Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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by Katie Peterson

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The Best Poetry Books of 2019: David Orr: New York Times: New York Times

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The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025 Washington Post
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Caught Stealing Darren Aronofsky
The Wayfinder Adam Johnson
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Eusexua FKA twigs
The Boy Who Played the Harp Dave
Russia's Man of War Cathy Scott-Clark
1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin
Like a Ribbon John Glacier
A Flower Traveled in My Blood Haley Cohen Gilliland
Life After Reid Davenport
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
The Kingdom: Exodus Lars von Trier and Morten Arnfred
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
In Covid's Wake Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee

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