Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Favorite Books of 2025: Barack Obama

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The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top Ten Films of 2025 Glenn Kenny · RogerEbert.com
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sinners Ryan Coogler
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Galleons Rick Barot
The Northman Robert Eggers
XXX Danny Brown
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Lowdown
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances

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