Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Post: The 30 Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: Top 26 Films of 2017
The Wire: Top 50 Albums 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

The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 26 Films of 2017 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 100 Albums of 2017 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Corsage Marie Kreutzer
Bait Mark Jenkin
Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home
Les Misérables Ladj Ly
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Crossing Sabrin Hasbun
Brooklyn John Crowley
My Dear Melancholy The Weeknd
We Went to War Michael Grigsby
Steven Universe: The Movie Rebecca Sugar
Get Millie Black
Logan James Mangold
Curb Your Enthusiasm
A Tradition of Violence

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