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
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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The Best Movies of 2025: John Waters: New York: Vulture
The Best Movies of 2025: Alison Willmore: New York: Vulture

Best Movies of 2025: Jon Frosch: Hollywood Reporter

Trending Lists

The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2018 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Wall Street Journal
10 Best Books of 2017 Library Journal
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
American Eden Victoria Johnson
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
American Prison Shane Bauer
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Pillion Harry Lighton
Succession

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