Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
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The 10 Best Podcasts of 2019: Time

Best Podcasts of 2023: Reggie Ugwu: New York Times
The Best Podcasts of 2021: Nicholas Quah: New York: Vulture

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Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best TV Shows of 2025 James Poniewozik · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Weapons Zach Cregger
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
We the People Jill Lepore
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Antigone Eiko Ishibashi
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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