Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.
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Movies

The Best Movies of 2025 Vulture: Alison Willmore

Movies

The Best Movies of 2025 Vulture: Bilge Ebiri

Music

The Best Albums of 2025 The Line of Best Fit

Movies

The 20 Best Movies of 2025 Rolling Stone: David Fear

Music

The Best Albums of 2025 New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich

Music

50 Best Albums of 2025 Exclaim

TV Shows

The 10 Best LGBTQ+ TV Shows of 2025 Them

Movies

The 10 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2025 Them

Books

The 32 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2025 Them

Poetry

Best Poetry Books of 2025 New York Public Library

Books

Best Books for Adults 2025 New York Public Library

Movies

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Movies

Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks

Music

Best Albums of 2025 Les Inrocks

Music

The 25 Best Albums of 2025 Time Out

Poetry

The Must-Read Poetry Books of 2025 Time

Books

The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time

Books

Best Novels of 2025 Electric Lit

Books

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times

Books

The Best Nonfiction of 2025 BookPage

Books

The Best Fiction of 2025 BookPage

Books

Best Nonfiction of 2025 Electric Lit

Books

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post

Poetry

Best Poetry Collections of 2025 Electric Lit

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