Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Best Podcasts of 2022: New York: Vulture Podcast Survey

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Ten Experimental Films That Defined 2025 Michael Sicinski
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
20 Best Albums of 2012 L Magazine
Top 100 Albums of 2012 Austin Town Hall

Trending Works

Anatomy of a Fall Justine Triet
Interview with the Vampire
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's
A Very English Scandal
Deep Water Adrian Lyne
A United Kingdom Amma Asante
Bone Valley
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Maestro Bradley Cooper
Notes on Blindness Peter Middleton and James Spinney
Fucktoys Annapurna Sriram
Left-Handed Girl Shih-Ching Tsou
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