Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Mr. B

George Balanchine's 20th Century

by Jennifer Homans

Lists

Our Favorite Books of 2022: Oprah Daily

Nonfiction 2023: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize
39 Best Books of 2022: Vanity Fair
100 Notable Books of 2022: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top Ten Films of 2011 Cinema Scope
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Joy as an Act of Resistance Idles
Afterparties Anthony Veasna So
Wide Awake! Parquet Courts
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Arctic Monkeys
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Daytona Pusha T
Small Axe: Mangrove Steve McQueen
Utopia Björk
And Nothing Hurt Spiritualized
Insecure Men Insecure Men
WTF with Marc Maron Marc Maron
Be the Cowboy Mitski
Bottle It In Kurt Vile
A Real Pain Jesse Eisenberg

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