Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Fighting in the War Room: Top Tens 2025
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Best Poetry of 2020: Library Journal

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Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top Tens 2025 Fighting in the War Room
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Liars Sarah Manguso
Sly Thom Zimny
Francesca David Murray Quartet
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Oracle Cate Marvin
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
The Sunshine Place
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs

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