Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Oz Rodriguez

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The 15 Best Films of 2025: Cory Woodroof: USA Today: For the Win

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Top 50 Albums of 2021 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top Albums of 2025 Emilie Hanskamp
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Sex Education
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Flashlight Susan Choi
Foretold
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Parasomnia Dream Theater
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Bottoms Emma Seligman
More Pulp
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater
Heart, Be at Peace Donal Ryan
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Vortex Veering Back to Venus Mosquitoes

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