Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Gayl Jones

The Birdcatcher
1. Our Favorite Books of 2022: Oprah Daily
- 10 Best Books of 2022: Publishers Weekly
- Fiction 2022: National Book Award
Palmares
Corregidora
- The Best Books We Read in 2020: New Yorker

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
PC Music x DISown Radio PC Music
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
The Poems of Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Southernmost Leo Boix
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson

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