Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Marianne Wiggins

Properties of Thirst

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Favorite Novels of 2021 Electric Lit
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Idlewild Idlewild
Liars Sarah Manguso
Diamond Eyes Deftones
The Sunshine Place
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sly Thom Zimny
Clean Slate
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward

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