Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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The Bevis Frond

Focus On Nature
1. 75 Best Albums of 2024: Mojo
We're Your Friends, Man
1. Top 25 Albums of 2018: Magnet

Trending Lists

Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top Ten Films of 2016 Seongyong Cho · RogerEbert.com
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 33 Best Podcasts of 2019 Wired UK
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Country Music Albums of 2025 Holler

Trending Works

Box for Buddy, Box for Star This Is Lorelei
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) Jesse Q. Sutanto
Not Tight Domi and JD Beck
Xenotaph Fallujah
Pluribus
The Sisters Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Promises Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
Her Spike Jonze
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
I Miss You When I Blink Mary Laura Philpott
Dry Ground Burning Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós
Fargo
Pig Michael Sarnoski
King of Kings Scott Anderson

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