Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Nicholas Quah: New York: 10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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The Forty-Five

Lists

The 45 Best Albums of 2025
The Best Albums of 2024
The 45 Best Albums of 2023
The Best Albums of 2022
The 45 Best Albums of 2021
The 45 Best Albums of 2020

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025 Nicholas Quah · New York · Vulture
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Ten Best Films of 2020 Jonathan Rosenbaum · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Can't Rush Greatness Central Cee
Portrait of My Heart Spellling
Certified Copy Abbas Kiarostami
Lorem Ipsum Jeff Jakobs
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Equus Asinus Men I Trust
The Afrorack Afrorack
Choke Enough Oklou
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Forever Howlong Black Country, New Road
XXX Danny Brown
Nexus Yuval Noah Harari
Songs from Big Pleasant Big Pleasant
Life of Pi Ang Lee

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