Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025: Brendan Menapace: Esquire

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Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025 Washington Post
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Best Books for Adults 2025 New York Public Library

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
After Yang Kogonada
Magellan Lav Diaz
Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)
On the Calculation of Volume Solvej Balle
Twin Peaks (Music from the Limited Event Series) various artists
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Tár Todd Field
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Bent by Nature
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Urchin Harris Dickinson
The Furrows Namwali Serpell

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