Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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1. Top 100 Albums of 2015: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
- 50 Favorite Albums of 2015: NPR: NPR Music
- The 10 Best Albums of the 2010s: Time

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Dìdi Sean Wang
Getting Killed Geese
In the Dark
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Wander/Wonder Balam Acab
You Didn't See Nothin
House of Huawei Eva Dou
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
Here Bas Devos
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
My Adventures with Superman
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark: The Podcast
Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
XXX Danny Brown

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