Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Jeffrey Selingo

Who Gets In and Why
- 100 Notable Books of 2020: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 23 Best TV Shows of 2023 Daily Beast
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 15 Films of 2012 Cinema Scope
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Albums of 2025 Gorilla vs. Bear

Trending Works

Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Clean Slate
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Liars Sarah Manguso
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Sly Thom Zimny
The Sunshine Place
Oracle Cate Marvin
Idlewild Idlewild

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