Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Oz Rodriguez

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
- The 15 Best Films of 2025: Cory Woodroof: USA Today: For the Win

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021 Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
10 Best Books of 2015 Washington Post
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Succession
The Post Steven Spielberg
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Roma Alfonso Cuaron
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
We’re Not Talking The Goon Sax
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Getting Killed Geese

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