Year-End Lists

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
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
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
2025 Dublin Literary Award
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Holy Motors Leos Carax
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
Cameraperson Kirsten Johnson
The BPM Sudan Archives
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Nocturama Bertrand Bonello
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Magic, Alive! McKinley Dixon
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
XXX Danny Brown

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