Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Mojo: The 75 Best Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Death is Nothing to Us
1. Top 55 Releases of 2023: The Alternative
2. The 50 Best Albums Of 2023: Stereogum
Between the Richness
Springtime and Blind
1. 50 Best Albums of 2018: Earbuddy

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 15 Films of 2012 Cinema Scope
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Idlewild Idlewild
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Diamond Eyes Deftones
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Sly Thom Zimny
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Clean Slate
The Sunshine Place
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Fingernails Christos Nikou

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