Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Albums of the Year 2023: Quietus

The Best Of 2023: Jennifer Lucy Allan: Quietus

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014 Marya E. Gates
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2020 Beatrice Loayza · A.V. Club
The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021 Entertainment Weekly
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Records of the Year 2011 Rise
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

This Is the Sonics The Sonics
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Rakshak Bloodywood
The Antidote Karen Russell
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes

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