Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Atlantic: The Best Books of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs

The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe

by Lisa Randall

Lists

15 Best Books of 2015: Maria Popova

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Movies of 2024 Guardian
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2023 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Stage Four Touché Amoré
Vortex Gaspar Noé
False Dawn George Selgin
Giant Beauty [Ahmed]
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
KicK iii Arca
The Shrouds David Cronenberg
Empire of AI Karen Hao
KICK ii Arca
Portrait of My Heart Spellling
The Rabbit Hutch Tess Gunty
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Strange Conversation Mandy Barnett
XXX Danny Brown

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