Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

Best Nonfiction of 2020: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

Top 50 Films of 2015 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
50 Best TV Shows of the 2010s Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone

Trending Works

CODA Sian Heder
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Get Out Jordan Peele
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Hey Country Queen Mackenzie Carpenter
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum

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