Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs
1. 15 Best Books of 2015: Maria Popova
Knocking on Heaven’s Door
- 100 Notable Books of 2011: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
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
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Steven Pinker
Flashlight Susan Choi
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater
XXX Danny Brown
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Let God Sort Em Out Clipse
Inside Scientology Janet Reitman
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Sound a Body Makes When It's Still Hot Mulligan
hooke’s law KeiyaA
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor

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