Year-End Lists

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
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Top 100 Albums of 2023: Under the Radar

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Baldwin Nicholas Boggs
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Phonetics On and On Horsegirl
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Getting Killed Geese
Brat Charli XCX
Channel Orange Frank Ocean
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier

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