Year-End Lists

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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The Best Albums of 2021: Jim DeRogatis: Sound Opinions

Best of 2021: AllMusic

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The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2024 Wall Street Journal
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best Albums of 2015 Mojo
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Ugly Stepsister Emilie Blichfeldt
Man in Black Wang Bing
Getting Killed Geese
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Barry
Lurker Alex Russell
Future Politics Austra
Eels Being Dead
Magma Gojira
Room 25 Noname
Boeckner! Boeckner
XXX Danny Brown
Sub-Lingual Tablet The Fall
Transangelic Exodus Ezra Furman

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