Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Maureen Corrigan: NPR: 10 Favorite Books of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Top 50 Albums of 2023: The Wire

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10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
Best Albums of 2025 Les Inrocks
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Poetry Books of 2024 Elisa Gabbert · New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Body High Lucki Eck$
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Deadwood: The Movie Daniel Minahan
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Assisted Living Nikanor Teratologen
Dexter: Resurrection
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
NDN Coping Mechanisms Billy-Ray Belcourt
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Ramy
Sport Powell
The Slip Lucas Schaefer
Sex Education

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