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
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The Best Books of 2022: Esquire

The 50 Best Books of the Year 2022: BBC: BBC Culture
The 10 Best Books of 2022: Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
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
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
XXX Danny Brown
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Predators David Osit
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Urchin Harris Dickinson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt

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