Year-End Lists

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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The Year 2025 in Ten Books
The Year 2024 in 10 Books
The Year 2023 in 10 Books
Best Books of 2017
Best Poetry Books of 2017

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME

Trending Works

Gentle Grip Public Practice
The Raid 2 Gareth Evans
Empire of AI Karen Hao
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
All That Reckoning Cowboy Junkies
Cody Joyce Manor
Look Back Kiyotaka Oshiyama
Getting Killed Geese
XXX Danny Brown
Bird Andrea Arnold
Loop Brenda Lozano
Island of Wings Karin Altenberg
Ology Gallant
The Power In Us Poppy Ajudha

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