Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Patricia Engel

The Faraway World
Infinite Country
1. The 10 Best Books of 2021: Entertainment Weekly
2. 20 Favorite Books of 2021: Oprah Daily
The Veins of the Ocean
- 100 Recommended Books of 2016: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 100 Albums of 2025 Under the Radar
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
25 Best Films of 2025 A.V. Club
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 10 Best Albums of 2015 Time
The Best TV Shows of 2021 Emily St. James · Vox
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

In Covid's Wake Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee
Ernest & Celestine Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar & Stéphane Aubier
The Woman Next Door Yewande Omotoso
There's a Monster Behind the Door Gaëlle Bélem
All That Glitters Orlando Whitfield
The Endless Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
End Explosions in the Sky
Is This Thing On? Bradley Cooper
Cool Town Grace Elizabeth Hale
Miroirs No. 3 Christian Petzold
Marissa Nadler Marissa Nadler
Drive Nicolas Winding Refn
Electric Pet Shop Boys
Everything Makes Me Sick Sex Scenes

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