Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Frank Lima

Incidents of Travel in Poetry
1. 5 Best Poetry Books of 2016: Library Journal

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Down Cemetery Road
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Drumming Up Trouble Alvin Curran
Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
Un conte de Michel de Montaigne Jean-Marie Straub
Titanic Rising Weyes Blood
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line Deepa Anappara
Them
The Giverny Document (Single Channel) Ja’Tovia Gary
La Pivellina Tizza Covi
Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy
The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley David Waldstreicher
Red Capriccio Blake Williams
Rakshak Bloodywood

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