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
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Karin Tanabe

The Sunset Crowd
- 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2023: Washington Post
A Woman of Intelligence
- 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021: Washington Post
A Hundred Suns
1. The Best Books of 2020: Real Simple

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100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
Top Ten Films of 2023 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top Ten Films of 2022 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

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

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