Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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NPR: Best Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lou Reed
- 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2023: Washington Post

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Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

Babes Pamela Adlon
Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex
Margin Call J.C. Chandor
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Horse Money Pedro Costa
Looper Rian Johnson
Fancy That PinkPantheress
20 Cigarettes James Benning
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Ruth Kate Riley
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Don't Tap the Glass Tyler, The Creator
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra

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