Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Best of Me

by David Sedaris

Lists

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

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Let God Sort Em Out Clipse
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Her Spike Jonze
Monster Hirokazu Kore-eda
Dope Thief
Warfare Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
The Winter Soldier Daniel Mason
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson

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