Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Best Podcasts of 2023: Mara Davis: Paste

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Country Music Albums of 2025 Holler
The 33 Best Podcasts of 2019 Wired UK
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Her Spike Jonze
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Promises Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
Beautiful World, Where Are You Sally Rooney
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) Jesse Q. Sutanto
Pluribus
Choke Enough Oklou
Hit Man Richard Linklater
Flesh David Szalay
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Fargo
Pig Michael Sarnoski
The Sisters Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Metallic Life Review Matmos

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