Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Records of the Year 2011 Rise
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014 Marya E. Gates

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Rakshak Bloodywood
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Yes! Nadav Lapid
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Gladiator II Ridley Scott

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