Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Roy Montgomery 40th Anniversary 2021 LP Series

by Roy Montgomery

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The Best Music of 2021: Jennifer Lucy Allan: Quietus

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
We’re Not Talking The Goon Sax
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
I Swear Kirk Jones
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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