Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Timothy Egan

A Fever in the Heartland
A Pilgrimage to Eternity
- 100 Notable Books of 2020: New York Times: New York Times
Short Nights Of The Shadow Catcher
- 100 Notable Books of 2012: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud
Invisible Child Andrea Elliott
Bird Andrea Arnold
Universal Language Matthew Rankin
Because the Boss Belongs to Us
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
Adults
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar

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