Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon
1. 100 Best Albums of 2015: Les Inrocks
Long Black Cars
1. Top 100 Albums of 2012: Austin Town Hall

Trending Lists

Top Ten Films of 2022 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
XXX Danny Brown
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
In the Dark
Getting Killed Geese
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
My Adventures with Superman
Flesh David Szalay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Blue Heron Sophy Romvari
House of Huawei Eva Dou
You Didn't See Nothin
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum

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