Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Nicola Dinan

Disappoint Me
- The Best Fiction of 2025: BookPage
- The Best Books of 2025: Dazed
Bellies

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 15 Films of 2013 Matt Singer · The Dissolve
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Hate U Give George Tillman Jr.
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
Second Comin’ Korallreven
Wild Houses Colin Barrett
Music For Four Guitars Bill Orcutt
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Black Box
Common Side Effects
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Long Story Short
Adults
XXX Danny Brown
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg

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