Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Vanitas, Rough

by Lisa Russ Spaar

Lists

Top 40 Poetry Books of 2012: Coldfront

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

Babes Pamela Adlon
Horse Money Pedro Costa
Only Dust Remains Backxwash
Lights Out
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex
Margin Call J.C. Chandor
Sinners Ryan Coogler
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Looper Rian Johnson
Ruth Kate Riley
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Fancy That PinkPantheress

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