Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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The Best Albums of 2025: Jim DeRogatis: Sound Opinions

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80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021 Washington Post
10 Best Books of 2015 Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
The Post Steven Spielberg
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Succession
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Roma Alfonso Cuaron
We’re Not Talking The Goon Sax

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