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
Ann Hornaday: Washington Post: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Children of Ash and Elm

A History of the Vikings

by Neil Price

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The Best Books We Read in 2020: New Yorker

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 20 Movies of 2018 David Fear · Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2011 Joshua Rothkopf · Time Out New York
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025 Judy Berman · Time
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times

Trending Works

Shine Your Eyes Matias Mariani
Minari Lee Isaac Chung
In the Underground Song Zhantao
Things Done Changed Jerron Paxton
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Loro Paolo Sorrentino
The Sweet Relief of Missing Children Sarah Braunstein
The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On Franny Choi
The Wolves Samuel Kishi Leopo
Poser Noah Dixon and Ori Segev
Land of the Living Georgina Harding
Daughters of the Revolution Carolyn Cooke
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Horizōn Sid Iandovka and Anya Tsyrlina

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