Year-End Lists

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
New York Post: The 30 Best Books of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Trending Lists

Albums of 2021 Gorilla vs. Bear
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
75 Best Albums of 2018 Mojo
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2020 Real Simple
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best TV Shows of 2024 Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Araf — Somewhere In Between Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Virtue Hermione Hoby
11:11 Chris Brown
The Challenge Yuri Ancarani
She Taught Love Nate Edwards
The Entanglement of Rival Wizards Sara Raasch
Frankie Ira Sachs
Sunshine Only Sometimes Robert Lester Folsom
What I made with Joe Georgie & Joe
Shaneera Fatima Al Qadiri
A Useful Ghost Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
In holiday clothing, out of the great darkness Clarice Jensen
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Beginning Déa Kulumbegashvili

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