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
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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The Tsar of Love and Techno

Stories

by Anthony Marra

Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2015: Jane Ciabattari: BBC: BBC Culture

Top 10 Books of 2015: San Francisco Chronicle
11 Best Books of 2015: Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air
Best Fiction Books of 2015: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
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 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
50 Best TV Shows of the 2010s Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Get Out Jordan Peele

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