Year-End Lists

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Top 50 Albums of 2013: Les Inrocks

42 Best Albums of 2013: Sasha Frere-Jones: New Yorker

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The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Boom Town Sam Anderson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Eddington Ari Aster
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Lowdown
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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