Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Lists

Best Poetry Books of 2017: Entropy

Top 20 Books of 2017: Stranger
8 Best Poetry Books of 2017: Chicago Review of Books

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 40 Rock Albums of 2021 Ultimate Classic Rock
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine
The National Telepathy Roque Larraquy
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Weapons Zach Cregger
Dirty Computer Janelle Monáe
Palomino First Aid Kit
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Burning Lee Chang-dong
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Familiar Touch Sarah Friedland
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams

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