending Works

Tell Me How You Really Feel Courtney Barnett
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Afterparties Anthony Veasna So
Wide Awake! Parquet Courts
A Real Pain Jesse Eisenberg
Insecure Men Insecure Men
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Arctic Monkeys
Joy as an Act of Resistance Idles
Bottle It In Kurt Vile
Be the Cowboy Mitski
Utopia Björk
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
WTF with Marc Maron Marc Maron

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