Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Dublin Literary Award: 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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by Catherine Newman

Lists

50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2022: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia
Hi Texas
Renaissance Beyoncé
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Western Valeska Grisebach
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Is a River Alive? Robert Macfarlane
Boom Town Sam Anderson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
American Crime Story
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Ruth Kate Riley

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