Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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by Paul Auster

Lists

2017 Award: The Booker Prize
100 Notable Books of 2017: New York Times: New York Times

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Albums of the Year 2025 Clash
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 40 Albums of 2024 Decibel
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
The Sunshine Place
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Idlewild Idlewild
Sly Thom Zimny
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Clean Slate

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