Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New York Public Library: Best Books for Adults 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Golden Teacher

No Luscious Life
1. Top 50 Albums of 2017: The Wire
Sauchiehall Enthrall
1. Top 50 Albums of 2015: The Wire

Trending Lists

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025 Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Books for Adults 2025 New York Public Library
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Urchin Harris Dickinson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Bent by Nature
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
On the Calculation of Volume Solvej Balle
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Furrows Namwali Serpell
Magellan Lav Diaz
Tár Todd Field
Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)
Twin Peaks (Music from the Limited Event Series) various artists
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In Soi Cheang

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