Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Garden of Joy and the Well of Loneliness
1. 50 Best Albums of 2012: Gorilla vs. Bear
2. Top 100 Albums of 2012: Austin Town Hall

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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