Year-End Lists

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
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25 Great Experimental Films of 2023: Michael Sicinski

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The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
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

Trending Works

When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud
Adults
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Because the Boss Belongs to Us
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Trainwreck Judd Apatow
Long Story Short
Invisible Child Andrea Elliott
Universal Language Matthew Rankin
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
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