Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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50 Best Movies of 2011: Total Film

Trending Lists

The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Suspicious Minds
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Oliver Coates
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Noble and Godlike in Ruin Deerhoof
XXX Danny Brown
U R HERE Honesty
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
Be the Cowboy Mitski
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
A Seat at the Table Solange
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin

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