Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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- Favorite Films by Women in 2019: Kimber Myers

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Getting Killed Geese
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
American Prison Shane Bauer
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Exit Simulation Niecy Blues
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence

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