Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Film Comment: Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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James Merrill

A Whole World
- 100 Notable Books of 2021: New York Times: New York Times
The Book of Ephraim
- 9 Best Books of Poetry in 2018: Meghan O'Rourke: New York: Vulture

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture

Trending Works

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Nocturama Bertrand Bonello
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Holy Motors Leos Carax
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
XXX Danny Brown

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