Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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by Jennifer Weiner

Lists

The Best Books of 2020: Real Simple

50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2020: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 15 Best Books of 2025 Los Angeles Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Beginners Mike Mills
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Elsbeth
A Small Light
Looper Rian Johnson
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Monkey Man Dev Patel
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley
Meet Me in the Bathroom Lizzy Goodman
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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