Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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by Yiyun Li

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The Best Books of the Year 2020: Lindsay Baker: BBC: BBC Culture

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Weapons Zach Cregger
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Pillion Harry Lighton
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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