Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Mojo: The 75 Best Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Fiction 2025: National Book Award
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025: Washington Post
The Best Books of 2025: Boston Globe

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80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

The Handmaiden Park Chan-wook
Black Metal Dean Blunt
From From Monica Youn
Soldiers
The Complete Poems of A.R. Ammons A.R. Ammons
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno Abdellatif Kechiche
Dandadan
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Madame Zero Sarah Hall
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Personal Shopper Olivier Assayas
Deadwood: The Movie Daniel Minahan
XXX Danny Brown
Assisted Living Nikanor Teratologen

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