Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Top 10 Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
Top 20 Albums of 2022 NPR · NPR Music
My Thirty Favorite Albums of 2020 New Yorker

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best Albums of 2015 Complex
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
15 Best Albums of 2015 A.V. Club
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Movies of 2024 Ty Burr · Washington Post

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Last Summer Catherine Breillat
Magellan Lav Diaz
Return Emily Lee Luan
Heavy Metal Cameron Winter
The Hunger Games Gary Ross
Thrust Lidia Yuknavitch
Il Buco Michelangelo Frammartino
In the Dark
Baby Dijon
Weapons Zach Cregger
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
The Antidote Karen Russell
Robot Dreams Pablo Berger

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