Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman

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- Top 30 Films of 2012: Steven D. Greydanus: National Catholic Register
- 25 Favorite Films of 2012: A.O. Scott: New York Times

Trending Lists

The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Music of 2022 Jennifer Lucy Allan · Quietus
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
The Books of Jacob Olga Tokarczuk
Wild Houses Colin Barrett
The Hate U Give George Tillman Jr.
Two Prosecutors Sergei Loznitsa
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
A People's History of Heaven Mathangi Subramanian
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Music For Four Guitars Bill Orcutt
Weapons Zach Cregger
Dry Leaf Aleksandre Koberidze
Open City Teju Cole

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