Year-End Lists

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Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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No. 1
Welcome to Bobby's Motel
1. Our Top 100 Albums of 2020: Les Inrocks
- 20 Best Albums of 2020: Glide

Trending Lists

10 Best Podcasts of 2025 Rolling Stone
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2023 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2023 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 30 Best Films of 2023 Little White Lies
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

Long Story Short
The Taste of Things Trần Anh Hùng
XXX Danny Brown
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Family Portrait Ross from Friends
Silver Eye Goldfrapp
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
How to Have Sex Molly Manning Walker
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
God Said No Omar Apollo
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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