Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The 60 Best Albums of 2024: Josh Terry

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Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Liars Sarah Manguso
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Idlewild Idlewild
The Sunshine Place
Clean Slate
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Oracle Cate Marvin
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Sly Thom Zimny

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