Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Favorite Books of 2018
16 Favorite Books of 2016
15 Best Books of 2015

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best TV Shows of 2018 Uproxx
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Tótem Lila Avilés
Victorian Psycho Virginia Feito
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
The Shrouds David Cronenberg
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Thresholder Ian William Craig
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
It's Time... To Rise From the Grave Undeath
I'm Still Here Walter Salles

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