Year-End Lists

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Favorite Albums 2023: Bob Boilen

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2024 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Adults
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
Bird Andrea Arnold
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
Universal Language Matthew Rankin
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Because the Boss Belongs to Us
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Invisible Child Andrea Elliott
This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud

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