Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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The 10 Best Podcasts of 2020: Eliana Dockterman: Time

The Best Podcasts of 2020: Shondaland
Best Podcasts of 2020: Teen Vogue

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The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

It Follows David Robert Mitchell
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Tiny Dinos
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Boom Town Sam Anderson
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
1Q84 Haruki Murakami
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

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