Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
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Lists

Albums of the Year 2019: Quietus

Favorite Music of 2019: Dennis Cooper

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

It Follows David Robert Mitchell
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
1Q84 Haruki Murakami
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Book of Wounded Sparrows Octavio Quintanilla
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Tiny Dinos

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