Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

100 Recommended Books of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

The 23 Best TV Shows of 2023 Daily Beast
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 15 Films of 2012 Cinema Scope
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Oracle Cate Marvin
Sly Thom Zimny
Liars Sarah Manguso
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
The Sunshine Place
Idlewild Idlewild
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Clean Slate
Francesca David Murray Quartet

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