Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Lists

The Best Books of the 2010s: Esquire
The 40 Best Novels of the 2010s: Paste

2015 First Novel Prize: The Center for Fiction
The 20 Best Novels of the 2010s: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

2015 Award The Booker Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley
My Old Ass Megan Park
Plain Bad Heroines Emily M. Danforth
Pillion Harry Lighton
Syncope Asiya Wadud
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Glowing Man Swans
Soul Sold Separately Freddie Gibbs
A Small Light
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Passages Ira Sachs
XXX Danny Brown

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