Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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The 30 Best Albums of 2023: Independent

Trending Lists

The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Francesca David Murray Quartet
Sly Thom Zimny
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Idlewild Idlewild
Liars Sarah Manguso
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
The Sunshine Place
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Clean Slate

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