Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Dublin Literary Award: 2025
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The Lucky One
1. Albums of 2024: Gorilla vs. Bear
No Fool Like an Old Fool
1. 30 Favorite Albums of 2018: Gorilla vs. Bear
2. Top 50 Albums of 2018: Austin Town Hall

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Roma Alfonso Cuaron
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
We’re Not Talking The Goon Sax
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Succession
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer

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