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: The 10 Best Books of 2023
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Annabel Gutterman: Books: 2021

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021 Annabel Gutterman · Time
The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021 Annabel Gutterman · Time

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Greatest Albums of the 2010s NME
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

The Portrait You Painted of Me Alison Cotton
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Small Axe: Lovers Rock Steve McQueen
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
The Strobo Trip: Light and Audio Phase Illusions Toy The Flaming Lips
Bent Sørensen: St Matthew Passion The Norwegian Soloists' Choir / Ensemble Allegria / Grete Pedersen
King of Ashes S.A. Cosby
The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On Franny Choi
Sinister Grift Panda Bear
Predators David Osit
Blackstar David Bowie
The Wilderness Angela Flournoy
The Ruby Cord Richard Dawson
Prima Donna Vince Staples

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