Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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The African Desperate
Incense, Sweaters, and Ice
- Top Ten Films of 2017: Lydia Ogwang: Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review

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The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Baby I'm the Wolf Ha Vay
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Special Lizzo
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
Wicked Jon M. Chu
Now Jazz Now Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
A Star Is Born Soundtrack Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
The Beast Bertrand Bonello
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Dinner in America Adam Rehmeier

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