Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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by R.F. Kuang

Lists

The 15 Best Books of 2025: People

100 Notable Books of 2025: New York Times: New York Times
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025: Time
Best Books of 2025: Book Riot
The Best Reads of 2025: WBEZ

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology Willie Dunn
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Angel Down Daniel Kraus
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
Heavy Metal Cameron Winter
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
A Different Man Aaron Schimberg
The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World Radu Jude
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt

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