Year-End Lists

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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100 Notable Books of 2020: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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