Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Jonathan Franzen

Crossroads
1. 20 Favorite Books of 2021: Oprah Daily
The End of the End of the Earth
- 100 Recommended Books of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle
Purity
1. 15 Best Books of 2015: Harper’s Bazaar

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Passages Ira Sachs
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos
The Galleons Rick Barot
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Teenage Matt Wolf

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