Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Fatherland

A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets

by Burkhard Bilger

Lists

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2023: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Top 100 Albums of 2011 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The 50 Best Albums of 2019 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Cleanness Garth Greenwell
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Set My Heart on Fire Immediately Perfume Genius
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
Body Talk Robyn
Black Metal Dean Blunt
Boarding House Reach Jack White
The Antidote Karen Russell
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski

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