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
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

10 Best Books of 2016: Library Journal
The 20 Best Books of 2016: Entertainment Weekly

100 Recommended Books of 2016: San Francisco Chronicle
The 10 Best Books of 2016: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
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 Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best Albums of 2015 Complex
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks

Trending Works

The Great Offshore Grounds Vanessa Veselka
All The Poems Stevie Smith
Grand Tour Elisa Gonzalez
I Love Russia Elena Kostyuchenko
A Shining Jon Fosse
Ghosts In The Burbs
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Romance in Marseille Claude McKay
Songbird Waylon Jennings
Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger
The Good Mothers
Mutual Interest Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
A Pillow Book Suzanne Buffam
Path of Totality Niina Pollari

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