Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Matt Singer: ScreenCrush: The Best Movies of 2025
Them: The 32 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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by Morgan Talty

Lists

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2024: Annabel Gutterman: Time

The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024: Time
The Best Books of 2024: Economist
12 Novels That NPR Critics and Staff Were Excited to Share with You in 2024: NPR
The 44 Best Books of 2024: Harper’s Bazaar

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 32 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2025 Them
The Best Movies of 2025 Matt Singer · ScreenCrush
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Best Albums of 2018 Billboard
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2018 No Depression
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

1000 Forms of Fear Sia
Hereditary Ari Aster
Boarding House Reach Jack White
Seasons of Your Day Mazzy Star
Palomino First Aid Kit
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
The French Press Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
I Loved You at Your Darkest Behemoth
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
Sport Powell
I Want To Disappear The Story So Far
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Boom Town Sam Anderson
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