Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The 60 Best Albums of 2022: Josh Terry

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
2025 Dublin Literary Award

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Francesca David Murray Quartet
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Sly Thom Zimny
Liars Sarah Manguso
Oracle Cate Marvin
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Fingernails Christos Nikou

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