Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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by Philipp Meyer

Lists

The Top 10 Books of 2013: Jane Ciabattari: BBC: BBC Culture

Top 10 Books of 2013: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Favorite 50 Albums of 2011 Tiny Mix Tapes
The Best Literary Podcasts of 2025 Brittany Allen · Lit Hub
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
43 Favorite Books of 2025 Lit Hub
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
RIP Actress
XXX Danny Brown
Climax Gaspar Noé
Censor Prano Bailey-Bond
Cleanness Garth Greenwell
Asteroid City Wes Anderson
Minding the Gap Bing Liu
Free TC Ty Dolla $ign
Pictures Of The Warm South Vanessa Rossetto
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD: The First 24 Songs Dazy
Black Metal Dean Blunt
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