Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025 Lifehacker
The 10 Best New Podcasts of 2024 Lifehacker
My 25 Favorite New Podcasts of 2023 Lifehacker
The 13 Best New Podcasts of 2022 Lifehacker

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Fingernails Christos Nikou
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Idlewild Idlewild
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Sly Thom Zimny
Oracle Cate Marvin
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Clean Slate
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Liars Sarah Manguso
The Sunshine Place

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