Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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The Best Books of 2025 Sam Franzini
The 100 Best Albums of 2025
The 50 Best Albums of 2024
The Best Books of 2024
The 50 Best Albums of 2023
The 50 Best Albums of 2022
The 50 Best Albums of 2021
The 50 Best Albums of 2020
20 Best Albums of 2019

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Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best TV Shows & Mini-Series of the 2010s The Playlist
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Beast Bertrand Bonello
Peki Momés Peki Momés
CAJU Liniker
Die to Wake Up from a Dream MF Tomlinson
Close Steve Tibbetts
Spellling & the Mystery School Spellling
Doga Juana Molina
Lolly Willowes Sylvia Townsend Warner
The Madness
Dead Meat The Tubs
Come and See Gurriers
Things They Lost Okwiri Oduor
The Remembered Soldier Anjet Daanje
Oblivion Alice Phoebe Lou

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