Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Ann Hornaday: Washington Post: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
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The Black Civil War Soldier

A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship

by Deborah Willis

Lists

Nonfiction 2021: National Book Award

Trending Lists

My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Movies of 2020 Empire

Trending Works

Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
A Seat at the Table Solange
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
Be the Cowboy Mitski
U R HERE Honesty
Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Oliver Coates
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Suspicious Minds
XXX Danny Brown

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