Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Hanif Abdurraqib: 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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1. Top 50 Albums of 2012: Frontier Psychiatrist
2. 75 Best Albums of 2012: PopMatters

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
Sweet Unknown Ceramic Animal
Varmints Anna Meredith
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Baby-Sitters Club
Rock N Roll Consciousness Thurston Moore
Anita de Monte Laughs Last Xóchitl González
The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman
That Was Something Dan Callahan
Mt. Marci Roc Marciano
The Golden House Salman Rushdie
Room for the Moon Kate NV
Wild World Bastille
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton

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