Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
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by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Lists

50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2024: Washington Post
100 Notable Books of 2024: New York Times: New York Times
The 25 Best Books of 2024: Esquire

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Michael Phillips · Filmspotting
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Wild Houses Colin Barrett
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Adults
Black Box
Trainwreck Judd Apatow
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
Second Comin’ Korallreven
Long Story Short
Common Side Effects
The Hate U Give George Tillman Jr.
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
Silence Martin Scorsese

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