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
Brittany Allen: Lit Hub: The Best Literary Podcasts of 2025
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Carolyn Forché

What You Have Heard Is True

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2022 Rolling Stone
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Literary Podcasts of 2025 Brittany Allen · Lit Hub
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
The Chair Company
Drive My Car Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Hunting Season Home Is Where
Chuck D Presents Enemy Radio: Radio Armageddon Chuck D
The Disciple Chaitanya Tamhane
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Siege Ben Macintyre
The Finest Hotel in Kabul Lyse Doucet
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai

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