Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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The 10 Best Podcasts of 2023: Eliana Dockterman: Time

The Best Podcasts of 2023: Vogue
Top 10 Favourite Podcasts of 2022: Globe and Mail

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Movies of 2020 Justin Chang · Los Angeles Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best TV Shows of the 2010s Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2024 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Movies of 2022 Justin Chang · Los Angeles Times

Trending Works

Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Eddington Ari Aster
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Winter Soldier Daniel Mason
Nope Jordan Peele
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
28 Years Later Danny Boyle
Fear of a Black Universe Stephon Alexander
Feu Nekfeu
Resurrection Bi Gan
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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