Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Top 55 Releases of 2023: The Alternative

The 60 Best Albums of 2023: Josh Terry

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The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Books of 2019 Michael Silverblatt · KCRW
10 of the Best Books of 2024 Christopher Borrelli · Chicago Tribune
Top 50 Albums of 2019 Brooklyn Vegan
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Top 10 Films of 2023 Marilou Duponchel · Les Inrocks
Top 10 Books of 2021 Michael Silverblatt · KCRW
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

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Giant Beauty [Ahmed]
Writers & Lovers Lily King
Wake Up Dead Man Rian Johnson
1999 Joey Bada$$
Sore Thumb Oso Oso
Simone Felice Simone Felice
Eusexua FKA twigs
The world within our bedrooms Drug Store Romeos
The Cathedral Ricky D'Ambrose
Soul Music Special Request
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Tomas Alfredson
Never Rarely Sometimes Always Eliza Hittman
Where We've Been, Where We Go from Here Friko
Miroirs No. 3 Christian Petzold

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