Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Christian Science Monitor: The Top 25 Books for 2025
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1. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Consequence

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1. The 100 Best Albums of 2020: Vice: Noisey

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Idler Wheel… Fiona Apple
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
Succession
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
American Prison Shane Bauer
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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