Year-End Lists

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Top Ten Albums of 2017
Top 20 Books of 2017

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10 Best Movies of 2025 Odie Henderson · Boston Globe
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Los Espookys
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
Cerulean Salt Waxahatchee
XXX Danny Brown
Empire of AI Karen Hao
The Candle And The Flame Robert Forster
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
Lux Rosalía
All That Reckoning Cowboy Junkies
The Story of My Wife Ildikó Enyedi
In The Earth Again Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo
Cody Joyce Manor
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton

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