Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2024
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
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The Best Albums Of 2025
The Best Albums Of 2024
The Best Albums of 2023
The 5 Best Albums Of 2022

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The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

White Roses, My God Alan Sparhawk
Veep
Either/Or Elif Batuman
Tully Jason Reitman
The Appalachian Sea Steve Scafidi
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga George Miller
A Colony in a Nation Chris Hayes
The Topeka School Ben Lerner
Vortex Veering Back to Venus Mosquitoes
Incendies Denis Villeneuve
The Great Southern Darkness Glorior Belli
The House That Jack Built Lars von Trier
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones
Cloud Kiyoshi Kurosawa

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