Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

Favorite Books of 2017: Alex Balk: Awl
10 Best Books of 2017: Publishers Weekly

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
10 Best Movies of 2025 Odie Henderson · Boston Globe
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
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 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Cerulean Salt Waxahatchee
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
A Star Is Born Soundtrack Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Wicked Jon M. Chu
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
Dinner in America Adam Rehmeier
Weapons Zach Cregger
Special Lizzo
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
The Beast Bertrand Bonello
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Now Jazz Now Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore

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