Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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75 Best Albums of 2016: Uncut

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The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Favorite Books of 2019 Smithsonian
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
American Prison Shane Bauer
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Common Side Effects
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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