Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Best Poetry of 2020: Elisa Gabbert: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

26 Best Films of 2011 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 100 Albums of 2013 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2011 Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll
25 Best Albums of the 2010s Revolver
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Moneyball Bennett Miller
Run the Jewels Run the Jewels
The Tiger’s Wife Téa Obreht
McCartney: A Life in Lyrics
Be the Cowboy Mitski
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Presence Steven Soderbergh
A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Impersonator Majical Cloudz
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Black Bag Steven Soderbergh
The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen

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