Year-End Lists

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Dublin Literary Award: 2025
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by Aaron Freeman

Lists

Top 25 Albums of 2014: Magnet

50 Best Albums of 2014: AllMusic

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
50 Best Albums of 2015 Complex
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
12 Best TV Shows of 2016 David Wiegand · San Francisco Chronicle
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
2025 Dublin Literary Award

Trending Works

Path of Totality Niina Pollari
Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger
A Pillow Book Suzanne Buffam
Solutions and Other Problems Allie Brosh
Mutual Interest Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
Grand Tour Elisa Gonzalez
A Shining Jon Fosse
The Good Mothers
Romance in Marseille Claude McKay
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
The Great Offshore Grounds Vanessa Veselka
Boom Town Sam Anderson
I Love Russia Elena Kostyuchenko
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