Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Lists

10 Best Books of 2016: Publishers Weekly
The 20 Best Books of 2016: Entertainment Weekly

Fiction 2017: Women's Prize
15 Best Fiction Books of 2016: John Freeman: Boston Globe
Top 10 Books of 2016: San Francisco Chronicle
Fiction 2016: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Paddington 2 Paul King
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
The Assassin Hou Hsiao-Hsien
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Fancy That PinkPantheress
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
American Eden Victoria Johnson

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