Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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by Evgeny Ruman

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Notable Film Releases of 2021: Glenn Kenny

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 15 Films of 2013 Matt Singer · The Dissolve
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Music of 2022 Jennifer Lucy Allan · Quietus
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Second Comin’ Korallreven
The Hate U Give George Tillman Jr.
Bad Mexican, Bad American José Hernández Díaz
Dry Leaf Aleksandre Koberidze
Black Box
Music For Four Guitars Bill Orcutt
Adults
Wild Houses Colin Barrett
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
XXX Danny Brown
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
The Dead Don't Hurt Viggo Mortensen
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski

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