Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2024
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The Breeders

All Nerve
- Favorite Music of 2018: Dennis Cooper
- 20 Best Albums of 2018: Glide Honorable mention

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
Fiction 2026 Women's Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Albums of 2020 The Ringer
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 50 Best Movies of 2025 Guardian

Trending Works

The Man Who Couldn’t Miss Screenings Damon Packard
The Tsugua Diaries Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes
Lumi Vaientaa Kysymykset Circle of Ouroborus
Moon of the Turning Leaves Waubgeshig Rice
The Consciousness Instinct Michael S. Gazzaniga
Keeper of My Kin Ada Ferrer
love has never been a popular movement. TYGAPAW
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
Black Folk Could Fly Randall Kenan
This Is Where the Serpent Lives Daniyal Mueenuddin
Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
The Monsanto Years Neil Young & Promise of the Real
Science Without Substance Daniel Barnett

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