Year-End Lists

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Our Favorite Books of 2022: Oprah Daily
The Best Books of 2022: Esquire

The 50 Best Books of the Year 2022: BBC: BBC Culture
Favorite Books of 2022: Barack Obama
Best Books of 2022: USA Today
Best Fiction of 2022: Powell's Books
100 Notable Books of 2022: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 100 Albums of 2014 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork

Trending Works

Daughters of the Bamboo Grove Barbara Demick
House of Huawei Eva Dou
The Lowdown
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Essex Honey Blood Orange
XXX Danny Brown
Gone Girl David Fincher
45 Pounds YHWH Nailgun
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
HAGEN Titanic
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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