Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Fool
1. The Top 30 Albums of 2024: Jordan Cronk
2. The 100 Best Albums of 2024: Paste
Welcome to Conceptual Beach
The Whole Thing Is Just There
1. Top 100 Albums of 2018: Under the Radar

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2024 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
XXX Danny Brown
The Antidote Karen Russell
Audition Katie Kitamura
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Those Who Are About to Die Harry Sidebottom
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
Blue Heron Sophy Romvari
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
House of Huawei Eva Dou
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Flesh David Szalay
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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