Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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Lists

Favorite Books of 2017: Alex Balk: Awl
10 Best Books of 2017: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025 A.V. Club
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

The History of Money David McWilliams
Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Big Boys
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle Arthur Harari
The Even More Freewheelin' Jeffrey Lewis Jeffrey Lewis
XXX Danny Brown
Come Back To Me Peter One
My Brother, My Land Sami Hermez with Sireen Sawalha
The Aviator and the Showman Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Dead Kings Of Europe Plastic Bag
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
How Beautiful We Were Imbolo Mbue

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