Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
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The Klamath Mountains

A Natural History

by Michael Kauffmann and Justin Garwood

Lists

Favorite Books of 2022: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Dublin Literary Award

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Nope Jordan Peele
Pianoon Limpe Fuchs
Electronic Dream AraabMuzik
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
American Eden Victoria Johnson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
New Threats from the Soul Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band

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