Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The 45 Best Albums of 2021: The Forty-Five

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Best TV Shows of 2025 Robert Lloyd · Los Angeles Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
100 Notable Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Favorite Books of 2025 MJ Franklin
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2020 Real Simple
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
The Other Side of Everything Mila Turajlic
Humankind Rutger Bregman
Shout Her Lovely Name Natalie Serber
Our House on the Hill The Babies
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
While We’re Young Noah Baumbach
Mr. Bachmann and His Class Maria Speth
Golliwog Billy Woods
20 Feet From Stardom Morgan Neville
Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
The Square Ruben Östlund
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
We the People Jill Lepore

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