Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2025
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Dean's List 2018: Robert Christgau

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
On Falling Laura Carreira
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Ruth Kate Riley
XXX Danny Brown
Southernmost Leo Boix
The Poems of Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue
PC Music x DISown Radio PC Music
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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