Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The 10 Best Albums of 2021: Mikael Wood: Los Angeles Times

Best Albums of 2021: Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times

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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
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

R.I.P. Actress
The Seduction of Kansas Priests
Glimmer Kimberly Shannon Murphy with Genevieve Field
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
King Coal Elaine McMillion Sheldon
The Leftovers
The Waldheim Waltz Ruth Beckermann
Articulate Rachel Kolb
Flesh David Szalay
XXX Danny Brown
Burning Lee Chang-dong
Stubborn Persistent Illusions Do Make Say Think
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Five Seconds Flat Lizzy McAlpine

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