Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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by Etel Adnan

Lists

10 Best Poetry Books of 2016: John Freeman: Boston Globe
10 Best Poetry Books of 2016: David Orr: New York Times

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2020 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Look Back Kiyotaka Oshiyama
XXX Danny Brown
All That Reckoning Cowboy Junkies
The Five Wounds Kirstin Valdez Quade
Gentle Grip Public Practice
Loop Brenda Lozano
Bird Andrea Arnold
The Raid 2 Gareth Evans
Ology Gallant
The Power In Us Poppy Ajudha
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Cody Joyce Manor
Happyend Neo Sora

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