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
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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Lists

Best Books of 2018: BuzzFeed

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
25 Best Albums of 2011 Complex
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Harbingers
Eileen Ottessa Moshfegh
The Golden Heart Protector Margaret Glaspy
Communion Park Jiha
Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal Pavement
Early Work Andrew Martin
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt Raven Jackson
The Mars Volta The Mars Volta
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Fear City Kim Phillips-Fein
Never Rarely Sometimes Always Eliza Hittman
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
We're All Alone in This Together Dave
Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy

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