Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

3MEN2 KBRN Eladio Carrión
Varmints Anna Meredith
Strangers and Intimates Tiffany Jenkins
The 25th Anniversary of Christina Aguilera Christina Aguilera
XXX Danny Brown
Rock N Roll Consciousness Thurston Moore
Room for the Moon Kate NV
Mt. Marci Roc Marciano
The Baby-Sitters Club
The Golden House Salman Rushdie
Typhoons Royal Blood
Wild World Bastille
The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman
That Was Something Dan Callahan

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