Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf

by Marlon James

Lists

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2019: Time

The Best Novels of 2019: Vogue
Best Books of 2019: Washington Post
Best Books of 2019: Michael Silverblatt: KCRW
The Best Books of 2019: Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2019: She Reads
Fiction 2019: National Book Award
Best Books of 2019: Shelf Awareness

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
Magdalene FKA twigs
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
American Prison Shane Bauer
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason

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