Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Searching for James Brown and the American Soul

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Lists

Top 20 Books of 2016: Sarah Begley: Time

20 Best Nonfiction Books of 2016: Kate Tuttle: Boston Globe
100 Recommended Books of 2016: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Movies of 2024 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Goat Girl Goat Girl
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
RMX/RBN Robyn
Brat Charli XCX
Three Girls from Bronzeville Dawn Turner
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Bell Bottom Country Lainey Wilson
Plowing Into the Field of Love Iceage
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Premature Rashaad Ernesto Green
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Evolution Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Predators David Osit

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