Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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Five Best Fiction Works of 2023 Los Angeles Times
The 5 Best Fiction Books of 2022 Los Angeles Times
The 5 Best Novels of 2021 Los Angeles Times

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Movies of 2020 Justin Chang · Los Angeles Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Cloud Kiyoshi Kurosawa
It Follows David Robert Mitchell
Ends of the Earth Neil Shubin
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum

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