Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Billboard: The Best 50 Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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After the Eclipse

A Mother’s Murder, a Daughter’s Search

by Sarah Perry

Lists

Best 50 Books of 2017: Joseph Salvatore: Brooklyn Rail

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Q
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex

Trending Works

Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Not My White Savior Julayne Lee
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Mother Emanuel Kevin Sack
Brat Charli XCX
Hijack
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
Martyr! Kaveh Akbar
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Known and Strange Things Teju Cole
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Jaimie Branch

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