Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Trending Lists

Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
50 Best Movies of 2011 Total Film
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Eric Appel
Obscure with Michael Ian Black Michael Ian Black
Twenty Thousand Hertz
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Western Valeska Grisebach
Resurrection Bi Gan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese
Binge Mode: Harry Potter
My Dad Wrote A Porno
Someone Knows Something
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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