Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
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Sentences and Rain

by Elaine Equi

Lists

16 Best Poetry Books of 2015: BuzzFeed

23 Favorite Poetry Books of 2015: Dennis Cooper

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize

Trending Works

Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
20 Cigarettes James Benning
Looper Rian Johnson
Horse Money Pedro Costa
Margin Call J.C. Chandor
Lights Out
Ruth Kate Riley
Babes Pamela Adlon
Fancy That PinkPantheress
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Don't Tap the Glass Tyler, The Creator
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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