Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Electric Lit: Best Novels of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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by Catherine Newman

Lists

50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2022: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Music of 2022 Jennifer Lucy Allan · Quietus
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Novels of 2025 Electric Lit
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

Trending Works

The Pitt
Stella Maris Cormac McCarthy
Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos
Anti Rihanna
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
XXX Danny Brown
Weapons Zach Cregger
Tár Todd Field
The Traitors Circle Jonathan Freedland
Nope Jordan Peele
Mansion Musik Trippie Redd
The Sky Socialist: Environs and Out-Takes Ken Jacobs
Painted Lucky Daye

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