Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Here is the Sweet Hand

by francine j. harris

Lists

Favorite Poetry Collections of 2020: David Gutowski

Trending Lists

The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022 Paste
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Pins and Needles Natalie Hemby
Afterparties Anthony Veasna So
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
Small Axe: Mangrove Steve McQueen
XXX Danny Brown
WTF with Marc Maron Marc Maron
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
The Big Bang Theory
Got to Be Tough Toots and the Maytals
Colored Television Danzy Senna
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
Long Story Short
Revenge Coralie Fargeat

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