Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Best Albums of 2018
50 Best Albums of 2017
50 Best Albums of 2016
50 Best Albums of 2015
50 Best Albums of 2014
50 Best Albums of 2013
50 Best Albums of 2012
50 Best Albums of 2011

Trending Lists

Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 15 Films of 2012 Cinema Scope
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Sly Thom Zimny
The Sunshine Place
Liars Sarah Manguso
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Clean Slate
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Idlewild Idlewild
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Diamond Eyes Deftones

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