Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Esmé Weijun Wang

The Collected Schizophrenias
1. The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019: Time
The Border of Paradise
- Best Fiction of 2016: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 20 Best Albums of 2022 Mikael Wood · Los Angeles Times
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Book of Wounded Sparrows Octavio Quintanilla
A Man on the Inside
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Time Garrett Bradley
Belonging and Betrayal Charles Dellheim
Get Out Jordan Peele
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie

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