Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The 30 Best Podcasts of the 2010s: Paste

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The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

hooke’s law KeiyaA
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Sinners Ryan Coogler
XXX Danny Brown
The Sound a Body Makes When It's Still Hot Mulligan
Let God Sort Em Out Clipse
Boom Town Sam Anderson
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Ravedeath, 1972 Tim Hecker
New Amerykah, Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh Erykah Badu
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Flashlight Susan Choi
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Revengeseekerz Jane Remover

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