Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Billboard: The Best 50 Albums of 2025
Peter Travers: The Travers Take: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Vox
The Best Books of 2024 Vox
The Very Best Books of 2023 Vox
16 Best Books of 2022 Vox
The 15 Best Books of 2020 Vox
The Best Books I Read in 2019 Vox

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Music of 2022 Jennifer Lucy Allan · Quietus
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Visions of Bodies Being Burned clipping.
Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos
Weapons Zach Cregger
Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer Vincent Le Port
Shawn Mendes Shawn Mendes
Tár Todd Field
XXX Danny Brown
The Traitors Circle Jonathan Freedland
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Yes! Nadav Lapid
Camila Camila Cabello
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Happyend Neo Sora
The Chronology of Water Kristen Stewart

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