Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2024
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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50 Best Albums of 2017: Paste

Top 50 Albums of 2017: Austin Town Hall

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The Best Records of 2024 Resident Advisor
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2020 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Movies of 2020 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 35 Best Books of 2025 Adam Morgan · Esquire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Consequence

Trending Works

Melancholia Lars von Trier
Live Forever Bartees Strange
The Unknown Man of Shandigor Jean-Louis Roy
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga
An Oral History of Atlantis Ed Park
Essex Honey Blood Orange
RUDEBWOY CJ Fly
Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood
The Grey Album Kevin Young
Tomboy Céline Sciamma
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Unspeakable
Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
Mariachi El Bronx (III) Mariachi El Bronx

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