Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Some Bright Nowhere

by Ann Packer

Lists

50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025: Washington Post

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top Ten Films of 2025 Ben Kenigsberg · RogerEbert.com
The Best Films of 2025 A.A. Dowd
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post

Trending Works

Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack various artists
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Vida
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Dissolution of The Sovereign: A Time Slide Into The Future (Or: A Non-Abled Offender’s Exercise in Jurisprudence) Elysia Crampton
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Thresholder Ian William Craig
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy

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