Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

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The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Middle Jesse Welles
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Year of the Snitch Death Grips
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Channel Orange Frank Ocean
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Moderation Elaine Castillo
Eternity, In Your Arms Creeper
Baldwin Nicholas Boggs

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