Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2023
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Benny Safdie

The Smashing Machine
- Top Ten Films of 2025: Clémence Polès Farhang

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Nicole Brenez · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
Drumming Up Trouble Alvin Curran
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You Marcelo Gomes and Karim Aïnouz
Them
東方不敗 Tzusing
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line Deepa Anappara
Rakshak Bloodywood
The Octopus Museum Brenda Shaughnessy
Un conte de Michel de Montaigne Jean-Marie Straub
Ad Astra James Gray
The Nightingale Jennifer Kent

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