Year-End Lists

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NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Mojo: The 75 Best Albums of 2025
Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
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50 Best Albums of 2015: Fact

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud
Second Comin’ Korallreven
Trainwreck Judd Apatow
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Invisible Child Andrea Elliott
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Common Side Effects
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Adults
Because the Boss Belongs to Us
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
Universal Language Matthew Rankin

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